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<DIV>If I'm reading your intentions correctly, this would be different from the Lochmere Arrow contest and SAAD in the following:</DIV>
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<DIV>the targets would be both tougher and more novelty driven, </DIV>
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<DIV>the number of participents would be limited to 1) just members of Atlantia and 2) people who have scored in Atlantian Royal Rounds at or above a certain level.</DIV>
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<DIV>it would occur at Pennsic<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I"m seeing a total of 134 people who have listed scores. 116 people who have a score greater than 20 (ie archer or above). 83 are Marksman or above. <A href="http://www.scores-sca.org/public/scores_current.php?R=2&Shoot=2">http://www.scores-sca.org/public/scores_current.php?R=2&Shoot=2</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Archer-Comrade Napier:</DIV>
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<DIV>I almost fainted at your posting. Please allow me to defend myself in this court of opinion. I have no grudge against anyone, let alone the hard-working MIC's at Pennsic. Perhaps you do not realize that I have shot with the champions team for the last two years. </DIV>
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<DIV>I must reiterate again that what I am working for is a kingdom/individual championship shoot that is outside the war and the war points. I am completely inspired by the thrown weapons range at Pennsic. We come together but once a year like this: with two weeks and hundreds of acres at our disposal, it seems we could have a war PLUS have a known world archery championship as well. </DIV>
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<DIV>Anyone who has actually designed and run one of those "famous legendary Atlantain populace all-day archery shoots" can tell you that it is a full-time job for months in advance and takes at least three days to run. We, all of us together, cannot do this at Pennsic.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have given brief thought to the numbers. If you have 8 stations, teams of four, and it takes a team 1.5 hours to shoot, and you want the shooting to take no more than 4 hours so you can setup/takedown in one day, you cannot manage more than 70 or so archers, tops. There is just no feasible means of holding an open populace shoot at Pennsic, in addition to the one already in place.</DIV>
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<DIV>My vision would be to have a novelty shoot as an adjunct to all the other goings-on at the range, a shoot that would have 6 to 8 really challenging targets, very difficult stuff, to allow Atlantia's finest to show their stuff and have fun at Pennsic, since by convention and tradition, for whatever probably very valid reasons, so many are not in on the war champs team.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is really very simple, at heart. Please do not imply that I hold grudges, or wish to work at cross-purposes to the Pennsic war and the Archery War Point. I only hope to enrich the range and its offerings, to the happiness and delight of Atlantia's finest archers. I cannot bear to sit at Pennsic missing my archery-partners-in-crime who won't spend their vacations there because they cannot enjoy their favorite game!</DIV>
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<DIV>Please believe me that I hold no prejudice or judgement against beginning archers: I was recently one myself. But then, at that time, I personally found more than enough challenge on the populace range with the war points targets and with the odd novelty shoot for variety. </DIV>
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<DIV>Nuala of Needwood Forest<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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