[Ansteorra-archery] Archery as a Peer area under A&S.

[Patrick R]

You make some excellent points but there may be more that we are doing besides hanging out at the range. For local events my weekend consists of setting up the range Friday, getting on site early and helping put up pavilions and helping others put up tents late at night. All day Saturday is spent running the range from morning to just before feast. Sunday consists of tearing down the range and bringing things back to the shed. Sadly that leaves very little time to help or even experience other things that are going on at the event. For the last three events I was at I never put an arrow down range. As for making things for contests, I have not really considered it much to be honest. What I make is not really period as I use power tools, modern sealers and wood that comes in planks. I would not really consider it since those things were not available before 1600 and they do not look that cosmetically appealing since I just want it to survive and bend
 properly. I wish I was more artistic but I realize I would cry if I put that much into it and it failed after a few rounds. I see where you are coming from and think it is a great idea. 
Dante  


From: Sebastian <sebastianf at sbcglobal.net>
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Archery as a Peer area under A&S.



Francois;
 
     I applaud your drive and desire for recognition for the Archery community.  Please understand that this although extremely rare is not not new ground.  Master Leon Donne was elevated to the Laurel for Archery crafts in 1993.  I believe there was a female also elevated but I cannot remember her name.  
     That said, please enter your crafts in the A&S competitions.  Let people know that we are skilled in more than just "flinging skinny sticks down range".  May I also highly recommend that we spend more time in the SCA doing none archery things.  As some have already pushed for, show service to our kingdom, don't spend entire events at the Archery Range.  Do field heraldry for the fighters, get authorized to be a Marshal for one or both styles of fighting, work the gate at an event etc.  
     Most all of the upper level awards require you to show an interest or ability in something other than your specialty.  The archery community seems to be one of the exceptions.  Many of our archers have been rewarded for their actions in the archery community with little or no exposure elsewhere.  Do not be that person, serve the Kingdom and show support for the SCA as a combined community.
     I have over the years spoken to Laurels in this Kingdom about recognizing the "Art & Science" (science in particular) of the knowledge and skills required to shoot well in archery.  This has meet with great resistance.  Please give this some thought and let me know what you think.  Am I on Target ;) or totally off the mark?
 
Yours In Service
Don Sebastian Frobishire CAO
Seneschal
Barony of Elfsea

From: Frank Schalles <francisschalles at gmail.com>
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra <Ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org> 
Cc: ArcheryGuild-Period at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 9:48 AM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Archery as a Peer area under A&S.


Archers!

As Archers we continue to hone our skills and our art of Archery. We
should be recognized for our efforts. There have been some discussion
on other lists, SCA wide, as to what we can do to educate the Peers in
A&S that our art (Archery) is a valid area to be considered for
elevation to peerage.

We make period clothing, construct period bows and arrows, and we
shoot period contests.
How is this different than making a period dress, making a period box,
or performing a
period dance?

The SCA ArcheryGuild-Period group is in the process of defining it's
core mission statements, and
it has been suggested that one of our goals should be to promote
Archery to the kingdom Peerage communities as a valid A&S area for
peerage award.

As Keeper of the Royal Rounds - Ansteorra, and a promoter of period
Archery, I have formulated a path that shall lead to the education of
the A&S peerage that they should consider what we do, just as worthy
as other A&S areas.

How you ask? By entering every bow that I make, every set of arrows,
every quiver, brace,
glove, garb, and string into the A&S contests. You make these already,
why not get credit for it?
And I will concentrate on the kingdom published events for more
Kingdom level exposure.

The next set of arrows that you make, make them to win the shoot and
to win the A&S contest.

Yours In Service
Ld. Francois de Lions,
Keeper of the Royal Rounds, Ansteorra
Central Region Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
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