Pennsic 50 Archery – Populace Day 3 and more

August 9, 2023 by East Kingdom Gazette

Here are some fun shots (as it were) from the Period Shoot held on Sunday:

Lady Annie shoots the popinjay or qabac - Pennsic 50 Period Shoot — Annie shoots the qabac/popinjay

Sir Aelric shoots the popinjay or qabac - Pennsic 50 Period Shoot — Aelric shoots the qabac/popinjay

Lord Broccin's hits on the wand - Pennsic 50 Period Shoot — Broccin’s hits on the wand

Lady Annie slays the wand - Pennsic 50 Period Shoot — Annie slays the wand

In a wand shoot the target is a thin strip of wood, and in these modern times a pool noodle often serves the purpose. The qabac or kabak is a mid-east archery challenge, a target on a pole shot from horseback. It is similar to the popinjay shoot, which does not involve horses, and the target usually represents a bird — a popinjay — whose tail feathers must be shot off.

Photos provided by Lady Annie Chaee and Sir Aelric Kyrri of the Outlands and by Lord Broccin MacIvyr.

Don’t forget that tomorrow the ranges will be closed to other shooting while the Archery Champions Teams compete!

Here are Tuesday’s results from the Populace Shooting and the running total:

                  Tuesday - Aug.8   Total to-date
                   East  Middle     East  Middle
Clout   - Points    847     878     1386    1435
        - Archers   166     122      286     194
Soldier - Points   1168    1049     1949    1520
        - Archers   262     208      409     296
Window  - Points    628     782     1245    1340
        - Archers   186     208      341     347

Populace points provided by Lord Kusunoki Yoshimoto, Captain General of the East.
Reported by Mistress Ygraine of Kellswood.