Welcome to The International Traditional Archery Festival «The Archers of Ancient Kiev», which will be held at May 10th -12th 2013 in «The Kievan Rus Park» (Kiev region, Ukraine).
May 10th arrivals, 11th and 12th May tournaments.
Festival program:
Standart Archery tournament, 80cm FITA targets, distance 30 and 40 meters, 72 arrows;
Medieval Archery tournament (4-5 different nominations, including shooting for the time, shooting at the pendulum, shooting with obstacles, shooting from the distance 100m);
Archery team competitions (teams of three people, different team nominations, including shooting from riding cart);
Horse archery tournament (horses are provided by the organizer);
fair;
games;
Participants are provided with free firewood, hay, fresh water.
For participants will be organized free transfer from Kiev according to schedule.
It can be organized partial payment of the costs of road for group of participants from other countries.
More information about event: http://vk.com/event41097090 (in Russian, but you can you google translator)
Requirements for participants.
All participants must have stylization or reconstruction of historical or traditional costume. The historical period is not limited, but the costume should match the image of the archer.
Requirements for bows and arrows.
Two category of bows traditional and historical.
No bow sights, releases, clickers and stabilisers extending from the bow handle (“riser”) and limbs outline are not allowed. Arrow rests, stabilising the arrow on the string, are allowed, provided they are permanently fixed (ex. glued) on the bow.
Traditional bow: bow made from any material, being similar to but not necessarily an exact copy of known historical bows. This type of bow is characterised by the lack of profiled handle. A slight notch in the handle is allowed, as long as it’s not deep enough to allow the arrow to rest in the bow axis and it’s not deeper than 1/2 of the total handle width measured at the lower edge of the notch. Competitors competing in this bow category can only shoot wooden arrows with feather fletching. There are no limitations as to the type of nock used. Carbon or aluminium arrows not allowed.
Historical bow: bow made entirely from natural materials, being similar to but not necessarily an exact copy of known historical bows. This type of bow is characterised by the lack of profiled handle. A slight notch in the handle is allowed, as long as it’s not deep enough to allow the arrow to rest in the bow axis and it’s not deeper than 1/4 of the total handle width measured at the lower edge of the notch. Competitors competing in this bow category can only shoot wooden arrows with feather fletching and nocks filed in the shaft or made using natural materials. Plastic nocks are not allowed. A competitor shooting wooden arrows with plastic nocks will be classified in the traditional bow category. Carbon or aluminium arrows not allowed.
Participants’ applications and issues of payment of the road and questions about living conditions send here:
e-mail: ydikaryeva@gradkiya.com Yuliya Dikaryeva
Questions about festival program and rules of the tournament send here:
e-mail: uwsp@voliacable.com tel: +38-050-386-79-76 Leonov Nikita.
Will be glad to see You in «The Kievan Rus Park»!
(website of «The Kievan Rus Park» http://www.parkkyivrus.com/)
Foto and video from last International l Archery Festival in «The Kievan Rus Park» 6-7th October 2012
foto http://vk.com/albums-41097090
Video http://vk.com/videos-41097090
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONaOKyckiOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p;v=RJ9SEDKoikY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ikEGASQWgo