Benahadux will host this weekend the tenth round of the CEuropean Shooting Championship with Prehistoric Weaponswhich is celebrating its thirty-fourth edition, now being a regular stop in this competition that has been coming to the town since last year. 2015organized by the Benahadux City Council and the Benahadux Tiro Clan.
The mayor, Noelia Damianaccompanied by the councilors María del Mar Castellón, Justo Gómez and Daniel Martínas well as by the directive of the Tire Clanheaded by its president, Andres Perezhave presented this activity, which will take place in the new land acquired by the Benaducense City Council in Andrea costsand which will be held on Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st.
“The European Prehistoric Weapons Championship is a event that is now fully consolidated in our municipality and that each year attracts a large number of visitors from all over Europe and even from other continents,” noted Noelia Damián, who adds that “the important thing about these meetings is not the competition itself, nor the scores achieved by the participants, but the fruits that are obtained after two days of coexistence, in the form of exchanging experiences and sharing values recreating scenes from Prehistory, an ancestral world in which the survival of the group depended on the skill of the hunters.”
The European Prehistoric Weapons Shooting Championship was born at the end of the 80s thanks to Belgian, German and French prehistorians who studied the operating methods and performance of thrusters and bows. The objective then was confront and experiment with hypotheses about the manufacture and use of these weapons, in a spirit of fraternity and coexistence. Today, these meetings make it possible to raise public awareness more widely about the way of life of human populations during prehistory. These events, open to the general public, in addition to the competition, include visits to nearby archaeological sites and museums, as well as including entertainment activities.
Competitors shoot 30 targets of different sizes, separated between 8 and 26 meters, which show silhouettes of animal species present during the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic. This figuration is solely decorative and the points are counted using concentric circles ranging from 1 to 5 points. To be classified at the end of the year, a competitor must participate in a minimum of three of the 20+ rounds that take place in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, France and Denmark, always associated with famous prehistoric settlements.
He Saturday April 20 The championship will begin at 9:00 am with the reception of participants with palomilla and chicharrones cake, which will be followed by a guided tour of the Benahadux Mediterranean Cultures Interpretation Center. At 11:00 the test of the Azagaya Precision Shooting World Cup (ISAC) and in the afternoon, at 4:00 p.m., the propellant test corresponding to the European Prehistoric Weapons Championship. The day will end with prehistoric workshops, games and a bar.
On Sunday, the reception for the participants will take place at 8:30 a.m. and an hour later the archery test will take place. European Prehistoric Weapons Championshipafter which the awards ceremony and a fellowship meal will take place, free for participants.
Equipment and materials
The equipment must be manufactured with the methods and materials of Prehistory and it is recommended that they approach known prehistoric or ethnographic specimens, so metals, plastics, synthetic materials and their derivatives are not authorized.
The around It is a projectile formed by a long and thin shaft of natural material, of one or several pieces provided at the end with a hard animal, vegetable or stone material. This projectile can be provided with a feathered made up of natural feathers.
He propellant It is the weapon intended for launching assegais, formed by a stick or a board of natural material, terminated by a hook or spur on which the heel of the projectile will rest. It is a launching weapon, intended for shooting arrowsmade entirely of wood.
He arco is armed by one direct tied single rope and only to both extremities. No device that can help with aiming is allowed. The arrow It is a projectile made up of a hardwood stem with a fletching of natural feathers, and may or may not be provided with a hardwood, bone or stone tip.
2024-04-18 15:11:38
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