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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you haven’t already heard about
our archery-centric event next weekend in Bjornsborg, “A Day in Sherwood”
<a href="http://207.58.163.190/greatambience/bjornsborg/Sherwood/Sherwood.htm">http://207.58.163.190/greatambience/bjornsborg/Sherwood/Sherwood.htm</a>
then let me tell you all that…we’re having an archery-centric event
next weekend in Bjornsborg called “A Day in Sherwood.”</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One of the main goals of this event, other
than just to have a great time, is to encourage more people to get involved
with SCA target and combat archery. We will have loaner gear for both
types of archery available for any and all to try their hand. Here is a
bit more information on the day’s archery events:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The morning will be devoted to shooting at
targets. From 9:30-11:00 will be target archery shoots; an open shoot,
and two competitions for the day’s prizes. From 11:00-12:00 will be
shooting at targets with <i><span style='font-style:italic'>combat</span></i>
archery equipment. No armor is required for this as it is designed to
allow anyone (who might not have armor) to try it out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The feast is a lunch instead of a
dinner. Then in the afternoon, we have live combat archery in the heavy
weapons melee scenarios. There is a woods battle and a field battle planned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>At the end of the day, a “champion”
will be selected who has excelled in multiple activities for the day (archery and
bardic competitions, persona-play, etc.). You don’t actually have
to WIN any of the competitions to be named champion! You could come in
second in everything, and still be selected. You don’t technically
even have to enter all the competitions…though I imagine it would be more
difficult for someone who doesn’t to be selected;). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For the target archery portion of the
event, any type of bow may participate in the shoots, and recognition will be
given to those who excel. But due nefarious reasons of our own
(buwahhahaa), the cross-bows will not be considered for the victor of the
target archery portion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>HOWEVER, for live combat archery,
cross-bows are definitely part of the competition! So a cross-bow archer can
still win the overall day’s prize.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The site has an actual archery range that
is spacious and well-placed for safety, as archery is a big part of the mundane
business of the site. So come on out and have a blast!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Happy shooting either way</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kenneth <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Michael Cooper
[mailto:boomersan@hotmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 19, 2009
6:48 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ansteorra-archery]
Couple things</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>From: wyvillmike@hotmail.com<br>
To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:01:43 +0000<br>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Couple things<br>
<br>
<br>
To echo HL Jean Paul's statement, archers can do that to formations. Anyone who
was in the castle at Gothic War 2007 can attest that they were driven from the
walls by archers. They formed a shield wall inside and archers whittled down
their numbers until frankly in my case, I just stopped shooting. No more
targets.<br>
<br>
There is a reason that Trimarans call the Company of Saint Sebastian the 'Black
Bastards' and our friends from Gleann Ahbann call us 'The Sebastards'. We can
and do thin units so the shields/spears/polearms can move forward and take and
hold flags. We operate about in small groups attack a protion of the line from
different angles. It works well. The sudden appearance of one of us, bow
drawn, can stop a fighter in his tracks. Last year in the ravine on at least
one occassion two of us did that, the opposing line faltered, and the
Midrealmers smashed into the gaps created. <br>
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EdV<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:54:29
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From: paul.v.thorne@gmail.com<br>
To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Couple things<br>
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Sir Morgan,<br>
<br>
I believe you have the right of it. As most experienced
archers could tell you, we can make entire shield walls cover up and worry
about one bolt/arrow coming their way rather easily. How many of us have
heard the "Archer UP" come rolling across quickly followed by an
entire line of shields going high? This can be done without a bolt even
on the crossbow if you do it right. So, knowing that response to a single
archer we then add in multiple archers and (this is important)
"aimed" mass fire and I think you have a formula for success.
One on one, most fighters have little to fear from Combat archers, but in mass
and in melee too many people have trouble focusing on multiple threats, let's
use that to our advantage. If you stagger the mass fire and come in
from several angles there isn't much that a shield wall can really do if a group
of archers is out for them. They have two choices, duck and cover hoping
for the best or break their formation and try to get through to kill the
archers. Either way they are no longer fighting the big fight but merely
trying to survive. If we can force a portion of a line to standstill or
break away to try and get to the archers have we not succeeded in forcing them
to fight our fight?<br>
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