[Ansteorra-archery] Archery Competitions for Bryn Gwlad Baronial Event, 10/22/2005

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Archery Competitions for Bryn Gwlad Baronial Event, 10/22/2005 - 
Austin, Texas

There will be two separate archery venues - A general archery prize 
tourney, and a combat crossbow competition to select the next Baronial 
Archery Champion.

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General Target Archery - Prize Tourney : 10 AM to 2 PM
Range will be located between the Theatre and the boat dock.

This competition will be open for all forms of SCA-accepted target 
archery. Longbows, recurves, self-bows and crossbows will all be 
allowed. There will be one competition for adults, and a competition 
for children. If there are enough children in various age groups we 
will have age brackets for the kids competition. Prizes will be 
awarded.

Adult Competition:
The adults will shoot six arrows (or bolts) per target at 20 yards 
range, using their choice of bow types, with the targets being a deer, 
a boar, and a standard bulls-eye target. The top three adult scorers 
will then compete in a double-elimination 'String shoot'.

Children's Competition (17 and under):
Children will shoot two rounds of six arrows each at a bulls-eye 
target, at a range of 10 yards. The children will compete using their 
choice of bow types.

Scoring:
The bull's-eye, for adults or for children, is scored in the standard 
manner - 5 points for a bull's-eye, decreasing by one for each ring 
outward, for a six shot max of 30 points.

The animal targets are life-sized paper targets, and score 10 points 
for the 'Heart' area, 8 points for the next area out, which marks where 
the lungs are, and 5 points for anywhere else that touches the animal 
(even legs or horns), for a six shot max of 60 points.

Thus, for the adults, the first round score could be as high as 150 
points.

In the final round for the adults, the top three scorers will be 
selected, for a double-elimination 'string shoot'. They will shoot six 
arrows each at any target. A string will be stretched around each 
archer's grouping, and the longest string loses that round. Two losses 
in this phase eliminates an archer.

Prizes :
The adult winner will receive one dozen hand-crafted arrows or crossbow 
bolts, to be fletched in the winner's choice of colors. These will be 
made by HLS Jason of Rosaria.

For the children, there will be period prizes for first, second and 
third place, plus all three also will get a gift certificate for ice 
cream at Maggie Moos. If we split the children's competition into 
multiple age brackets, there will be one prize per age bracket.

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Combat Target Archery - Baronial Archery Championship: 3 PM to 5 PM
Range will be located between the Castle and the Ship.

This competition will be to select the next Baronial Archery Champion. 
Participants will be restricted to combat-legal crossbows and bolts, 
and must at a minimum wear a fencing mask or other combat archery 
approved head/face protection. Loaner gear will be available.

Several firing stations will be set up. The archer must stand (or kneel 
if so designated) in a marked square on the ground, and must aim at a 
designated IKCAC target that will be positioned in or near the castle. 
They will get three shots from each position, scoring 10 points for the 
face plate, 8 for the center chest circle, and 5 for any other hit.

One station will have two targets, representing a noble protected by a 
shield man. Clean hits on the noble are scored double.

Each archer will shoot from each station, and their scores will be 
tallied. The top three will have a double-elimination shoot-off, aiming 
at the 'Noble and shield man' station.

Prizes :
The winner will be named the next Baronial Archery Champion, and will 
also receive one dozen crossbow bolts.