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

Patrick R tex_yankee2004 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 16 07:55:20 PDT 2013


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

 

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 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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