New Year Shooting at the Medieval Butts

[outcaste]

SHOOT CANCELLATION
Hi Everyone,

Due to the general weather conditions we our experiencing across the county and more specifcally the snow forcast for the Crick area on Sunday, Jeremy and I have decided to cancel the shoot and will look forward to having in April instead. I am sure you will all understand that driving conditions are difficult at the moment and with the forcast of more snow we wouldn't want people to risk travelling.

All the best,
Alistair

[triton]

Thanks Al.  I was going to email you tomorrow to see if it was still on. 

[Marc St Louis]

SHOOT CANCELLATION
Hi Everyone,

Due to the general weather conditions we our experiencing across the county and more specifcally the snow forcast for the Crick area on Sunday, Jeremy and I have decided to cancel the shoot and will look forward to having in April instead. I am sure you will all understand that driving conditions are difficult at the moment and with the forcast of more snow we wouldn't want people to risk travelling.

All the best,
Alistair

What?  Canceling because of that piddly bit of snow?     

Just kidding

[Yeomanbowman]

Maybe not for Canadians!
Much as I like history we didn't want to recreate the battle of Towton

[mullet]

  Good for you guys. Who would want to play in that stuff unless it was on a beach in the Bahamas'. It has been in the twenties here in Central Florida. I'm ready to come to England for the winter.

[Loki]

[outcaste]

The perma frost has nearly gone and I am pleased to announce that this event will take place on:

Sunday 25th April

All other details are as before.

Many thanks,
Alistair

[triton]

AH good stuff.  It's in my diary

[Yeomanbowman]

Post scriptum,

Warning!  The butts will not be real scheduled ancient monuments but made of hay bales. 
I would also like to caution those that buy medieval music on CD that this will not actually have been recorded from a live session before the end of the 15th C despite what it may say on the label.   

[Phil Rees]

Post scriptum,

Warning!  The butts will not be real scheduled ancient monuments but made of hay bales. 
I would also like to caution those that buy medieval music on CD that this will not actually have been recorded from a live session before the end of the 15th C despite what it may say on the label.   

Point taken ...

[Rod]

Results?

[Yeomanbowman]

Joe Gibbs won the event and shot a whole day with 160+lb bows, very impressive.  He was the only archer to hit the face of the butt, in future we will angle the face a little I think.  About 4-6 archers were always getting the distance both ends with heavy arrows and in the afternoon session the number of arrows that would have scored in a rove increased a lot.  A really good fun shoot that was in keeping with medieval shooting.

[outcaste]

The winner and his trophy

[Cromm]

Well done Joe. Would have loved to have seen the bow he was shooting. I hope everyone who turned up had a great time.

[bow-toxo]

Post scriptum,

Warning!  The butts will not be real scheduled ancient monuments, [nor would there be any attempt to make a butt of approximately mediaeval description], but made of hay bales. 
I would also like to caution those that buy medieval music on CD that this will not actually have been recorded from a live session before the end of the 15th C despite what it may say on the label.   

 However the music might be actial mediaeval pieces of music recorded last month from a live session using reproduction mediaeval instruments. That's called re-enactment.

 Anyway, congratulations on the shoot you had. It sounds like great fun, and I wish I could have seen it.

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