Archery Activities
There will be archery going on throughout the event! Royal Rounds, both children and adults, novelty shoots, clout shoot, candle shoot, and York!
Saturday
6:00pm: Clout shoot, 180 yards for bows of 40# pull and above, 140 yards for bows of less than 40# pull.
After dark: Candle light shoot, York target at 20 yards with the target illuminated by candle light. The farthest arrow out is eliminated each round. Miss the target completely? YouÕre out!
Sunday
10am: York rounds (bring your walking shoes!)
Shot at 100, 80 and 60 yards. Warning! Walking to and from the targets total 2.5 miles for this one!
On-Going (when marshal is available)
Royal Rounds will begin Saturday morning at 10am and continue until noon on Sunday
Thrown Weapons: The thrown weapons range will open at 10am on Saturday and continue until noon on Sunday
Novelty Shoots
- William Tell: Shoot the fruit off of a plastic head
- Barney: Get even with the obnoxious purple dinosaur
- Horse Back: shoot from a sitting position on a bale
Classes
Saturday
- 9am: Arion the Wanderer will teach Thrown Weapons Marshal (TWM) on the thrown weapons range.
- 1 pm: The Art of Thrown Weapons — Take the opportunity to learn TW from the best TW teacher in An Tir.
- 9am: Harald Warrocker will teach Target Archery Marshal (TAM) on the Royal Round Range.
Prizes
- Long Distance (combined Clout and York): wins hardbound copies of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Bowyers Bible.
- Royal Round: wins hand-forged wrought iron bow and arrow field stand.
Archery references (in PDF format)
- The An Tir Book of Target
- The Art of Spear Throwing
- The Art of Throwing Axe and Knife
- Holding the Knife
Questions? Contact Harald Warrocker, haraldwarrocker@gmail.com