[Ansteorra-archery] Steppes IKCAC Shoot 113003

[Bob Dewart]

Oh!! But they indeed did change our standing!!  We went from not having a
score to THIRD place!!  Well done.

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greylond Aston" <greylondaston at yahoo.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:59 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Steppes IKCAC Shoot 113003


> I'm happy to say that my first duty as a Combat
> Archery Marshall was to help run and submit the report
> for the first Steppes IKCAC, at least in recent years
> that is.
>
> HL Ironwyrm and I had tried a couple of other times to
> shoot one but scheduling and the Texas heat prevented
> us from completing one. We had decided that no matter
> what we would get one in before the end of this
> season.
>
> So we showed up at Steppes Archery practice with our
> equipment and the other archers shooting got
> interested in what we were setting up. Ld Jaques de
> Spink was interested enough to go home after running
> the IKAC to get his armor. Ld Jon Rolfsson was there
> to test his latest modification to his crossbow and we
> were able to talk him into trying it out on a IKCAC.
> So by loaning out armor/weapons/ammo we were able to
> get 5 Archers to shoot the IKCAC! While they weren't
> scores to shake up the standings, we did rather well
> considering that we were shooting into a headwind that
> topped out at one point at 25 mph. And not just a
> straight-on headwind, this one came at us from about
> 15 degrees to the right of the targets knocking our
> shots to the left and short.
>
> HL Wil Ironwyrm was victorious with his 111pt high
> score.
>
> I would also like to mention that Martin, who is a
> relative newcomer to the SCA and Archery, donned SCA
> Armor for the first time and with only a couple of
> practice/instruction shots he came in 3rd with a 91!
> Part of his score came from a Chest Shot from 40 YARDS
> to go along with 4 Unit hits! Not bad for the first
> time shooting combat arrows and getting used to
> wearing a helm at the same time! So with the first 12
> arrows that he ever fired from 40 yards he hit a Unit
> Target 5 times, while wearing armor that didn't fit
> him very well! After Martin's shoot was completed,
> there was a gleam of joy in his eye and he immediately
> told us that he wanted to become a Combat Archer and
> shoot Live Targets! With a first score like that I
> think we have a very good future CA among us. I think
> the next workday that we have we will be helping him
> with some armor.
>
> So there Gilli, we have posted 5 IKCAC scores this
> season. No they won't really change Ansteorra's
> standings this year, but with some practice I think
> the Known World better watch out for the Steppes IKCAC
> crew next year because everyone once in a while we
> have days when the wind is down to a managable 10mph!
>
> Heh, it also looks like I'm going to be the unoffical
> coordinator/motivator for Steppes IKCAC. Please
> Ironwyrm don't throw me into that briar patch! ;0
>
> If you can't tell I had a lot of fun doing it and look
> forward to Feb 1st 2004, which is a Sunday and a
> Steppes Archery Practice, for our first shoot of next
> season! So right now I'm announcing that I'm going to
> run an IKCAC on Feb 1st 2004, and we may run one or
> two before that for instruction purposes. Anyone who
> is interested should watch the Steppes schedule as I'm
> going to make sure our local Archery Marshall annouces
> the next time we are going to have one.
>
> On a final note, a couple of the main reasons for the
> IKCAC is to help encourage/train new Combat Archers
> and get current CA's more experience with their
> equipment. I'm proud to say that with the assistance
> of everyone involved we accomplished both! I'd like to
> thank all the other archers who were there for
> shooting and helping with the timer and scoring.
> Ironwyrm and I wouldn't have been able to complete our
> scores without their help and thanks to everyone for
> shooting!
>
>
>
> Ld Greylond Aston
> Steppes Newest IKCAC Fanatic
>
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