[Ansteorra-archery] Royal Huntsman - CA and TA Champions?

Kaitlyn Mckenna mistresskaitlyn at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 13:53:45 PST 2009


Just a thought...but not being a combat archer myself does not limit my
ability to inspire, outfit, assemble a unit of combat archers should the
Crown require it of me.

--kaitlyn

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Patrick R <tex_yankee2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   The last three baronial archery tournaments we hosted had between 20-25
> individuals compete and an additional 20-25 shoot just for fun. The baronial
> event before these that was limited to authorized combat archers only had
> three people compete. To borrow a helm and combat arrows is not necessarily
> a problem but to state that the winner is expected to compete in combat
> archery does limit the people willing to compete for the honor of being the
> Royal Huntsman.
>
>
>
> Dante
>
> --- On *Wed, 11/18/09, Doug Copley <doug.copley at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Doug Copley <doug.copley at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Royal Huntsman - CA and TA Champions?
> To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra" <
> ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:40 PM
>
>
> Good points!
>
> I believe that you are correct that the majority of TA participants do not
> do CA and never will. I also know that there are CA participants that do not
> do TA.
>
> Perhaps the solution may be as simple as an overall declaration that the
> Royal Huntsman is:
> A. The Champion TA for the Kingdom, or
> B. The Champion CA for the Kingdom, or
> C. The King's representative of all forms of archery within the Kingdom and
> as such must be able to perform and compete in all areas.
>
> This would be a tough pill for many people to swallow and might upset some
> people that believe that it should only be TA or CA. But as a wise person
> stated, it is not possible to make everyone happy.
>
> I believe that Arthur's thinking (please correct me if I am wrong) is that
> he is trying to figure out the best way to make as many people happy as
> possible and to have as many people involved in some form of archery as
> possible.
>
> The more people that we have involved in archery the better it is for all
> of us.
>
> I also agree that the Kingdom MM and the reigning RH should do their best
> to work with the King & Queen to help educate them and help them understand
> our portion of the SCA and what some of our traditions and concerns are.
>
> YIS,
> Vincenti
>
> Jed Tressler wrote:
> >     hmmmm, this might be a good idea.
> >
> >     Is it viable to have two separate shoots and two champions?
> >
> >     Vincenti
> >
> >
> > The extension of this, is that we should have a Queens Heavy Rapier
> Champion, a Queens Light Rapier Champion, a Queens Side Sword Champion, a
> Kings Fiberglass Spear Champion, and a Kings Champion (all other weapon
> forms).  These all require different authorizations, different equipment
> sets, and different skills that may not have a chance to shine in the
> "traditional" or "standard" tourney formats.  Our fellow marshal enthusiasts
> are, mostly, ok with the fact that there particular "flavor" doesn't always,
> or never, gets to shine.  I think we should be too.
> > The one thing that I think would help to increase the reception and
> prestige of the Huntsmen competition is to ensure that our Crowns understand
> the nature of the community, and the different flavors within it.  Not all
> Crowns are going to realize how few of the archers competing in there
> Huntsmen tourney are CA authorized, or how long it takes to get authorized,
> or the potential difficulty of getting authorized based on marshal
> availability, or that one CA round in the tourney doesn't often highlight
> the CA of true skill (we do CA in melee, not tourney).  Nor do they
> necessarily understand how much time and effort many of the target archers
> put into there craft mostly on there own, practicing, making arrows,
> reviewing form, studying texts on the theory of archery, and how that one
> round of CA can be so frustrating because it feels like it undermines the
> work they put in at the one big chance they have to shine (most crowns don't
> sit and watch a local groups archery competition).
> >
> > To my mind, it falls to the kingdom missile marshal, and the current
> royal huntsmen to ensure that a crown understands this part of there
> kingdom.  After all, it seems fewer crowns than we would like had a passion
> for archery before they ascended the thrown, so we cant just expect that
> they will understand.
> >
> > My Thoughts,
> > Bastian Eisengart, L.
> >
> >
> >
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