[Archers] New Society TA Rules

[Janyn Fletcher]

Also I just would like to add that I still completely disagree with the new
rules about covering crossbow prods! I know Sir John conceded somewhat do to
my incessant badgering if you will, but there is no supporting evidence that
there was ever an incident where someone was injured or even came close to
being injured from a broken prod. I know they are trying to be safe and
applaud that but it is really a useless rule and now since the
"grandfathering" doubt you will ever see it enforced. I remember a very wise
Master Siegfried once told me "we already have enough rules, we don't need
to make any more!" 

 

In service,

 

Janyn

 

 

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Of Elizabeth Dorris
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 7:00 AM
To: Garth Groff <sarahsan at embarqmail.com>; archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] New Society TA Rules

 

Greetings Fellow Archers,

 

I noted something in the rules that Mungo was kind enough to link that
troubled me and wanted more clarification on the subject.

The rule reads thus "A. Bows may be made of any suitable material, provided
they are judged safe to shoot by the Target Archery Marshal. " 

It is the "suitable material" part that worries me, in regards to someone
bringing a PVC bow to the range and then claiming that under this rule they
would be allowed to shoot it, because the rule does not say that PVC is not
allowed - nor does any part of this section in the Handbook forbid PVC bows.

I know that in Atlantia we generally do not allow any PVC bows onto the
ranges because they were at one point deemed unsafe, and I would agree that
they are, in addition to not being period.

Has the position on PVC bows changed?

Yours in service,

 

-Lady Vittoria Cavalieri

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Subject: [Archers] New Society TA Rules 

 

Noble Friends of the Bow:

I don't know how I missed this, but there is a new version of the SCA target
archery rules linked off our web site. Was there ever a message on this?
Well, I'm a lot older than Lord Elvis now, and sometimes miss things.

I read through the rules, and most of them seem about the same. I say
"about" because some of the rules have been rewritten for clarity. The text
is much improved. There are some new rules on crossbows that require
coverings for certain types of prods. This rule is grandfathered to exclude
weapons already in service.

What is new, however, is a section on period archery. I know this had been
in the works for a couple of years, and I'm glad it is finally here. I was
pleased with most of the rules.

You can real the whole ball of wax at
http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/t_archery/target_archery_rules.pdf

Yours Aye,

 

Mungo Napier, Period Target Archer 

 

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