[Northkeep] Autumn Arrows in Calontir

[Stephanie Drake]

When is it?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emily Minier" <adalia.nyx at gmail.com>
To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:13 AM
Subject: [Northkeep] Autumn Arrows in Calontir


> Unto the Dewis, other Archers, and Populace of Northkeep come greetings.
>
> I have been asked to inform our group of a Calontir event called Autumn
> Arrows.  It is Archery and thrown weapons all day long.   The information 
> I
> have received thus far is as follows.
>
> The event is at Camp David of the Ozarks just outside of Rolla, MO (Google
> Maps has that at 4 hours 50 minutes from my front door).
>
> A. Initial set up Friday evening 1 October.
> B. Archery/thrown weapons field opens at 0900 Saturday 2 October.
> C. Shoots consist of the following:
> 1. Pyramid shoot - 2 flights of six arrows
> Pyramid target five scoring bands starting with gold at the top. Standard
> scoring 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 at approximately 25 paces.
> 2. Reverse it! (sponsored by Lord Thomas Fleischacker) - 2 flights of six
> arrows. Reverse five ring bull, outer ring scoring highest 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 
> for
> gold and a shadow ring that adds 1 point to that scoring color. 
> Approximate
> distance 20 paces.
> 3. Thor's Challenge - 2 flights of six arrows.
> Hit the lightening bolt slashing across the target. Gold scores 5, red
> Distance approximately 30 paces.
> 4. Raiders approach - 2 flights of six arrows.
> Target the three approaching raiders. Only two arrows (lowest score) per
> target score. Distance to target varies from 25 to 40 paces. Scoring, 
> heart
> 5, head/torso 3, limbs 1.
> 5. Allies and enemy - 2 flights of six arrows.
> A field of nine shields. Calontir center, allies at each of the four
> corners. The remaining four are enemy kingdoms. Score 5 points for each
> enemy, subtract 3 points for each ally, subtract 5 points for Calontir.
> Approximate distance, 25 paces.
> 6. Pizza Spiral - 2 flights of six arrows.
> Gold center, colored spiral arms radiating outward. Score Gold 5, Red 4,
> Blue 3, Black 2, white 1. Distance 20 paces.
> 7. Crazy Circles - 2 flights of six arrows.
> A large circle containing six partial period bulls facing the outer ring 
> of
> the large circle. Only one arrow (lowest) per period bull scores. Score 
> gold
> 5, red 3, blue inner circle 1 per arrow. Distance 20 paces.
> 8. Dancing Dice - 2 flights of six arrows.
> Three hanging dice. Score only two arrows per die. Score 5 points per die.
> Distance 40 paces.
> 9. Challenge Shoot - To be determined.
> 10. Challenge Shoot - To be determined.
> There is an Inn which asks for donations only. Feast is provided by HL 
> Paul
> Adler.
> 1. First remove bread, cheeses, honey butter and grapes.
> 2. Second remove, Stuffed roast pork, baked onions and carrots.
> 3. Third remove, Fowl and plum pie decorated with watercress.
> 4. Dessert remove, Shortbreads and stuffed baked pears.
> Sign up and practice begin on the field at 8:00 A.M. Shoots and thrown
> weapons begin at 9:00
>
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>
>
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