[Ansteorra-archery] Question About Sherwood Target Archery Competitions

[Doug Copley]

Timed shoots are always a great equalizer in these types of shoots. 
While the crossbow does have some advantages when they have unlimited 
time, longbows have advantages when there is limited time. If you look 
at the Royal Round Scores you will see how it affects the overall scores.

Vincenti

Ken Theriot wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
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> I was at our event planning meeting last night and talking about the 
> archery competitions.  There will be several “novelty-shoots” for target 
> archery, but I got to thinking afterward that I wanted to ask the 
> experts about something.  I’m relatively new to target (though I’ve been 
> doing CA regularly for a few years). 
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> This is a Robin Hood themed event, and as such, I was hoping to limit 
> the target competitions (we’ll be doing target stuff with both the 
> regular TA stuff AND the CA stuff in the morning) to long bow.  I know 
> cross-bows existed in this period, but it just isn’t in the “idiom” 
> (zeitgeist?) of Robin Hood.  Also, there is currently a set number of 
> archery prizes…one for overall target archery, 1 for CA target archery, 
> and 1 for “in-armor-actually-fighting” CA. If we have to ALSO split the 
> TA prize into two (one for cross-bow, and one for long-bow), it will 
> make things a lot harder to do.  However, I know there are folks who 
> prefer the cross-bow, or even shoot it exclusively for target.  How is 
> this handled in “regular” target competitions?    
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> Cross-bows would have a huge advantage over long bows for the same 
> target and distance wouldn’t they?  It would make sense to me that the 
> two types of weapons would have to either have their own competitions, 
> or have different distances for the same target.  Regardless of either 
> situation, it seems like it would be exponentially difficult, given our 
> full schedule, to have both weapons in the target archery competition.  
> Am I off-base here?  Honestly, though I have participated in several 
> “fun” shoots at SCA events, have set up a range, and am an authorized TA 
> marshal, I don’t have the competition experience to know for sure what 
> to do here.
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> Any input appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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> Kenneth
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