[Artemisia] Loch Salann Defender's Tourney: Archery Prize Tournament

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Archers of the Realm:

It is with extreme pleasure that Their Excellencies Loch Salann announce a 

                     Prize Tournament of Archery at the Defender's Tourney of Barony Loch Salann
                                                           On the 24th Day of March, 2007

Their Excellencies Loch Salann invite all archers to attend and compete.  Letters of Patent are not required.  The List opens at 10:30 am.

The High Lord Ryryd ap Gwerstan, Archery Champion of Artemisia and Loch Salann, Captain of the Royal Hunt, will design and conduct the tournament.

Lady Anna de Brabant, Companion of the Coral Branch, will make and embroider the prizes.

Barony of Loch Salann
Defender’s Archery Prize Tournament
 
 
The Tournament will be conducted in three rounds: Static, Timed and Championship.  The Static and Timed rounds will use the same target sets.  All Archers shoot all targets of the Static and Timed rounds.  The scores of both are added together for each Archer.  The Archers are then ranked.  The top four Archers advance to the Championship Round.  The first Championship End is single-elimination.  Two Archers advance to the final Championship End.
 
Rules of the Shoot:
All Kingdom and Society rules for Archery and General Conduct are in effect.
An Archer may not change equipment during the conduct of the entire tournament.  Ammunition of similar construction and weight is not considered an equipment change. An exception may be made for lost or damaged equipment.  This will be adjudicated by the Marshall-in-Charge (MiC) of the shoot.  The decision of the MiC may be appealed to their Excellencies, Loch Salann.  No other appeals are permitted.  Under absolutely no conditions will an Archer be permitted to switch from a crossbow to a hand bow, or vice versa.
·      Exception to this Rule:  During the Championship Round, an Archer may be provided with additional ammunition by other Archers before and during the conduct of the end.  Archers must take care to ensure that spine weights are adequate for the weapon.  Prior coordination is encouraged.
Any hits breaking a line of a target are counted as the higher point value.
Scoring is done on the honor system by each Archer.
All static ends will use a maximum of six arrows.  All timed ends will be 30 seconds.
No withdrawing of another Archer’s ammunition from a target (scoring or non-scoring) without the owning Archer’s permission.  Picking up ammunition on the ground is fine.
 
Conduct of the Shoot
Archers will register with the MiC prior to the announced beginning of the shoot.
Archers will be broken into groups of three, four, or five.  If possible, one member of each group will be a warranted Archery Marshall.  Groups may be rearranged to ensure each group has a Marshall.  Under no circumstances will a single archer shoot alone.  (For some ends, this would be an unfair advantage.)


Ends of the Tournament
 
Food or Bragging Rights
Three animals of decreasing size shot at long range.
Large Animal: Hit: 1 point, Kill: 3 points
Medium Animal: Hit: 2 points, Kill: 6 points
Small Animal: Hit: 3 points, Kill: 9 points
 
Cut That Out!
A standard 60 cm target, with wedges cut out shot at long range
Standard scoring (1 through 5 points) per hit.
 
‘X’ Marks the Spot
A large ‘X’, surrounded by small ‘O’s shot at medium range.
3 points for each hit on the ‘X’
-1 point for each hit on an ‘O’
 
Huntin’ for Varmints
Six small animals, varying range, ground targets.
Each Hit: 1 point
Each Kill: 3 points
All six hit or killed: Bonus 6 points
In the static end, an animal may only be counted as hit or killed once.  In the timed end, a second hit or kill may only be counted if all animals are hit or killed once.  A third hit or kill may only be counted if all animals are hit or killed twice. (And so on…) 
 
Decreasing Boon
A small cube on the ground.  Arrows are shot until the cube is hit and the arrow remains in the target.  Scoring is based on which arrow counted for scoring:
First: 6 points
Second: 5 points
Third: 4 points
Fourth: 3 points
Fifth: 2 points
Sixth: 1 point 
(Timed:  additional arrows, 1 point)
 
Sagittarrii Artemesia – Pale Shoot
A 1 inch wide pale shot at medium range.
Each Hit: 3 points
 
 
 


Championship Rounds
 
Bowman’s Round
Who Will Have Pigeon, Who Will Eat Crow?
Two Archers shoot at a time.  Four clay pigeons are placed before each shooter.  The first to hit all four advances to Their Excellencies’ Round.
 
 
Their Excellencies’ Round
A mix of targets and ranges are placed before each shooter.  The first to hit all of their targets is declared Victor of the Tournament. 
 
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Additional Shoots that will be available after the tournament.  
 
Not all targets will be available at the same time:
 
1.      Royal Round
2.      IKAC
3.      Sagittarii Specific:
                                                                           i.      Pale
                                                                         ii.      Stag
                                                                        iii.      William Tell
                                                                       iv.      Castle Slot
4.  A General Target area for practice and instruction.  This will be available prior to the tournaments, as well.