[Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due to the string?

Tue Apr 16 09:30:17 PDT 2013

as a reminder - when you are shooting a Royal Round you cannot shoot any
arrow that is not a part of the Royal Round until you are finished.

Vincenti

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Patrick R <tex_yankee2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> For many of us it is not a question of not wanting to do royal rounds it
> is a question of space to do them. We have a weekly practice in Bryn gwlad
> and I am happy to say we have been having a great turn out with new people
> all the time as we are averaging almost 30 people a weekend. The problem is
> we do not have a 40 plus yard area. At our last Baronial event royal rounds
> were part of the qualifications for the finals as well as offering them as
> part of the open shoot time. If we want to increase the number of archers
> we need to increase our open shooting time at events. The competition is
> great for established archers but we need to do something to get new people
> interested. If you are having an event with an open shoot ask if there is
> another marshal available who can help run a royal round at the same time
> you are having an open shoot.
>  Dante
>
>    *From:* Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net>
> *To:* Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <
> ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period
> due to the string?
>
> greetings
>
> while there are some of the requirements for " period " royal round that
> can keep people from shooting in that devision ( no shelf, no
> fiberglass,period nocks, etc. ) not to mention the fact that it seems rare
> to find local bowyers / fletchers in a group .
> the biggest hurdle i have seen for the royal round ( period or open ) is "
> marshal boredom "... i have seen many marshals only want to run one shoot
> at their events, whether this is due to time constraints, or just wanting
> to go do other things at events, i'm not certain. but many marshals over
> the years have also stated that royal rounds / ikacs were boring. i believe
> that this is due to the fact that many of them shot the royal round for
> years, and no longer find them a challenge, or in some cases , no longer
> score as well as they used to. so there is no excitement left for them. so
> they set up other shoots instead, and when those are done they call it a
> day , forgetting how exciting it used to be to reach that new level, and
> get that new tassel... forgetting that to a lot of nubies , the royal round
> is exciting , and new , and how they judge themselves against other archers
> in and out of kingdom .....
>
> there are interkingdom competitions in most missile activities , ikac's (
> which include royal round scores ) and seasonal challenges for archery .
> and twic's for thrown weapons.  and probably something out there for seige.
> at one time we ( ansteorra ) were always in the top 5 at least for some of
> the divisions, and it was a big deal . but it seems that as membership has
> dropped so has the pride in our kingdoms missile  rankings, both in and out
> of kingdom. : (
>
> basicly to get more royal rounds shot / scored , i believe will depend on
> getting the marshals excited about them again .
>
> just my opinion
> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> Arthur
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Schalles" <
> francisschalles at gmail.com>
> To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra" <
> ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due
> to the string?
>
>
> > If we restricted the period shoots to only hemp or flax strings, how
> > many would participate?
> >
> > The point I am trying to make here is that to shoot period bows and
> > crossbows we allow modern materials for the sake of increased
> > participation in period Royal Rounds. As a community we need more
> > period Royal Rounds. Now that we agree that we can use modern
> > materials for the strings, there is less restriction, and hopefully
> > more participation in period shooting.
> >
> > I would encourage each Archer in this Kingdom to consider in
> > participating in at least 2 period Royal Rounds in the next 3 months.
> > Make or borrow a period bow or crossbow and participate for the honor
> > of Ansteorran Archery.
> >
> > Yours in Service,
> > Ld. Francois de Lions
> > Keeper of the Royal Rounds
> > Kingdom of Ansteorra
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Bill Tait <arwemakere at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> If you want to be _that_ correct, make your string from hemp or flax.
> >>
> >> A _modern_ flemish twist string is dacron (or other).
> >>
> >> William Arwemakere
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Frank Schalles <
> francisschalles at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Archers!
> >>>
> >>> Is a long bow not period when it does not have a period string?
> >>>
> >>> Even a Flemish string is made with modern material. So is a
> >>> period bow not period when using a modern string?
> >>>
> >>> I seek a debate, wisdom, and common sense. Where do we draw the line?
> >>>
> >>> Ld. Francois de Lions,
> >>> Keeper of the Royal Rounds,
> >>> Kingdom of Ansteorra
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