The regional level consists of events which have archery such as the Queen’s Archery Championships, the Caid Open Archery Tournament, and Baronial Anniversaries. These events draw archers from all over the Kingdom and give you a great chance to test your skill against your fellow archers within the Kingdom.

Lets start with the local level.

The Kingdom of Caid encompasses Southern California, Southern Nevada and Hawaii and there are twelve (12) Baronies within the Kingdom. We have provided below a map of Caid to aid you in identifying  your local area.

Archery within local areas is run by Marshals and Senior Range Marshals who help train and qualify archers, enforce safety rules, and generally run archery events and practices. There are dozens of these volunteers throughout the Kingdom.These Marshals report to the Captain of Archers for geopolitical subdivisions (Baronies, Shires, Canton, et. al). The Captain of Archers then reports to the Minister of Archers for all archery activities.

We have provided below a current listing and contact information for various Captain of Archers for your use along with the normal practice time and locations for various areas:

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The Captain of archers is THL Nikolaos Phaistos.Email: archery@sca-altavia.org

Archery practice:
Date:   the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of every month
Time:  from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Where:  Woodley Park Archery Range.

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Altavia facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is XXX.
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  atxxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of xxx facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is XXX.
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  atxxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Calafia facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is Lord Ramoldus Kroll.
Email: archery@dreiburgen.org.

Archery practice:
Date:  Sundays
Time: from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where:  xxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Dreiburgen Archery and Thrown weapons facebook page

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The Captain of archers is XXX.
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  xxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Dun Or facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is THL Dafydd ap Tomas.
Email: archery@sca-gyldenholt.org.

Archery practice:
Date:  every Sunday
Time: 10:30 a.m
Where:   Santiago Park Archery Range
2781 E. Memory Lane, Santa Ana, California.

Loaner gear is available but limited.
Please contact THL Tomas in advance

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here

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The Captain of archers is Lady Emma Carigenshire.
Email: archery@lyondemere.org.

Archery Deputy and Marshal is Lord Miguel de Granada.

Archery practice:
Date:  Tuesday evenings
Time: starting around 7:00 p.m.
Where:   Rancho Park Archery Range
2551 Motor Avenue, Las Angeles, CA  90064

Come in on the parking lot with the Archery Range sign.
Drive past the front lot to the back lot and park.
Loaner gear is available but limited.
Please contact Lady Carigenshire in advance.

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Lyondemere facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is Lady Brig Inghean Uateir.
Email: seneschal@naevehjem.org

Archery practice:
Date:  every Sunday afternoon
Time: xxx
Where:  The times and locations due vary depending upon the season

For additional information concerning archery practices:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Baronial facebook page Here

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The Captain of archers is XXX.
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  atxxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here  or
the Baronial facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is Lord Paul Stoddard.
Email:  archery@starkhafn.org

Deputies & Marshals: Lord Kazetani Tarou Noritatsu
Lady Kazetani Kiyotora
Lord Bartholomew Reynolds Codlin
Baron Lord Jon Tinkerson.

Archery practice:
Date:  every Saturday
Time: from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Whitney Mesa Recreation Area Archery Range
1575 Galleria Drive, Henderson, NV  89014

The range and parking for the range is located
behind the Whitney Mesa Recreation Center Building.

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Starkhafn Archers facebook page.

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The Captain of archers are Dame Uta Blackthrone (Big Island) and
Mistress Duibheasa ingen ui hÉalaighthe (Oahu).
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  xxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Western Seas facebook page.

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The Captain of archers is XXX.
Email: XXX

Archery practice:
Date:   xxx
Time: xxx
Where:  atxxx

For additional information:
Please try the Baronial website Here or
the Barony of Wintermist facebook page.

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Lets look at the Societal Competitions

The Kingdom of Caid holds three Wars which have an archery component: (1) Potrero War, (2) Highland War, and (3) Great Western War. These Wars are multi-day events that draw archers from within Caid and from other Kingdoms.

