Schutzenfest
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The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The Greenwood Company and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual archery competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. We have added a third division beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.
Schutzenkonig
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
| 2020 | ||||
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| No Schutzenfests were held during 2020 due to the global pandemic | ||||
| Summer 2019 | ||||
| Cirion was able to attend Reign Of Arrows, but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Winter 2019 | ||||
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| Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester Gwyneth Cole with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch | |
| Summer 2018 | ||||
| Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Reign Of Arrows Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole | |||
| Winter 2018 | ||||
| Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at Better War Through Archery March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Summer 2017 | ||||
| Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at Reign Of Arrows September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | notes | ||
| Winter 2017 | ||||
| Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at Better War Through Archery 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Summer 2016 | ||||
| Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at Reign Of Arrows 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Tarquin. This was one of the larger Reign Of Arrows with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including Robert Thorne who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Winter 2016 | ||||
| Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at Better War Through Archery. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Summer 2015 | ||||
| Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at Reign Of Arrows 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign Of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Winter 2015 | ||||
| Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at Better War Through Archery. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | |||
| Summer 2014 | ||||
| Forester Cirion, crossbow | Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at Reign Of Arrows III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | ||
| Winter 2014 | ||||
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| Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. Better War Through Archery is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | ||
| Fall 2013 | ||||
| Forester Cirion, crossbow | Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch | ||
| Winter 2013 | ||||
| Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester Neko Me in the Winter of 2013. Forester Cirion was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch
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| Fall 2012 | ||||
| Forester Zuriel Nightshade was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel
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| Donations | ||||
| The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez. | ||||
