2014 IKAC Awards

Greetings from Lorenzo il Confuso, Keeper of the IKAC.

Please read through the end of this letter for important information about this year's winners and next year's competition.

Below is the list of Awards given out for the 2014 Season. For the full list please view the Standings page

NOTE:
* --> denotes Division Winners, earn Gold Medallion
** --> denotes Second place winner, or Special Award recipient, earns Silver Medallion

Final Standings for 2014:

OPEN BOW

1. (TIE)
   • * An Tir: 267.33; Loegaire mac Lochlainn (Loric):289.00; Eobhan Dunbar:258.00; Alaricus Simmonds:255.00
   • * Lochac: 267.33; Darayush Ahrar:342.00; Madog Llwyd ap Madog:232.00; Tamie of Southron Gaard:228.00
2. ** East: 267.00; Rupert the Unbalanced:334.00; Nest Verch Tangwistel:239.00; Ygraine of Kellswood:228.00

Open Crossbow Division

1. * Outlands:265.00; Mika Longbow:369.00;Daffyd of Emmet:229.00;Tyrfingr von Wolfsberg:197.00

Period Bow Division

1. * Lochac: 268.67; Darayush Ahrar:372.00; Tamie of Southron Gaard:248.00; Wintherus Alban: 186.00;

Period Crossbow Division

1. * Outlands: 304.00; Mika Longbow:400.00; Daffyd of Emmet: 266.00; Ingvarr Halvarson:246.00

Combat IKAC Division (IKCAC)

1. * An Tir:254.00; Richard Bentfinger:312.00; Matthew of Vinjar: 236.00; Stephan:214.00

Child Bow Division

1. * An Tir: 75.67; Jocelyne (8):96.00;Hobbes (9): 83.00; Ilauna (9):48.00
2. ** Lochac: 57.67; Emelia of Dragon`s Bay (9):95.00; Mathew of Dragon`s Bay (6):58.00; Alexander de Matioli (5) :20.00

Yeoman Bow Division

1. * An Tir: 91.33 ; Miranda Macandrew (10):109.00;((Rachel Geyer)) (14):90.00; Andras (13):75.00
2. ** East: 66.67; Alija (14):88.00; Caylie (14):81.00; Kelly of Giggleswick (14):31.00

Youth Bow Division

1. * An Tir: 68.67; Nickolas de Charme (10):122.00; Conan (10):53.00; Crystal (10):31.00
2. ** East: 66.67; Joji (12):106.00; Emma of Stonemarche (12):50.00; Jomari (11):44.00

This year's competition was extraordinarily close! In the Open Handbow division, the one who has the most participation, An Tir and Lochac tied for 1st place, with East only 1/3 of a point behind!! A tie in the Open Handbow has never happened in the 15 years that I have been Keeper, and Sir Jon confirmed that it only happened once during his tenure, making this year only the second time this has occurred in the entire history of the IKAC competition. Rather than looking for tie-breakers I am declaring both An Tir and Lochac as co-winners of the Open Division, and both teams will receive Gold medallions. East Kingdom, which finished but a fraction of a point behind the winners, will received Silver medallions.

I would like to thank all the archers that participated in this year's competition.

Participation in the "youth" leagues has been increasing. However, in the interest of spurring competition and to keep young archers motivated, I am awarding not just Gold medallions for the winners, but also Silver medallions for the kingdoms that placed second for this past year. I will do the same for next year as well. The rules will be amended to show that. Note that this is only for the Children, Youth and Yeoman divisions. Silver medallions will continue to be awarded for second place in the adult divisions if participation reaches 100 archers in any division. So far that has only happened in the Open Handbow Division.

Finally, there will be NO rule changes for the 2015 season. The new season starts 1 February.

Medallions for the 2014 winners will be available in mid-February. If you are a winning archer, or if you would like to distribute medallions for your Kingdom, please contact me at ikackeeper@yahoo.com - As usual I would like to see the winners recognized at Royal Court, if that is possible, and I am happy to make whatever arrangements are necessary to facilitate recognition of the winning archers.

I would like to sincerely thank my deputy for Youth archery, Lord Osmond de Berwick, for his usual superb performance and continued invaluable assistance. And I would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's competition, whether shooting, marshalling or entering scores. And a truly heartfelt thank you to Master Jonathas, whose site and assistance makes all this possible.

On to the new season!
Shoot well,
- Lorenzo