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River haven Target Archery Practice.

When: 7pm - 9:30pm
Where: River Haven Hall, Wesley Street, Lutwyche
Cost: $2 per person to help cover hall costs.
No Practice on 2nd Wednesday of Month.

• Bow hire available at River Haven Hall

  Several bows in a variety of sizes from small children to large adult and a large quantity of blunt arrows are available at the River Haven Hall during practice sessions. Bow hire fee is $1/session.

• Annual Archery Events

  The Shire Archery Championship, Willoughby Vale (Ipswich, Qld).

  Great Northern War, (Samford, Qld).

• Children may participate in Archery

  Children under the age of 12 must have a parent/guardian on the archery line within arms reach. Older particants may participate in archery without parental supervision, however to particapate in thrown weapons a parent must be within arms reach. No child may use a crossbow. You have to be older than 18 years of age to fire a crossbow.

• Current Baronial Archery Champion

  • Madog Llywd ap Madog.

• Contact Details

  • River Haven Captain of the Archers

    Longshanks the Grey (Trevor Wheate)

    Email: River Haven Captain of the Archers

    The Captain is responsible for the arts of Archery combat in the group. They can authorise and inspect fighters. The Captain are not referees (although they are sometimes consulted as such) they are more there to see that the rules are observed and that everything is safe.
    

  • Lochac Archers Website
  • Lochac Archers Email List
  • Lochac Archery Marshal
    Nathan Blacktower, (Nathan Bullivant). Email
  • Lochac Company of Archers
    Emrys Tudur, (Matthew Mole). Email

• Handbooks /Score sheets

  • SCA Target Archery Rules (.PDF file) Oct. 2003 Edition. 14 pages.
    
  • SCA Thrown-Weapons Rules - Non-Combat. (.PDF file) Sept. 2003 Edition. 10 pages.
    
  • draft Target Archery Handbook (.PDF file). 10 pages
  • Adult Score Sheet (.XLS file)
  • Child Score Sheet (.XLS file)
  • Youth Score Sheet (.XLS file)
  • Yeoman Score Sheet (.XLS file)

• Kingdom Archery Awards

  • The Order of the Nock
    May be bestowed upon those the Crown finds deserving of honour, for achievement in the fields of archery and/or missile combat.
  • Lochac Company of Archers
    Given to those who have demonstrated high achievement, chivalry, and service to the Kingdom in the field of archery. The members of this Company shall promote and encourage their art within the Kingdom of Lochac. They advise the Earl Marshal and the Archery Marshal on, and do research into, aspects of the art of missile weapons including combat standards, tactics, marshalling, training, period research, qualification and competition.
    Yahoo Group Link.
    

• Articles for producing Archery Items

  • The Art of making Arrows by Mynjon du Jardin.
  • Bow making with Ric Anderson from Marriah Bows. 
  • Combat Archery Gauntlets
    Archers Gauntlet by Mistress Margie of Glen More and Lord Bryce of ArrowsReach
  • Building a Target Archery Target
    Make your own Target archery target - by Isabel de Annesley
  • Building a Combat Archery Target (.PDF file). Combat Target Pattern created by: Lord Siegfried Sebastian Faust. Last modified: 9/13/2001

• Articles of interest

  • IKAC Rules, Combat Archery Rules, Royal Round Rules
  • Combat Archery: A Manual for Western Archers
  • Defensive Archery Techniques by Sir Jon Fitz-Rauf, R.C.A., R.C.Y.
  • SCA Archery Homepage
  • The Longbow Articles - articles by Brian Jones
  • Official IKAC/IKCAC Homepage (US)
    - Lord Lorenzo il Confuso (Andre Detommaso) is the Keeper of the IKAC.
    
  • An Tir Book of Combat (US) (.PDF file)
    - Though their combat rules differ from ours, the An Tir Book of Combat is an excellent resource on organising and running Archery events.