[Ansteorra-archery] Children's Archery

[Cynthia Teague]

Cian, Danr & I have been interested in offering children's royal rounds
primarily because our daughter would like to shoot them.  I have nothing
but praise for the opportunities our local groups have provided for the
children (ours and others) -- so many patient teachers!  But week in and
week out she watches the adults shooting royal rounds and recording their
scores, and she'd like to do that too.  She's even tried shooting adult
royal rounds, but she's nine and that's tough.  And I know that both of our
kids would like to be able to look up their standing on the sca-scores
page.  We think that would probably appeal to other kids, too.

We were the marshalls for the children's shoot at Wiesenfeuer Baronial (as
you know), and we split it into two parts.  One was children's royal
rounds; this is what determined the winner.  At the same time, we had a fun
shoot with a balloon box & a couple of other targets at about 5 yards.  We
let the children decide which half they wanted to do, and they sorted
themselves out very nicely.  None of the kids shooting royal rounds seemed
to mind skipping the balloon box, and none of the younger / less
experienced kids seemed to mind not having a (theoretical) chance to be the
Winner.  We are planning on doing the same thing at Namron's Beltane Games
this coming weekend.

Once the novelty of children's royal rounds has worn off, I wouldn't want
to do them every time, just as I wouldn't want to do them in the adult
shoots at every event.  But we do hope to find a way to offer them at
Namron's practices at least occasionally.

Vigdis


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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