First European Open Mounted Archery Championship

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:01 pm

Dear horseback archers,

The German Mounted Archery Association "Die Steppenreiter" would like to invite horseback archers throughout the world to the 1. European Open Championship in Mounted Archery.

The championship will take place at the Hummelhof in Northern Bavaria

Google-maps-link: http://tinyurl.com/2sn9lc

on the 6th and 7th of September 2008.

For more information please refer to this PDF-file.
To register as a participant please complete this form (PDF-file).

If you have any questions feel free to contact us and please inform other horseback archers about this event.

Best Regards
Steppenreiter Association - Germany
www.diesteppenreiter.de

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:57 pm

According to the rules, here you can find some illustrations:

Hungarian Competition

Korean Competition

Mogu Team Competition

And please have a look at the pictures-show of last year event

gt1cm2 · Post by **gt1cm2** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:16 pm

That picture show was great! thanks for sharing that.

I was going to comment that the big bay with no markings was nice then I rewatched it and noticed he was a Spanish horse, I have a soft spot for them.

Redhorse · Post by **Redhorse** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:29 pm

What kind of bows and arrows are ok to use? Weight?

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:00 am

Redhorse wrote:What kind of bows and arrows are ok to use? Weight?

Only bows without arrow shelves, shooting windows, or pistol grips.
No FITA-Recurve-Bow with sights and of course no Compound.
The best bows are horsebows of traditional style such as Asian, Middle Eastern, or Native American.
Please use only target arrowheads. Broadheads are not allowed.
The weight of the bow is depending on your strength.
I recommend 30 - 40 lbs(pounds).

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:39 pm

Here you can find the program now.

Program

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:45 pm

Finally the EOCHA (European Open Championship of horseback archers) Homepage is online.

Please have a look at www.eocha.org

Yours Sincerely
The EOCHA-Team

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:32 pm

The First European Open Championship of horseback archers (EOCHA) was a big success.
The realations between the participating countries increased a lot. We met new friends and had much fun.

Pictures:
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3

Results:
EOCHA 2008 Championship

Videos on youtube-video-channel coming soon

Jos?Dom · Post by **Jos?Dom** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:56 pm

Hi, I got your e-mail and pictures, wonderful! I enjoyed to see their costumes, equipment and technique. It's great to see so many archers from so many countries. My favorite archer is UK's Cleo

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:11 pm

And some more excellent pictures:

EOCHA 2008 in Germany

robno · Post by **robno** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:27 pm

Nothing short of a disasater will keep me away from next year's event!
But I'll drop by at Burg Satzvey at least, though the question of participation or not I'll handle on the Fletchers-Corner-forum

/Robert (SnowyOwl on F-C)

Alan Flashing · Post by **Alan Flashing** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:56 pm

It looks as if a fabulous time was had by all. I am a bit crestfallen that I could not attend, such as luck would have it I will be in Germany for two weeks starting October 2nd, a bit late for this year, but there is always next year.
Would love to hear from any of you in Germany in the off chance that I could visit with you while in Germany. I will be staying in Plietzhausen with my Master Smith and family.
Alan

First European Open Mounted Archery Championship

First European Open Mounted Archery Championship

Additional information

EOCHA Homepage

Follow-up of EOCHA 2008