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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white 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'>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!” <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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> Archers [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Dorris<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 06, 2017 7:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Garth Groff <sarahsan@embarqmail.com>; archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archers] New Society TA Rules<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Greetings Fellow Archers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I noted something in the rules that Mungo was kind enough to link that troubled me and wanted more clarification on the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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. " <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Has the position on PVC bows changed?<br><br>Yours in service,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-Lady Vittoria Cavalieri<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Archers <<a href="mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a>> on behalf of Garth Groff <<a href="mailto:sarahsan@embarqmail.com">sarahsan@embarqmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 5, 2017 7:41:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Archers] New Society TA Rules</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Noble Friends of the Bow:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>You can real the whole ball of wax at <a href="http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/t_archery/target_archery_rules.pdf">http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/t_archery/target_archery_rules.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Yours Aye,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mungo Napier, Period Target Archer </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>