Winter Challenge

Piety and Pride - two sides of the same coin that is the human condition. Many of us believe ourselves to be humble, full of piety and love for our fellow man, our gods, our faith, our families. With piety comes responsibility to our various beliefs and those whom we love. We also try to be humble when faced with those who are prideful and trust in our faith to see us through adversity. For this there should be a reward.

Pride, as they say, sometimes goeth before the fall, though this usually applies to false pride or arrogance. True pride in one`s abilities and accomplishments is to be acknowledged, for hard work and practice to make oneself better is admirable, and as such should also be rewarded, though arrogance, mockery of those of lesser ability, and churlish behavior is to be discouraged and will therefore be punished if your pride be false.

Please read the SSAC General Rules, as these apply to all SSAC shoots. Below are the additional rules for this specific shoot.

Divisions:

To show whether Pride or Piety was selected on the Division Standings pages these choices have been merged with the Weapon Type. On the normal menu these Weapons will each appear as separate lists. However the Division will still be the normal ones defined for the SSAC. This list provides links combining Pride and Piety for each of the Weapons Forms. These are the lists the Final Rounds will be selected from.

• Open Crossbow


• Open Handbow


• Period Crossbow


• Period Handbow


• Youth

Running the Shoot:

Before each round the Archer must choose if they will shoot with Pride or Piety. That will be used to score all ends for the round.

Target:

The target resembles a dart board with alternating red and white sections. There are 5 rings, just as in a standard target, with a very small. The circles are then broken at 90 and 45 degrees. Be sure to color in with contrasting colors.


For either of these targets hold a standard FITA target up to a window and trace the rings onto the back. The Bullseye is the inner yellow 10 ring.


There are two variants:

Winter - The circle Diameters are: 60cm, 48cm, 36cm, 24cm, 12cm, Bullseye 3cm. Shot at 20 yards.

Spring - The circle Diameters are: 80cm, 64cm, 48cm, 32cm, 16cm, Bullseye 4cm. Shot at 30 yards.

Scoring:

• Piety - hits on the WHITE areas point values are like a normal target. Starting from the outer ring; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The black small bullseye is worth 8 points. No negatives for hitting RED spaces. Every Arrow counts for the block it hits, including repeat hits.


• Pride - hits on the RED areas point values are double the normal value. Starting from the outer ring; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. The black small bullseye is worth 16 points. Hits to the WHITE spaces score negative the normal value; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Each block may only be hit once including the bullseye. Repeat hits do not count.

Ends:

There are two Ends:

• Untimed - 8 arrows, untimed.
  
• Timed - 45 seconds, unlimited arrows.
  

Finals:

For the abbreviated Greatest Hits running of this shoot, there will not be a Final Round.

This shoot was suggested by:
Eirikr Varghosson from Trimaris