Potrero War (usually May 24-28)

Potrero War occurs on Memorial Day weekend and generally runs for five days. The Barony of Calafia sponsors the War. The event is located at Potrero County Park in Potrero, California. It offers three days of range combat involving both throw weapons and archery.  The archery Championship usually includes Open, Period, and Crossbow divisions, as well as a wide variety of different Archery Competitions. For additional information regarding this War, please see the Kingdom of Caid Facebook page under events, the Barony of Calafia Facebook page under events and the Kingdom of Caid website.

Highland War (usually August 31-September 4)

The Shire of Al-Sahid sponsors Highland War. The exact location may vary, but it is generally located in Ridgecrest, California. Highland War offers typically two days of range combat, including both thrown weapons and archery, as well as a variety of different shoots. For additional information concerning this War, please see the Kingdom of Caid Facebook page under events or the Shire of Al-Sahid website.

Great Western War (usually October 8-14)

Great Western War (“GWW”) occurs in the second week of October and generally runs for six days. The Kingdom of Caid sponsors it. This event is held near Bakersfield, California, at the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area, 13601 Ironbark Rd, Taft, CA 93268. GWW offers three to four days of archery competitions and generally offers both night and day shoots. For additional information regarding this War, please see the Kingdom of Caid Facebook page under events, and the Great Western War website. In addition to these Wars, other societal wide competitions do not require travel.  They are shot at individual practices or Baronial level events. These Competitions include (1) Inter-Kingdom Archery Competitions, (2) the Seasonal Society Archery Challenges, and (3) the Grand Archery Competition.

The Inter-Kingdom Archery Competition/Inter-Kingdom Combat Archery Competition (IKAC/IKCAC)

The IKAC is a target Archery tournament that allows archers from all over the Knowne World to complete in an SCA wide competition on behalf of their Kingdoms. The IKCAC is a combat Archery Tourney that enables combat archers to participate in a similar type of tourney format. Both tournaments begin on February 1 and end on December 1. The IKAC as multiple divisions, including (1) open target archery, (2) period archery, (3) cross-bow, and (4) a Youth division for younger archers. This competition is open to all archers across the SCA. Archers within Caid shoot and submit their scores to Archery Marshals/Captains of Archers, who then submit those scores to the SCA Archery Score Website. These scores are then placed into individual division depending upon the type of bow and the age of the archer. The three highest-scoring archers within a Kingdom become a team. The average of the top three archers is then compared against other Kingdom’s top three archers to determine Kingdom rankings and, ultimately, the winners of the tournament. For information about the IKAC, click Here. For information about the IKCAC, click Here.

The Seasonal Societal Archery Challenges

The purpose of the SSACs is to provide a series of interesting archery competitions that test different shooting skills. The Competitions are sponsored by the Quivers & Quarrels, the SCA Archery Community. There are four SSACs per year. The Winter Competition runs from December 1 to February 28. The Spring Competition runs from March 1 to May 31. The Summer Competition runs from June 1 to August 31. The Fall Competition runs from September 1 to November 30. There are five divisions of competition: (1) Period Handbow, (2) Open Handbow, (3) Period Crossbow, (4) Open Crossbow, and (5) Youth. How do you participate? You, or others, make the target for that specific SSAC, shoot the competition, and submit your score to the supervising Archery Marshal/Captain of Archer. They will then submit those scores to the SCA Archery Score Website. Each archer’s score is posted in the correct division dependent upon the type of bow/equipment and the archer’s age.  At any given time, archers from ten to twelve different Kingdoms participate in the competition. The SSACs are a great way to hone various aspects of your skill and to compete against Archers from across the SCA without ever leaving home. The top ten archers of each division are awarded two archery coins as a token of their skill in the SSAC. The SSACs are shot at individual practices and Baronial events. For additional information regarding the SSACs, click Here.

The Grand Archery Tourney

The GAT is a system that allows archers across the SCA to complete and compare their performance to archers throughout the SCA. Many archers shoot Royal Rounds, IKACs, the SSACs, and similar standardized competitions where the target type, ranges, and the number of ends are the same whenever shot. The GAT intends to allow scores obtained in these competitions to be recorded and for a competitors’ final standings to be calculated based upon their performance relative to other shooters and displayed for comparison. At any point in time, there are close to 2,000 archers who are competing in the GAT.  If individual archery competitions are seen as sprints, the GAT is a marathon. For additional information regarding the GAT, click Here.