<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv2015352404"><div id="yiv1642165241"><div id="yiv36105696"><div id="yiv136749159"><div id="yiv957816967"><div id="yiv1193792172"><div id="yiv1666841980"><div id="yiv886841769"><div id="yiv759138454"><div id="yiv1270385560"><div id="yiv102043870"><div id="yiv1589140112">Greetings all, <br><br>Steppes Warlord is just but a short week away and we have a great list <br>of missile actives scheduled for this year's event! <br><br>A Childrens Archery Tournament and Novice Archers Tournament, our <br>"William Tell" Tournament, a combat archery & siege "Squire Duck <br>Shoot", six hour Thrown Weapons Competition, and both a Baronial & <br>Kingdom level Archery Champions' Tournaments! <br><br>That's right we'll have arrows, bolts, and missiles flying down range from <br>early morning until early evening on both Saturday and
Sunday. So bring
<br>your bows, crossbows, bolt
& arrows, knives, axes,
spears, pop-ups, <br>chairs, snacks, mugs and don't forget that all important sunscreen! <br><br>Come join us for two full days of plying your marksmanship & skills with <br>your fellow Ansteorrans to see who shall win the titles of "Steppes Archer", <br>"Royal Huntsman" or just see whom can bean the most squires at the <br>"Squire Duck Shoot"! Plenty of fun to be had by all, save maybe those <br>squires, heh, heh, heh!?!<br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Warlord XXXVII Missile Activities Schedule:</span> <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span> -<br><br>10:30 AM (or 30 min. following court)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Steppes Archer
Tournament</span> begins
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Thrown Weapons Competition</span> opens<br><br>1:30 PM<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Novice Archery
Tournament</span> begins
<br><br>3:30 PM<span style="font-weight: bold;"> William Tell Tournament</span> begins <br><br>5 PM<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Thrown Weapons Competition</span> closes<br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday</span> -<br><br>10:30 AM (or 30 min. following court)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Children's Archery Tournament</span> begins <br><br>12 Noon<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Royal Huntsman Tournament</span> begins <br><br>3:30 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Excellencies' "Squire Duck Shoot"*</span> begins<br><br>* The Squire Duck Shoot is an introduction to combat archery & siege <br>weapons allowing the populace to try their skill with combat crossbow <br><span><span>& ballistia</span> at a "pop-a-squire" game in a carnival style shooting gallery <br>format. </span><span>Loaner equipment shall be made available.</span><span> A huge basket of
<br>largess & prizes have been collected to be awarded to the most
skillful <br>(or luckiest) shots among our participants! <br> <br>Please note all the above are proposed times, and as things do often <br>happen in
the SCA might have to be adjusted at the last minute. <br><br>A limited amount of archery equipment will be made available for the <br>Childrens, Novice & William Tell Tournaments. However not made <br>available for either Steppes Archer nor Royal Huntsman Tournament. <br><br>Bows & crossbows shall allowed to compete equally without favoring <br>one over the other (we would prefer the best marksman possible for our <br>Steppes Archery Champion). <br><br>All tournaments shall be brought to conclusion with a clear winner of <br>each tournament. <br><br>We look forward to seeing you there! <br><br>Regards, <br><br>HL William Black Dragon called "Ironwyrm" <br>Archery Marshal in Charge of Steppes Warlord <br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table>