[Ansteorra-archery] Royal Rounds and IKAC

[Susan McMahill]

Well said, Eadric. I think that another problem with the IKAC is that it takes so long to get scores posted that a lot of people don't bother anymore. It's hard to see if you are really making progress if you only see updates a couple of times a year.
 
I shot only FITA's for a couple of years and when faced with a 3-d target for the first time, found it an interesting challenge, and a lot more fun. When the 'gold' isn't exactly in the center of the butt anymore, you have to think more about what you are doing. When I run a shoot, I make every effort to make sure that the archers are challenged and not facing things they see every weekend at practice. Scores may not be terribly high, but everyone has fun. IKACs and Royal Rounds are good ways to see how well you rank with other archers who are shooting IKACs and RRs, but if you can shoot well under non-standard conditions or at unusual targets with consistent accuracy....that's a real determination of how good an archer you are. I think that we place way too much emphasis on rankings and scores, myself. I'd rather shoot and have a good time.
 
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> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:17:16 -0600> From: eadric at scabrewer.com> To: ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Royal Rounds and IKAC> > Well I think everyone knows I agree with you. Evidence would suggest > that others do as well. The evidence is that at our events when all the > targets are setup and available, the FITA targets are the last that > anyone wants to shoot at. And people crowd together to get enough room > on the line to shoot the clout.> > IKAC shoots do have their place. They do help an archer stay in good > shape. When the kings of England started requiring their subjects to > regularly practice archery it was not so that they could keep a book of > recorded scores. It was so that the archers would stay fit, develop the > needed skills, and be ready if they were needed to protect the realm.> > Personally I don't care about how we rank against the other kingdoms all > that much in the IKAC. I just care that our archers get out and shoot > and have as much fun and learn as much as possible while doing it. As > long as we have good practices and good tournaments I don't necessarily > care if we ever see a FITA target.> > Where I personally had rather see our archers measure themselves against > the archers from other kingdoms is at War.> > -EA> > > Paul Thorne wrote:> > The following is my opinion only,> >> > IKACs are boring. The Royal Round is only slightly less boring. I've been> > fortunate enough to be involved in shoots that have a wide variety of> > targets that I haven't even thought about shooting either one of those in> > several years. As an archer, if I get a choice of shooting a clout or 3D> > animal target or wreaths over a 60cm FITA target face, I'm going to take> > it. One of the most blatant modern items on the range is that darned FITA> > face, just can't stand it.> >> >> > -JP> >> > > > _______________________________________________> Ansteorra-archery mailing list> Ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org