[Ansteorra-archery] Children's Archery

[Patrick R]

In all honesty I have only shot one royal round in my life to to the fact that our practice range will not accomodate one. They are great for expeienced shooters to see how much they have progressed. It is just my opinion but I feel if we keep their interest and they keep coming back eventually they will want to shoot royal rounds. I grade our progress by how many people we have at archery practice, how many start to buy their own equipment, and if we are growing. 
Dante
 

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 From: Doug Copley <doug.copley at gmail.com>
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Children's Archery
  


We have to remember that the SCA RR Scores is not a complete indicator of how the Archery Community is doing and it should never be presented that it is. Many people do not shoot RR scores and have no interest in them, many people shoot one once in awhile but since they must have 3 of them in a 12 month period and 1 of them MUST be an away score there are many people that do not show up on the list. I know of a number of Archers that are very good but are not on the list and have not been for several years.

Now with that being said, I do like to shoot RRs:-) I do not get to do it as often as I would like but I still enjoy them.

The reports from the Archery marshals and from the Event MICs are a better indicator than the RRs. The RRs are a tool to help us see how we are progressing and to see how we compare with some of the other archers that we do not always get to shoot against. 

Vincenti



On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Frank Schalles <francisschalles at gmail.com> wrote:

There are, and have been local groups that are Excellent in their
>youth programs. It just doesnt show up in our SCA SCORES
> page. Perhaps all we need to do is document the participation via
>youth Royal Round scoring process?
>
>Francois
>
>On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Ld. Cian Rhys Gravenor
><metaldog00 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I may be getting ready to step in it, but I know several baronies that have had a youth program for many years. Admittedly there are rather few participants and I agree we can do  more to recruit the children. On the other hand we have quite a few wee folk participate in archery at the events I frequent. I think local marshals are doing a pretty good job though and I would like to give them props for all they are doing to bring in new blood.
>>
>> Cian
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2013, at 9:33 AM, "Frank Schalles" <francisschalles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Archers!
>>>
>>> I was reviewing the youth SCORES page at SCA and realized we need to
>>> step up our youth archery program.
>>>
>>> I realize that there are local groups that are naturally teaching
>>> their youths, and we thank you. We have, I think, shied away from
>>> youth SCA activities due to past legal complications. But I believe
>>> that youth Archery is a program that, with the parents participation,
>>> can safely teach Archery in a group setting.
>>>
>>> There are some local groups that have started to hold youth (Children)
>>> Archery Royal Rounds at events, but the lack of youth names on the SCA
>>> SCORES web page suggest that we have a missed opportunity. Our SCA
>>> children are our SCA future, what we mentor and teach is what they
>>> will do when they are in charge.
>>>
>>> I ask each local Archery group set aside a few minutes each practice
>>> to mentor the youth in your group. And when you plan a Royal Round for
>>> Adults, consider doing one for the youth. Better yet, hold a Royal
>>> Rounds specifically for the youth at least once every 3 months. Make
>>> it special, invite other groups to attend, hold a revel, recognize
>>> each youth as a member of the Archery community, and in a few years
>>> from now, we will have many more talented and experienced Archers to
>>> carry on our our beloved SCA Archery programs.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yours In Service,
>>> LD. Francois de Lions,
>>> Keeper of the Royal Rounds, Ansteorra
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