[Ansteorra-archery] Come to "A Day in Sherwood" Next Saturday!

[Ken Theriot]

If you haven't already heard about our archery-centric event next weekend in
Bjornsborg, "A Day in Sherwood"
http://207.58.163.190/greatambience/bjornsborg/Sherwood/Sherwood.htm then
let me tell you all that.we're having an archery-centric event next weekend
in Bjornsborg called "A Day in Sherwood.":-).

 

One of the main goals of this event, other than just to have a great time,
is to encourage more people to get involved with SCA target and combat
archery.  We will have loaner gear for both types of archery available for
any and all to try their hand.  Here is a bit more information on the day's
archery events:

 

The morning will be devoted to shooting at targets.  From 9:30-11:00 will be
target archery shoots; an open shoot, and two competitions for the day's
prizes.  From 11:00-12:00 will be shooting at targets with combat archery
equipment.  No armor is required for this as it is designed to allow anyone
(who might not have armor) to try it out.

 

The feast is a lunch instead of a dinner.  Then in the afternoon, we have
live combat archery in the heavy weapons melee scenarios.  There is a woods
battle and a field battle planned.

 

At the end of the day, a "champion" will be selected who has excelled in
multiple activities for the day (archery and bardic competitions,
persona-play, etc.).  You don't actually have to WIN any of the competitions
to be named champion!  You could come in second in everything, and still be
selected.  You don't technically even have to enter all the
competitions.though I imagine it would be more difficult for someone who
doesn't to be selected;).  

 

For the target archery portion of the event, any type of bow may participate
in the shoots, and recognition will be given to those who excel.  But due
nefarious reasons of our own (buwahhahaa), the cross-bows will not be
considered for the victor of the target archery portion.

 

HOWEVER, for live combat archery, cross-bows are definitely part of the
competition!  So a cross-bow archer can still win the overall day's prize.

 

The site has an actual archery range that is spacious and well-placed for
safety, as archery is a big part of the mundane business of the site.  So
come on out and have a blast!

 

Happy shooting either way:-)

 

Kenneth    

 

 

 

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From: Michael Cooper [mailto:boomersan at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:48 AM
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From: wyvillmike at hotmail.com
To: ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:01:43 +0000
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Couple things


To echo HL Jean Paul's statement, archers can do that to formations. Anyone
who was in the castle at Gothic War 2007 can attest that they were driven
from the walls by archers. They formed a shield wall inside and archers
whittled down their numbers until frankly in my case, I just stopped
shooting. No more targets.
 
There is a reason that Trimarans call the Company of Saint Sebastian the
'Black Bastards' and our friends from Gleann Ahbann call us 'The
Sebastards'. We can and do thin units so the shields/spears/polearms can
move forward and take and hold flags. We operate about in small groups
attack a protion of the line from different angles. It works well. The
sudden appearance of one of us, bow drawn, can stop a fighter in his tracks.
Last year in the ravine on at least one occassion two of us did that, the
opposing line faltered, and the Midrealmers smashed into the gaps created. 
 
EdV


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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:54:29 -0600
From: paul.v.thorne at gmail.com
To: ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Couple things

Sir Morgan,

   I believe you have the right of it.  As most experienced archers could
tell you, we can make entire shield walls cover up and worry about one
bolt/arrow coming their way rather easily.  How many of us have heard the
"Archer UP" come rolling across quickly followed by an entire line of
shields going high?  This can be done without a bolt even on the crossbow if
you do it right.  So, knowing that response to a single archer we then add
in multiple archers and (this is important) "aimed" mass fire and I think
you have a formula for success.  One on one, most fighters have little to
fear from Combat archers, but in mass and in melee too many people have
trouble focusing on multiple threats, let's use that to our advantage.   If
you stagger the mass fire and come in from several angles there isn't much
that a shield wall can really do if a group of archers is out for them.
They have two choices, duck and cover hoping for the best or break their
formation and try to get through to kill the archers.  Either way they are
no longer fighting the big fight but merely trying to survive.  If we can
force a portion of a line to standstill or break away to try and get to the
archers have we not succeeded in forcing them to fight our fight?

  



 

 

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