[Archers] Atlatl in Atlantia

[Jay Nardone]

Good evening my Brothers and Sisters of the Bow (and now the Atlatl.) Today
again I saw the fruits of our labor with Atlatl and the rules we have set in
place. I am convinced we did the right thing and are on the correct course
with our thinking. Scores are starting to show up and they are right in line
with where I expected them to be. Seeing even our seasoned throwers tells me
that our course and scoring are set correctly, again we will give this a
year to play out as we discussed. Also I have been asked by a few people so
I thought I would discuss the topic here. There is no set rule governing the
requirements for darts. There is no length requirement or specifics for
materials or construction. All I would ask is that you participate with the
"spirit of the game" in mind and we participate with honor and what we know
of the equipment in mind. 

 

The other thing I just wanted to reiterate to all of our marshal's is to
please be diligent with running the line. I witnessed today a few occasions
where a thrower would throw the dart and in the process of their shot, move
up a bit and then throw again each time moving up into the range. I think I
was doing the same thing when I threw. I just want to make sure the lines
are kept equally and our throwers are kept safe, so please pay extra
attention to the line while we all gain experience with this addition to our
game. I want to thank you all again for the conversations, the suggestions
and to all of you who took your own time to help setup practice ranges so
people could try what we were preposing prior to the final decision.

 

In Service,

 

Janyn

 

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