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Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: Agincourtwarbow on May 31, 2012, 07:10:36 pm
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Greetings Gents!
I feel it is time to finally announce the foundation of the Canadian Warbow Society on PA.
If you are interested,our website is up at: www.canadianwarbowsociety.com. The CWBS is run by a group of four founding members; Scott Spears, Karl Malmstrom, Gerry Lee (Secretary/Treasurer), and myself, Jake Fenwick (Chairman). If there are any out there interested, all information and member requirements are on the website, and if you have any questions, please let me know at my email Agincourtwarbow@hotmail.com
The CWBS has close ties with the mother society the English Warbow Society and plans to be affiliated shortly.
The Canadian Warbow Society is a group of like-minded individuals who practice the shooting and the making of the great English Warbow, War arrows, and tackle. Our goal is to perpetuate the heritage of the English Warbow, and introduce the study and practice of this weapon to our shores.
The CWBS encourages warbowyery, fletching, string making and arrow head forging, as well as shooting technique practices.
We practice Roving, Clout, Distance Shooting, Armour Penetration, Wand Shooting and Shooting at the Butts. We shoot historically accurate heavy weight English Warbows based on those found on the Mary Rose.
Cheers,
-Jake
(http://www.agincourtwarbows.com/CWBS%20Coat%20of%20Arms%20Final.jpg)
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Looks really cool... Great pics...
Jon
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Thanks Jon!
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If you guys come down to hawkeye again next spring, I hope to meet some of you and see some of your armor piercers... I will be there for sure...
Jon
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I've said it elsewhere Jake but for the benefit of the members of this forum, I'd like to congratulate you on an outstanding acheivement in setting up the CWBS. You've created a model which can be used by anyone who wants to form a similar type of organisation. Well done mate.
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Well done guys ... I hope it goes from strength to strength ....
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Brilliant Jake!
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If you guys come down to hawkeye again next spring, I hope to meet some of you and see some of your armor piercers... I will be there for sure...
Jon
Hey Jon thats great! We will be sure to be there next year, it was a great shoot! Oh and we will definatly be doing another armour piercing demonstration, we were hooked after our first go! I look forward to meet you!
Cheers
I've said it elsewhere Jake but for the benefit of the members of this forum, I'd like to congratulate you on an outstanding acheivement in setting up the CWBS. You've created a model which can be used by anyone who wants to form a similar type of organisation. Well done mate.
Thanks alot Keith! It should be known that we have recieved much support from Keith and the other NZ boys, there chapter has been so succesful it is our hope to emualte what you guys have done down there here in Canuckland!
Well done guys ... I hope it goes from strength to strength ....
Cheers mate! Much apreciated! Time for some Clanky smashin'! >:D
Brilliant Jake!
Thanks Dag! Much appreciated mate, all the best to our American cousins.
Cheers,
-Jake
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Thats great! It doesnt seem so long ago that the EWBS first started.It's good to see other societys in other nations taking the history of these bows/archers so seriesly,the more people shooting these bows the more we learn.
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Fantastic effort Gents. The site looks great, you've done a great job!
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Thanks gents, a salute from across the pond! ;D
Thanks again Jeremy, for your permision to use the arrow specs, cheers mate!
-Jake
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Nice work!!!
Your web site is setting a high bar for us at the American Warbow Soc. to keep up with. We have a bit of work to do. :)
Also the logo on the shirts is great!
Thanks!!
Jay
AWBS
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Cheers Jay, a salute from the north!
We wish our American cousins all the best! Look forward to some friendly competition in the future! Maybe one day we can have a continental shoot! ;D
Thanks mate!
-Jake
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You know what, finding a location on the boarder so you can shoot over the state line would be cool.
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That would actually be a really cool idea Ian! Any ideas of where a nice big farm may be for that?
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Well I live in the UK so perhaps ask someone else, I'm just the ideas man. ;D
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Haha, good point. I don't know which Ian you are so I wasn't sure lol. You're either Sturgess or Coote... I know that from Jake.
Keep coming with those ideas! ahah
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Cheers Ian, a good idea indeed mate. However I cant see shooting over the border, as dealing with the national security would be one hell of a pain, it's pretty tight in Canada let alone the United States. I also don't think any farms cross it, but if it could be managed, that would be really cool! Noel (fishfinder) and myself spoke of this when I visited him down in RI USA, I think first both societies need to fully develop, but soon I can see this happening. It would depend on who and how many plan to attend and where people are located to discuss locations. I know for us in Southern Ontario shooting in the states RI is a good distance only about an 8 hour drive. NY of course would be ideal for me as its just across the border lol. But I know for us in the CWBS Michigan would be perfect as we have two members down there and we all heard down there for shoots anyhow.
I think friendly competition would be a healthy thing and help advance our societies in North America further. Food for thought.
Cheers,
-Jake
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CONGRATULATIONS Jake.
I will be in as soon as I am shooting again.
Great to spend some more time with you at Marshall.
Cheers Mate,
CTT
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Thanks!
Likewise mate, it was great speaking with you!
We would love to have you, best of luck with the pulling, if you can overcome that injury well enough I reckon you will be pulling a mighty respectable weight!
Cheers and until next time,
-Jake
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I just have to ask, when do you think you will have your first official shoot to establish some Canadian records?
Just me thinking again, but once in the future it would have been fun to establish some kind of a "world shoot". Gather as many warbow archers as possible and have "warbow world championship" or something.
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We will be having our first one this fall, I will be hosting another up North in the spring. We have many events planned, don't know if any of us can wait that long, but it gives us the summer to fully meet spec, and for me to crank out some more bows >:D
The CWBS along with using EWBS spec arrows have also adopted the EWB-NZ Sheaf arrow, we are also hoping to adopt the NZ Bearing arrow as well, wants I finish making up some official Sheaf arrows.
That would truly be a spectacular event, transportation would be a huge issue, that is something we would have to plan years in advance methinks, though Agincourt 2015 I am thinking will be the closest to such a shoot yet.
Cheers mate,
-Jake