[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

[Rumil Fletcher]

A worthy proposal...   One of which a variant has long been tradition
at Wiesenfeuer Baronial on Labor Day weekend.  Each of our weaponed
tournaments; chivalric, rapier, and archery; have had sponsored on
Sunday or Monday a newcomers tournament for anyone who has not been
engaged in that particular sport for more than a year, as long as
there were 2 or more willing who met the newcomer qualifications.
These are not titled competitions, but do carry prizes.

Rumil Fletcher




>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