Yep, the floor is open for comments on requiring the "modern/flat limb" bow. Anyone else care to add their 2 cents to the jar?<br><br>Jonathas<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Siegfried <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:siegfried@crossbows.biz">siegfried@crossbows.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Good point Jonathas ... And I'll just reiterate my thoughts ...<br>
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I like having representation, but I dislike 'requiring' a modern bow. I<br>
do like encouraging period bow use (be it crossbow or period handbow)<br>
<br>
Therefore, my suggestion would be simply to say something like: "3<br>
competitors, one must be shooting a period crossbow (defined as not<br>
having a split prod nor a rifle/pistol stock), and one shooting a period<br>
handbow (defined as having X/Y/Z per the ATlantian RR rules)"<br>
<br>
The 3rd competitor could use anything, modern recurve, modern longbow,<br>
modern crossbow, whatever.<br>
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Siegfried<br>
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Jonathas wrote:<br>
> The idea behind the bow categories was that each competitive team should<br>
> represent the kingdom as a whole, and I don't know of any kingdom which<br>
> does not have *ANY* flat limb bows shooting anywhere in it, or for that<br>
> matter any crossbows or any period bow in some form. If you want to<br>
> claim the top spot you have to cover all the bases in SCA archery not<br>
> just some of them. I wanted to keep the teams as small as possible so<br>
> that even the most distant Kingdoms could potentially compete and win,<br>
> while allowing the closer kingdoms to have multiple teams. All those<br>
> years ago when I was just starting and shot at the Masters targets<br>
> (after "they" were done with them) it was for the fun of it not for a<br>
> good score(hell I was happy to hit the backstop most of the time!).<br>
> Most people will be doing it for the fun not the prize, but still wanted<br>
> to have something to strive to win as well as a challenge of some type.<br>
><br>
> I'm not tied to the categories, it was just the original idea to get<br>
> this thing started, and to give it some legs so that hopefully it<br>
> continues year after year, not just this once. So given all that, what<br>
> bow types does everyone think should be required to *compete*. Any<br>
> combination is still allowed to shoot for fun.<br>
><br>
> Jonathas<br>
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