[Ansteorra-archery] Question About Sherwood Target Archery Competitions

[Eadric Anstapa]

Most competitions crossbow and handbow compete head to head.  If you are 
going to do otherwise you should announce well in advance so archers 
don't make a long drive and show up to discover that they can not win 
the  Tournament

Of course crossbows are very period for a  Robinhood themed event.  Lets 
face it Richard the Lionheart was both himself very fond of the 
crossbows and shot one himself  while ironically died by being shot by a 
crossbow.

Tournaments can be designed so that crossbows have an advantage and 
those designed so that handbows have and  advantage.  Crossbows 
generally have a slight advantage at shorter ranges, in slower static 
shoots, and at known ranges.   Handbows have advantages in more dynamic, 
fast shoots, and at longer ranges.   Good handbowmen will generally 
outscore the crossbowman on a 3 second timed end.  A good handbowmen 
will generally outscore a crossbow on a clout shoot.

The best archer is going to win.  The Royal Huntsman Tournament has not 
been dominated by crossbowmen.  In fact 14 Royal Huntsman tournaments 
have been won by handbows and 6 by crossbows.  In fact after winning a 
Royal Huntsman with a crossbow there some who may have mentioned that 
they thought Ironwyrm won because he was using a crossbow.  To prove em 
wrong he came back and won a subsequent Royal Huntsman with a recurve.

If you do decide that only handbowmen can compete then then don't be 
surprised if crossbowmen you know don't bother to come to your event and 
then don't complain if you don't have the participation you would have 
liked.

Regards,

-EA


Ken Theriot wrote:
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> Hey Everyone,
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> I was at our event planning meeting last night and talking about the 
> archery competitions.  There will be several "novelty-shoots" for 
> target archery, but I got to thinking afterward that I wanted to ask 
> the experts about something.  I'm relatively new to target (though 
> I've been doing CA regularly for a few years). 
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> This is a Robin Hood themed event, and as such, I was hoping to limit 
> the target competitions (we'll be doing target stuff with both the 
> regular TA stuff AND the CA stuff in the morning) to long bow.  I know 
> cross-bows existed in this period, but it just isn't in the "idiom" 
> (zeitgeist?) of Robin Hood.  Also, there is currently a set number of 
> archery prizes...one for overall target archery, 1 for CA target 
> archery, and 1 for "in-armor-actually-fighting" CA. If we have to ALSO 
> split the TA prize into two (one for cross-bow, and one for long-bow), 
> it will make things a lot harder to do.  However, I know there are 
> folks who prefer the cross-bow, or even shoot it exclusively for 
> target.  How is this handled in "regular" target competitions?    
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> Cross-bows would have a huge advantage over long bows for the same 
> target and distance wouldn't they?  It would make sense to me that the 
> two types of weapons would have to either have their own competitions, 
> or have different distances for the same target.  Regardless of either 
> situation, it seems like it would be exponentially difficult, given 
> our full schedule, to have both weapons in the target archery 
> competition.  Am I off-base here?  Honestly, though I have 
> participated in several "fun" shoots at SCA events, have set up a 
> range, and am an authorized TA marshal, I don't have the competition 
> experience to know for sure what to do here.
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> Any input appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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> Kenneth
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