[Archers] PVC Bows disallowed in Atlantia

[Jay Nardone]

Lord Mungo, thank you we wanted to be thorough before making a final
decision. In Atlantia mounted archery still falls under us so all applies. 

 

In Service,

 

Janyn

 

 

From: Archers [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf
Of Garth Groff
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 4:03 PM
To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] PVC Bows disallowed in Atlantia

 

M'Lord Janyn,

Thanks much for all your hard work on this question. I have one archer who
brought such a bow, but though he has not been active on the range. I will
offer him a loaner bow if he comes back.

However, did the DEMs consider horse archery? Does this type of archery fall
under your watch, or is horse archery covered by combat or equestrian DEMs?
I suspect there will be some cross-over to static practice as equestrian
activities grow in popularity.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal-in-Charge

On 9/11/14 12:09 PM, jaynardone at comcast.net <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net>
wrote:

Good afternoon my Brothers and Sisters of the Bow. As most of you know last
year the issue concerning PVC bows and safety came up. At that time I did
not want to make a Kingdom wide ruling without having more data. I left the
decisions to our MIC's at each event to be able to evaluate the bows in
question.  As a scientist in mundane life, I like to base my decisions on
data, fact and testing. Over this past year that is exactly what I and other
DEM / Archer Generals did. At Pennsic this year we  all got together, (both
combat archery DEMs and TA DEMs) to discuss our findings and research. Also
2 bows were constructed that were left in the UV light as much as possible
to simulate being out in the sun during the year at events. We also built
two bows the first few days of Pennsic at Pennsic and each of us took turns
shooting them and recording the number of shots through these bows.

 

Without going into all of the details here, the data and testing was damning
enough that most of us agreed we would no longer support PVC bows in our
respective Kingdoms. The two new bows we built were already showing stress
cracks in the PVC after hundreds of shots. While this was not the only
evidence we had, that based on the research data we had about the chemicals
used in PVC and their volatility in sun light, it was a much easier time to
make a decision.

 

So, at this time I am making the ruling that PVC bows are disallowed in
Atlantia for Target Archery. I obviously don't speak for CA and they will
need to make their own ruling. I will be updating the TA handbook and our
teaching materials and ultimately our rules to reflect this decision. For
all of our marshals, if you get archers that show up with these bows, please
be polite and explain to them our ruling and that they can easily find a
better replacement in the cheap fiberglass bows or a good used wood bow. My
desire is to keep everyone safe and I just cant continue to let these
accidents waiting to happen exist on our ranges.

 

In Service

 

Janyn

 

 






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