<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Greetings all,</DIV>
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<DIV>It's just twelve short hours until we began setting up for our "Archer's </DIV>
<DIV>Challenge & Pot Luck Revel" (and Gothic Pity Party)! From the emails </DIV>
<DIV>& phone calls we are receiving it would appear as if we are going to </DIV>
<DIV>have quite a few new faces, and maybe some old familiar ones we </DIV>
<DIV>haven't seen for a while too. We hope to find you among them!</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>HL William Black Dragon (aka Ironwyrm)</DIV>
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<DIV>PS: This tournament is an unofficial activity sponsored by participating </DIV>
<DIV>members of our Arc d' Or just for the enjoyment of the populace of our </DIV>
<DIV>central regional groups. </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 8/31/09, William Black Dragon <I><ironwyrm@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: William Black Dragon <ironwyrm@sbcglobal.net><BR>Subject: [Steppes] Third Quarter's Archer's Challenge & Pot Luck Revel!<BR>To: "steppes" <steppes@lists.ansteorra.org>, central@lists.ansteorra.org, steppesbowyerandfletchersguild@yahoogroups.com, draconianhorde@yahoogroups.com<BR>Cc: elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org, lindenwood@lists.ansteorra.org, rosenfeld@lists.ansteorra.org, loch-ruadh@lists.ansteorra.org, glasyln@lists.ansteorra.org, dragonsfire-tor@lists.ansteorra.org, emeraldkeep@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:25 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail><BR><BR><BR>Greetings all,<BR> <BR>Sunday Sept. 6, 2009 we plan to hold our third Archer's Challenge & <BR>Pot Luck Revel on the <SPAN><SPAN>Eastfield</SPAN></SPAN> college archery range starting at 10 <BR>AM in the morning. This is a period style archery contest sponsored <BR>by participating members of your central region's Arc d' Or in an effort <BR>increase local participation in the SCA, archery and other activities <BR>related to both. Everyone is welcome to join us, come share you're <BR>skills and interests with others present while watching your region's <BR>archers compete in challenging & at times very amusing contests of <BR>skill. <BR> <BR>We do request you dress in garb & bring something to share for pot <BR>luck, pray keep in mind the weather is still warm so dress & bring items <BR>appropriate to the season. Mundane pop-ups & camp chairs are
<BR>recommended, there are shade trees and almost always a breeze <BR>(Eastfield is well known as the most windy range in the kingdom). <BR>Bards would be most welcome to come and entertain the spectators <BR>while marshals swap targets and set up the next round, also I'm sure <BR>there will be more that one contestant willing to reward for a glowing <BR>introduction.<BR> <BR>To enter the tournament just bring a largess item to donate to our prize <BR>basket (something you might enjoy receiving as a prize yourself). All <BR>donations are collected at sign up and the basket kept at the marshal's <BR>table until a winner of the tournament is determined. I believe it <BR>important to note our last two tournament winners have generously <BR>shared their prize baskets with all the archers competing in the <BR>tournament so everyone had a great time and walked away a prize <BR>winner (Those darn archers, what were
they thinking, always trying to <BR>be different huh!).<BR> <BR>The tournament will consist of eight skill shoots, persona play (how <BR>well you & your costuming fits your noted time period & location, <BR>(beware, footwear has been the greatest point killer in this category), <BR>and a simple boast (example - "I shall out score all whom enter the <BR>tournament this day!"). Points are accumulative for all skill shoots <BR>and added bonus points are awarded for persona's and boasts by <BR>an impartial trio of judges whom shall determine difficulty of and <BR>completion of either. <BR> <BR>Competitors determined by the judges to have the highest score shall <BR>be declared the winner of the tournament and awarded the contents of <BR>our prize basket. <BR> <BR>Steppes Archery Practice range is located at Eastfield College on Motley <BR>Drive north
of I-30 next to the tennis courts. Parking is available across the <BR>street at the far end of the Baptist church's parking lot. There shall be no <BR>official Steppes archery practice that day so our unofficial tournament will <BR>began sometime around 10 AM (SCA time or as soon as we get set up).<BR> <BR>Those of us attending obviously aren't making Gothic, sooo we're looking <BR>at doubling as a Gothic pity party as well. Come join us and have fun!<BR> <BR>Please note: Eastfield is a school and all local & state laws do apply... <BR>no swords, knives, daggers, or other edged weapons, and no alcohol <BR>please!<BR> <BR>Regards,<BR> <BR>HL William Black Dragon (aka "Ironwyrm")<BR> <BR>PS: This is a roaming quarterly tournament, if your group's archery <BR>marshal would be interested in bringing our "Archer's Challenge" to <BR>your group's local archery practice range, contact your
local Arc d' Or <BR>and we'll be glad to see what we can arrange. <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Steppes mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc800.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Steppes@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Steppes@lists.ansteorra.org">Steppes@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org" target=_blank>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>