ARCH - New Period Rules

[Eadric Anstapa]

Fearghus will address the "Handbook".

You did not misread the book or the rules.  Lord Agnar has made a great
start but there are many errors in that book as much of the information is
old and out of date.  Don't refer to that book for ANY rules.  Instead go to
the official web sites.

For IKAC and IKCAC that will be   http://www.dellarco.com/ontarget/.
Remember IKAC and IKCAC rules can change from year to year and you should
always look for rules for your current year.  Currently you need to be
looking for the rules for the XXIII Annual Interkingdom Archery Competition
Updated 3/1/2000 as they are all that is official for this season.

That book should be considered a "guide" and not the official word.  For
Ansteorra all that is official resides within the Complete Participants
Handbook.  Anything else is suspect.

We will be working to revise the book.  Sections such as rules for IKAC and
IKCAC will be removed and the reader will instead be pointed to the official
web sites.  We will not duplicate portions of the Complete Participants
Handbook either.

Regards,

Eadric


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Powers" <spowers at telepath.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:21 PM
Subject: ARCH - New Period Rules


> I have been working on getting my Period IKAC equipment together for
> several months.  First I downloaded the newest rules published on the SCA
> IKAC site (updated March 2000) so I could be sure I knew what the
equipment
> standards were.  Then I worked on aquiring equipment that was period and
> fit those standards.  I got the bow done some time ago, but just now got
my
> first "period" arrows made.  Today, I went to Wiesenfeuer's archery
> practice to try out my new period arrows so I could shoot in the IKAC
> Period Division and give Ansteorra some more scores.  Help the kingdom,
> duty and all that...
>
>
>
> Then His Excellency Master Ulf showed up and mentioned that he had been
> handed the new Archery Marshal's Handbook yesterday at the Red Tape
> Meeting, and offerd to let me look at it.  In it I was surprised to see
> that there were some rule changes pertaining to period IKAC equipment,
> specifically:
>
> 1) Minimum bow weight of 45 lbs.  This differs from the SCA wide rules in
> that there is no minimum anywhere else.
>
> 2) No shelves allowed.  This differs from the SCA wide rules in that those
> rules allow no cut out.  I went to a lot of trouble to add strips of
> leather around by period bow specifically to stay within the standards.
>
> 3) Period bowstrings only.  Again, this differs from SCA wide rules that
> allows modern strings.
>
> There were others too, but these were the ones that affect me the most.
>
>
>
> It occured to me that perhaps the SCA Keeper of the IKAC made this new
rule
> and it applies to all kingdoms.  But I remember in the last letter that he
> sent out that he was still considering whether to disallow fiberglass bows
> for the period division.  At last consideration, he was not planning to
> make that change for at least a year.  There was no mention of any other
> rule changes.  So that could not be it.  Therefore, the appearance is that
> the stricter rules applies only to Ansteorra.
>
> I understand the desire to foster more period archery.  My handmade self
> bow longbow certainly looks period, acts period, and in fact, is period.
> But it is not legal for period archery because of these new rules.
>
>
>
> In addition, I have some real concerns about this.
>
> 1)  The IKAC is an Interkingdom competition in which kingdoms are ranked
> against each other.  Why on Earth would you want to put Ansteorra at a
> disadvantage to all the other kingdoms?
>
> 2)  With the Crown pushing for more participation in archery, particularly
> IKACs, why do we have new rules that discourage people from participating?
> Rules that, apparently, no other kingdom has?
>
> 3)  The 45 pound minimum will eliminate a great many archers from
> competition because they simply can't pull a 45 lb bow.  Aside from that,
> many people have already spent money on a bow they like and can't justify
> spending more on another bow.  Moreover, I have seen many period
> illustrations which showed women hunting with very light, flimsy bows.
How
> can anyone argue that lighter weight bows are not period?
>
>
> So what's the story?  Did I completely misread the rule book?  Are these
> proposed rules only?  What's the deal?  I would hate to have to walk away
> from Period IKACs because of this.  Let's get it straightened out.
>
>
>
> Baron Rumil Fletcher
>
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