[Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002

Jack Spinks jspinks at ix.netcom.com
Tue Dec 3 23:10:40 PST 2002 

I do not hold a bunch of titles or even a few but it seems to me everyone
could chill out and accept that there is plenty of room for everyone.  I
cannot speak for elsewhere but the number of Steppes archers continues to
grow over the last year.   And we recently realized that the Steppes Archers
hold titles from all of the Central Region Archery competitions this year.
That tells me we have improved greatly as well as increased our number.

I shoot target and I shoot combat.  I have not shot IKCAC but may just for
the fun of it.  We do shoot combat games  that mimic more of war using IKCAC
targets.   I love shooting traditional archery.  I love shooting or coming
up with something different (such as the moving target as Steppes Warlord
last year) but more than anything it is the shooting in friendly competition
with friends (although anyone who has heard Ulrich, Owen and I on the firing
line might wonder) and against myself  and other arhers for personal bests.
I like it when the group that I participate with (Steppes Archers) or a
member of it sets rcords and achievements and I like seeing others improve
to beat us.  Competitions of all kinds are the way we measure ourselves
whether it is a combat comptetion or a formal target comptetion.  And then
there is the fun and learning of comparing my equipment and technique
against someone elses.   Far as I am concerned- most everyone has a valid
viewpoint and a favorite shoot. .  I like to be on the winning teams whether
that is in target competitions or in war.  I will just do all of them that I
can and enjoy doing them.  Who knows? maybe next year Steppes will try some
of the IKCAC so we win that competition too.  :-).

Jacques the Spink

----- Original Message -----
From: Wilim Penbras ap Gurgeneu <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002


> I recently became the Archery Defender for Gates Edge.  I didn't beat a
> single person to do it either.
>
> I've shot in several shoots where a Title was on the line.  Everytime I
shot
> against someone I lost.  I may have outshot them but I lost.  The key is
to
> just shoot.  At Gatesedge I shot against myself.  Every shot was a chance
to
> shoot better than the last time.  At the end of the day Gatesedge's rules
> said I had shot well enough to be their Defender.  I shot with Godwin and
> Eadric most of the day.  We all shot at the same time that is.  I never
beat
> them.  I wasn't against them.
>
> Archery, and being an Archer, is about improving yourself.  You may never
> win a competition.  That's not what it's about.  At least not for me.  I
> shoot because I love to shoot.  I shoot because I love delving into
myself,
> the focus, the commitment to form.  My first score was a 4.  My most
recent
> score was a 54.  I've shot as well as the high 60s.  Will I ever be the
> best?  I don't care.  Will I ever outshoot any of the true greats?  Maybe
> but I don't care.  I don't shoot IKCACs because I see little point to them
> in relation to the things I want to do.  I've already explained why I
shoot
> RRs and the occasional IKAC.
>
> I shoot targets,  sometimes they're concentric circles, sometimes they're
> animals, sometimes they're humans.
>
> I make my own tackle.  I teach others who see what I do how to do it too.
>
> I'm happy being me and knowing that today I shot better than yesterday and
> maybe tomorrow I'll shoot better than today.  I'm happy knowing that maybe
> I've taught a few people how to find that kind of happiness.
>
> If that makes me something other than an Archer then so be it.
>
> Wilim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
> To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
>
>
> > Good shooting there Tex!!!
> >
> > Then shooting those stationary plywood targets should be easier than
> fallin
> > off a log.  You should be abl to put HL Roger, Don Sabastian and me to
> shame
> > in that competition.  Please do so.  We wait the humiliation.
> >
> > Gilli
> > Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wilim Penbras ap Gurgeneu" <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>
> > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
> >
> >
> > > You're the one that claimed we were alone on the line.  Combat Archery
> > isn't
> > > shooting the IKCAC.  The IKCAC does EXTREMELY little to help you win a
> > point
> > > in the Archers only Battle.  Get your story straight.  I've been on
the
> > > field with a bow every time they've allowed archers on the field at
Gulf
> > > War.  In the Two wars I've been two I've got a hundred or so kills
with
> my
> > > bow.  I've been complimented on my tactics and shooting from archers
> > across
> > > the known world.  I've never shot an IKCAC.
> > >
> > > You are right.  It is just you on the line when you shoot an IKCAC.
> That
> > > doesn't promote the teamworks or tactics required to win a war.  If
> > archers
> > > would stop shooting at cardboard cutouts and set ranges then we'd do
> > better
> > > on the warfield.  I've been told the IKCAC is a fairly fun shoot.
Don't
> > > delude yourself into thinking that shooting a plywood more often will
> make
> > > you better at running, drawing on the fly and killing knights.  It
> won't.
> > >
> > > Every stick jock on the field knows that pell work isn't enough.  Most
> > > archer's know that shooting at plywood isn't enough.  When are you
going
> > to
> > > figure it out?
> > >
> > > Wilim
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
> > > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
> > >
> > >
> > > > Drunk??? I don't make that much money.
> > > >
> > > > To use a bow and an arrow to do what??  Make kindling?  Olympic
sports
> > is
> > > > not what we do.  SCA stuff is.  If you don't want to promote
Ansteorra
> > on
> > > > the"world" stage, whatever.
> > > >
> > > > You all think what you want.  But, going on this shade tree archer
> thing
> > > is
> > > > just going to get our collective ass kicked again, and again and
> again.
> > > >
> > > > We got gorilla stomped 3 out of 3 last year on the archer only
battle.
> > > Why?
> > > > Because of our use of pronouns!!  What in the world does that mean??
> > Too
> > > > much I and not enough we, that's what.  Some steps are being taken
to
> > > > correct that.  However, we don't have the disipline to practice
enough
> > to
> > > > hit a bear Trimarian tuccaus.
> > > >
> > > > Wake up and smell the coffee and put an arrow in the X.  Do we know
> > where
> > > > the X is located?
> > > >
> > > > I love ya all.  But I'm starting to think some are as dence as
purple
> > > hart.
> > > >
> > > > Gilli
> > > > Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy at elfsea.net>
> > > > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:19 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >There's only three competitions in the Know World that will put
> > Ansteorra
> > > > on
> > > > >the World stage.  And guess what?? It isn't our Hunts man.  It
isn't
> > our
> > > > >RRs. It isn't any other G&G shoot we may do.  It's the IKAC and the
> > IKCAC
> > > > >and the Winter Shoot.  Like it or not that's life.  And if you
aren't
> > > > >scrambling to get a better score in those competitions to make
> > Ansteorra
> > > > >number one to the best of your improving ability....well go try
> another
> > > > >persation.  Because you aren't an archer.
> > > > >
> > > > >Go eat card board.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > See, now that is the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
> > > >
> > > > Accordian to Mirriam Webster, definition number 1, an archer is "a
> > person
> > > > who uses a bow and arrow".
> > > >
> > > > Archery is not about being recognized world wide.  If you're
> interested
> > in
> > > > that, leave the SCA and start doing Olympic Archery.  You'll shoot
at
> > > paper
> > > > all the time, and be recognized far more widely than any SCA
endeavor
> > will
> > > > ever bring you.
> > > >
> > > > If its not fun, its not worth doing.  Anyone who steps to the line
and
> > is
> > > > willing to try their hand at firing arrows at targets, whatever they
> > are,
> > > is
> > > > an archer.
> > > >
> > > > Grow up, and don't post drunk,
> > > >
> > > > Timothy "Robin Hood, not an Archer to Gilli" of Glastinbury
> > > >
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