[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

[Bob Dewart]

I'm probably going to get yelled at for this, but I'm going to say it
anyway.

Archers ranked at Bowman or below have the same chance as a fighter of that
skill level defeating  (fill in the name of the Knight or Don of your
choice).  My point is these folks have spent much time and effort to attain
their skill.  And so must those, in most cases, who would be victorious over
them in a head to head or even just a high score.

I have been sponsoring competition for many years.  Few overcome the inertia
to compete.  Few take the time to practice.

As the story goes, when the man asked "How do you get to Carrigee Hall?" The
reply was, "Practice".

Archery is a perishable skill.  If you don't shoot, well we know what
happens.

OK, so yell away, or not.

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments


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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