More information about this archive is in http://www.oocities.org/legviiii/competitions/index.htm.
Competition rules are in the order of last use:
New Hedeby Vol 4, No 3, October 1986, stated that Activities Expected at the conference included "archery contest, archery and musket contest, ... games, ..., spear and axe throwing contest". A canoe race also appears in the programme. No rules survive.
The Archery Competition will be held over two days, Saturday and
Sunday.
Saturday's meet will be to select through a trial of bowmen, the Five
Archers to compete for the prize to be given to the winner of Sunday's
meet.
The Archery Contest will be held over two days,
Contestants shall be admitted to the trial by giving their names to the marshal. Contestants will shoot in the order of their names as told to the marshal.
All contestants, on pain of disqualification, will comply with the directions they will be given by the marshal in the course of the contest.
None may go forward of the mark unless told to by the marshal.
None shall point their arrow anywhere but towards the target.
One will cease to shoot when told and may only shoot when instructed to, in both these and in all cases relating to the Contest, the marshal's word is final.
Any dispute with the marshal will receive swift arbitration.
Contestants enter this Contest in accordance with the above stated principles.
Outside of contest tiles, before you practice with bow, inform a
Committee member so as you may be kept out of harms way.
PLEASE.
ALL BOWS IN THE CONTEST MUST BE BARE, THAT IS WITHOUT THINGERMEGIGS ALL OVER THEM.
There was a bardic competition, the highlight of which was when several clubs walked out because nobody would listen to their bards.
I think there was some sort of wrestling competition as well, but that may have been at Odinfest at the same site the following year. Or it could be the mead again...
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Prepared by Wayne Robinson,
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