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[Siegfried]

Good point Jonathas ... And I'll just reiterate my thoughts ...

I like having representation, but I dislike 'requiring' a modern bow.  I
do like encouraging period bow use (be it crossbow or period handbow)

Therefore, my suggestion would be simply to say something like:  "3
competitors, one must be shooting a period crossbow (defined as not
having a split prod nor a rifle/pistol stock), and one shooting a period
handbow (defined as having X/Y/Z per the ATlantian RR rules)"

The 3rd competitor could use anything, modern recurve, modern longbow,
modern crossbow, whatever.

Siegfried


Jonathas wrote:
> The idea behind the bow categories was that each competitive team should
> represent the kingdom as a whole, and I don't know of any kingdom which
> does not have *ANY* flat limb bows shooting anywhere in it, or for that
> matter any crossbows or any period bow in some form.  If you want to
> claim the top spot you have to cover all the bases in SCA archery not
> just some of them.  I wanted to keep the teams as small as possible so
> that even the most distant Kingdoms could potentially compete and win,
> while allowing the closer kingdoms to have multiple teams.  All those
> years ago when I was just starting and shot at the Masters targets
> (after "they" were done with them) it was for the fun of it not for a
> good score(hell I was happy to hit the backstop most of the time!). 
> Most people will be doing it for the fun not the prize, but still wanted
> to have something to strive to win as well as a challenge of some type.
> 
> I'm not tied to the categories, it was just the original idea to get
> this thing started, and to give it some legs so that hopefully it
> continues year after year, not just this once.  So given all that, what
> bow types does everyone think should be required to *compete*.  Any
> combination is still allowed to shoot for fun.
> 
> Jonathas
> 
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