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To attempt to glean arrows overshot at station 1 and the area for shooting at station 2 lay within the field of fire of the range we would have used for Royal Rounds. <BR>
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<TD><A style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #0184cb; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=EML_WLHM_GreaterGood" target=_blank><IMG style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" alt="i'm" src="http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w3/pr01/ltr/i_charity.gif"> EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD<BR><SPAN style="PADDING-RIGHT: 24px; PADDING-LEFT: 24px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #3fb555; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Join me</SPAN></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR>> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:15:34 -0500<BR>> From: rwbordelon@gmail.com<BR>> To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Third Quarter 2008 Royal Round Keeper Report<BR>> <BR>> The only way to encourage people to shoot Royal Rounds is to have them where<BR>> and when people are around. Many people in the SCA are dabblers. We each have<BR>> a primary interest and dabble a little here and a little there in<BR>> other activites and time<BR>> and opportunity allows.<BR>> <BR>> The archery at Gate's Edge Saturday was impressive. The numbers of participants<BR>> was fantastic! As a matter of fact the shear number of people<BR>> already particating<BR>> was part of the reason I didn't this time.<BR>> <BR>> I know that the seneca run does take time. I had the pleasure to<BR>> visit and watch<BR>> from the side lines. But for the most part it is not a spectator<BR>> event. I enjoyed<BR>> visiting the people waiting in line for their turn to do the run.<BR>> What I am curious<BR>> about is what prevented shooting a RR? It might have been something for the<BR>> people not doing the seneca run to do while they waited. You say that you were<BR>> equipped to run a RR but it didn't happen. Was it a lack of marshals?<BR>> <BR>> Just curious,<BR>> --Francois<BR>> <BR>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Mike Wyvill <wyvillmike@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> > I didn't say or mean to imply that it couldn't be done at all events. I said<BR>> > that it couldn't be done at ours since we have as part of our championship a<BR>> > Seneca Run. That is where archers shoot at a target until they hit it, and<BR>> > then advance to the next until at the end they shot at a IKCAC target using<BR>> > Combat equipment. Assuming an average of 6 minutes per run (times are<BR>> > recorded for placement) our 24 participants would take over 2 and 1/2 hours<BR>> > to complete this portion of the event. Many were novices and took far longer<BR>> > until it was necessary to institute an 8 minute time limit.<BR>> ><BR>> > Some events don't lend themselves to the shooting of a RR. Some can. We<BR>> > really wanted to have some RRs shot in the afternoon, but the numbers were<BR>> > against us. We were equipped to do so, but it wasn't meant to be.<BR>> ><BR>> > EdV<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD<BR>> > Join me<BR>> ><BR>> > ________________________________<BR>> > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:35:09 -0700<BR>> > From: jlspinks@sbcglobal.net<BR>> > To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Third Quarter 2008 Royal Round Keeper<BR>> > Report<BR>> ><BR>> > This is perhaps true but if you get the number on the line it can be done<BR>> > fairly quickly. We have done as high as 34 archers in 2 hours at Warlord as<BR>> > part of the Bowman's tourney. It generally takes about 30 minutes to shoot<BR>> > a Royal Round for a line of archers and you can usually get at least 2 and<BR>> > sometimes as high as 4 archers per target round.<BR>> > Jaque<BR>> > --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Mike Wyvill <wyvillmike@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > From: Mike Wyvill <wyvillmike@hotmail.com><BR>> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Third Quarter 2008 Royal Round Keeper<BR>> > Report<BR>> > To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra"<BR>> > <ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>> > Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 12:39 PM<BR>> ><BR>> > The reason I have an average is that I shot an IKAC (and therefore had a RR<BR>> > extracted from that) at Bordermarch Baronial. Some events lend themselves to<BR>> > be able to do just as you suggest and I think personally that it's a great<BR>> > idea. However not all events can do this. Having just helped run the Gate's<BR>> > Edge event this weekend, we just had way too many people competing to make<BR>> > allowances for folks to shoot RRs.<BR>> ><BR>> > It's a great idea though.<BR>> ><BR>> > Lord Engenulf de Vienville<BR>> > Company of St. Sebastian<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD<BR>> > Join me<BR>> ><BR>> >> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:22:37 -0500<BR>> >> From: anovy@suddenlink.net<BR>> >> To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> >> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Third Quarter 2008 Royal Round Keeper<BR>> >> Report<BR>> >><BR>> >> I may have a different viewpoint than many on this list, but I think it<BR>> >> should be expressed.<BR>> >><BR>> >> It is not a great concern of mine to increase my RR score. I am more<BR>> >> interested in having fun and using archery as a relaxing diversion from my<BR>> >> mundane life. As a result, I am not willing to drive 3 or 4 hours roundtrip,<BR>> >> even carpooling, to attend a special practice just so I can get an away<BR>> >> score. It takes two very valuable resources: my money and my time. I think<BR>> >> this recent push to have special practices has replaced holding Royal Round<BR>> >> shoots at events.<BR>> >><BR>> >> When I was in the Outlands, at any event at which archery was held, there<BR>> >> was also an opportunity to shoot a Royal Round (also, sometimes events that<BR>> >> had no other archery scheduled would still hold a RR). Every effort was made<BR>> >> to hold one. This made it much easier for the casual archer to still<BR>> >> participate and track his or her scores, because if you're at the event<BR>> >> anyway, why not shoot a RR and get that away score? Heck, there was a time<BR>> >> when my RR score was made up of only away scores shot at events.<BR>> >><BR>> >> I believe the Outlands policy was the correct way to go, which is why<BR>> >> since I started running archery at Mooneschadowe Guardian/Triumphe 3 years<BR>> >> ago, I have held a RR. I will be continuing this tradition this year, and<BR>> >> for as long as I run archery for that event.<BR>> >><BR>> >> People can hold special practices if they wish. I am not saying they<BR>> >> should stop. What I am saying is that you might be surprised at how many<BR>> >> more archers start submitting scores if you give them the opportunity at<BR>> >> events to do so.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Thanks,<BR>> >> Zorya Prazan<BR>> >> Mooneschadowe Archery Marshal<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> ---- Eadric Anstapa <eadric@scabrewer.com> wrote:<BR>> >> > Great. The whole point was/is to encourage people to attend some events<BR>> >> > and interact archers outside of their home practice. When the<BR>> >> > Ansteorran Royal Rounds were created it was noted that there were some<BR>> >> > really great archers that virtually never left their home range. Those<BR>> >> > really great archers are the ones that we almost want most to go out and<BR>> >> > and interact with other people because they are the ones that can<BR>> >> > inspire everyone to to better and the ones that can share and teach what<BR>> >> > it took for them to get as good as they are.<BR>> >> ><BR>> >> > The Northern branches have started travelling around to each others<BR>> >> > practices in a carpool and thats perfect. Perhaps the Steppes Marshals<BR>> >> > can coordinate with the Emerald Keep marshals to do something in Emerald<BR>> >> > Keep. It's and easy drive and two hours away, there is no site fee to<BR>> >> > pay for a practice, and if ya load as many folks as ya can into the most<BR>> >> > fuel efficient car that ya can then it's not a bad day trip. The<BR>> >> > Steppes archers then get an away score and they can share and get to<BR>> >> > know the Emerald Keep archers better.<BR>> >> ><BR>> >> > Regards,<BR>> >> ><BR>> >> > -EA<BR>> >> ><BR>> >><BR>> >> _______________________________________________<BR>> >> Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>> >> Ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> >> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>> > Ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>> > Ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>> Ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org<BR></body>
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