[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman's Tourneys

[David Ruff]

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Ulrich



--- jspinks at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> To the those archers of Ansteorra that do us the
> service of organizing and running archery
> tournaments at events- I thank you.   I have,
> however, a proposal for you and the ranking archers
> of our kingdom.  I have long noted that there are
> many fine archers in our kingdom- some of whom
> regularly post target scores and some of whom do
> not.  I have also long noted that there are many
> archers that begin and reach a plateau and, for lack
> of improvement or teaching become discouraged and do
> not seek to improve their scores or do not enter
> tournaments. And against archers such as Don
> Sebastion, Lord  Carluccio, Lady Moreg, Lord
> Ironwyrm, Lord Ulrich, Lord Fearghus, and
> others, what chance does the archer ranked at Bowman
> or below have?
>
> This year at Warlord we held our first Bowmans
> Tourney for those that were new, or had less than a
> Bowman ranking, and had never won a tourney.  16
> archers that rarely competed or had not done so
> before participated in a Royal Round plus an offbeat
> round. It was a lot of fun and I expect we will
> continue to offer such tourneys in the future at
> Warlord.  The winner was rewarded and recognized in
> court- something that is also rare for those of
> lower rank or just beginning.
>
> I challenge the other marshalls of our Kingdom to
> sponsor similar Bowman's Tourneys in the interest of
> promoting our sport and developing and encouraging
> our less experienced or less skilled archers to join
> in the ranks of the Foresters and Huntsmen. Lord
> Ulrich and I each sponsored and encouraged
> two particular individuals in the recent tourney.
> Who else would teach others and encourage and mentor
> them?  Who else will step forward and organize such
> Bowman's tourneys- not for the champion archers in
> Ansteorra- but for tomorrow's champions?
>
> Archers of Ansteorra- what say you to this
> challenge?
>
> Lord Jacque the Spink
> Steppes Archery Marshall
>
>
>
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