[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

[iaenmor]

Damm, I kinda agree with you Gilli.  Anybody on a given day could win, above
and beyond their expectations.  But at the same time sponsoring a beginners
tourney persay is a good idea.  What is the best way to get someone to
practice, dangle a little bait in front of them.  It does seem to work for
the chivalric lists.  At the same time I think it behooves the better
archers to make sure that they attend these shoots to offer their advice and
experience.  I think as a whole we the archery community do not spend enough
time with a newer archers.  Yes, I am as guilty of this as others, but we
have and can see examples of this.  The time you spent with Lord Robert is a
good example, he may have had the natural skill but who provided the time,
range and incentive.  The same could be said of Lord Carluccio,  the man
seems to have a lot of talent when it comes to shooting but having someone
look at your form, stance and equipment and helping to better all can not be
discounted.  Sure lets have beginner tournaments but lets also make sure the
pride of Ansteorran archers are there to coach, teach and encourage them in
their endavors.
Iaen Mor
Gate's Edge
Ansteorra
Coastal Region Archery Marshal
iaenmor at swbell.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments


> 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jspinks at ix.netcom.com>
> To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> Cc: <dmruff1 at juno.com>
> 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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