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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wow you guys, you make me proud to be able to be among you all! I know our friendship goes deeper than any item we are discussing and I thank you all for that! If it caused issue I would bow out in a heartbeat. With that said, I have already had generous offers for others to be MIC so I could shoot. I will leave this decision to my partner and peer Seamus to decide. Either way I will be proud to be part of the day shooting or cheering you all on. Fen, I shot my bow for the first time in 6 months last night and I feel good, might just lay the crossbow down for my ole shooting stick after all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Godai I think this is a great start, what I would like to see is some sort of agreement and finalization of this base set of rules or guidelines so we can publish them for all to see and use. The one exception I take to these are the multiple bows, typically in Atlantia we shoot what we have in hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In service,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gordon Kinnie<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Archers] Lochmere Arrow Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ok, I drafted some guidelines, not rules for the Lochmere arrow. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is based on the discussion ongoing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I agree that no hard fast rules be implemented but maybe guidelines will work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So discuss away and I will update and we can determine if this is what we want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also, I would love to add more history if we have it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Godai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lochmere Arrow Competition Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>History<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> The Lochmere Arrow has been a competition between the Baronies of Atlantia for over 15 years. A team from each Barony was fielded, nominally <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>made up of the Barons, Baronesses or seneschals of the baronies. The shoot consisted of royal round targets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> As the popularity in the shoot and Atlantian archery has grown, teams were made up of the top archers in each Barony, still fielding one team for<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> a Barony. The shoot continued to evolve into a competition between Baronies/Shires/Cantons of Atlantia, with each group fielding as many teams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> as they could with the sponsoring team designing a challenging course of targets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Guidelines<o:p></o:p></b></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'>Teams<o:p></o:p></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>The Lochmere Arrow competition is between teams of two archers representing any group from Atlantia. This may be a<o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'> Barony/Shire/Canton/Collage/Stronghold or any other registered group that is willing to sponsor the next shoot if they win.<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>All groups may field as many teams as they would like in the competition.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>Persons within the team do not have to be from the same group, it is recommended, but need to represents one group.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>The sponsoring team may opt to defend their championship, it is expected that the sponsoring team has a slight advantage,<o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'> but this should be minimized by not pre-shooting or using known distances. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'>Targets<o:p></o:p></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>Choice of target style is left to the discretion of the sponsoring team. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>Targets may be designed that require a team approach and strategy.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'> Between 5 and 8 stations should be designed to facilitate dozens of teams in the competition.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'>General <o:p></o:p></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>The winning team should plan the next Lochmere arrow shoot within the next calendar year after winning the event. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>If weather events disrupt the planned shoot the sponsoring team should try to schedule the shoot at the earliest opportunity<o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'> in conjunction with another known archery event and published to the archers community as best as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>Unless specified in the rules of the shoot archers may use multiple bow types during the shoot. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo3'>The winning team is required to update the arrow cresting and the history of the Lochmere Arrow. <o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>