[Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due to the string?

[Susan McMahill]

While I was Central Regional Missile Marshal, I discovered that fewer and fewer archers wanted to shoot Royal Rounds because they didn't want to have scores that would indicate that they could not participate in 'Novice' Tournaments. One of the requirements for many of those events were that a person have a RR score of 40 or less. Now, when we do the novice tourney at Steppes Warlord, that is one of the requirement, but we also appeal to one's sense of honor. If you would be capable of shooting a 40, do not enter. Sadly, I suspect that those who don't want to shoot RR may not want to have the score because they know they are better than a 40, but want to enter anyway. I know of a number of archers that fit that category, or did at that time. :(  There are also a lot of archers who just shoot because they want to shoot. They don't want a RR score because it means nothing to them. Not everyone who plays this game is a competition freak.Lastly, having a location where it would be legal and safe to shoot Royal Rounds is getting very hard for many groups. We have offered the opportunity to shoot Royals at Warlord, before, but because the schedule is so packed, it is very hard to get a marshal who is willing to run them, after spending an entire day in the heat, and looking forward to another entire day in the heat. We run up against getting to court and other complications. Lyneya de Grey King's ArcherSable Talon for ArcheryStudent to Jacques the Spink COAOFormer Central Regional Missile Marshal

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 > Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:02:43 -0500
> From: francisschalles at gmail.com
> To: ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Period-ness, when is a bow not period due to the string?
> 
> If we restricted the period shoots to only hemp or flax strings, how
> many would participate?
> 
> The point I am trying to make here is that to shoot period bows and
> crossbows we allow modern materials for the sake of increased
> participation in period Royal Rounds. As a community we need more
> period Royal Rounds. Now that we agree that we can use modern
> materials for the strings, there is less restriction, and hopefully
> more participation in period shooting.
> 
> I would encourage each Archer in this Kingdom to consider in
> participating in at least 2 period Royal Rounds in the next 3 months.
> Make or borrow a period bow or crossbow and participate for the honor
> of Ansteorran Archery.
> 
> Yours in Service,
> Ld. Francois de Lions
> Keeper of the Royal Rounds
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Bill Tait <arwemakere at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you want to be _that_ correct, make your string from hemp or flax.
> >
> > A _modern_ flemish twist string is dacron (or other).
> >
> > William Arwemakere
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Frank Schalles <francisschalles at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Archers!
> >>
> >> Is a long bow not period when it does not have a period string?
> >>
> >> Even a Flemish string is made with modern material. So is a
> >> period bow not period when using a modern string?
> >>
> >> I seek a debate, wisdom, and common sense. Where do we draw the line?
> >>
> >> Ld. Francois de Lions,
> >> Keeper of the Royal Rounds,
> >> Kingdom of Ansteorra
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