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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">On a personal note: Robert – as for beating you
with your own bow, I will need a little more time to practice (20 to 30 years
should do it), I will let you know.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">DISCUSSION ON ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Eadric. You are right! Separating local
championships from tournament championships may have the same effect as closing
the competition to outsiders, including outsiders that may want to compete for
the local championship. Just what we are trying to avoid.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">The answer may be in communication not in
separation. Hold different types of competitions, just make sure the
requirements are communicated to ALL competitors – before the tournament – what
type of archery tournaments will be held; what champions will be selected; and
what is expected of the champions.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">The problem then becomes simply who will make
those decisions and who will get the information to all competitors.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">EVENT STEWARD? Archery Tournament Director?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Obviously if experienced archery tournament
directors are available, like at Gates Edge, the event steward just leaves all
the details to them.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">But, if an experienced archery director is not
available, the event steward or an inexperienced director must decide how to
select their archery champion.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Do you think it would be of any help if there was
a paper or web page available that showed how other baronies and shires select
their archery champions?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">HL Eadric Anstapa and Lord Thomas Quilliam
presented an idea. They wrote how the Shire of Gates Edge and the Barony of
Wieseenfeuer handle their competitions and select their local archery champions.
Making that information available to others may help. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">I have never been an event steward so I cannot
write such a paper or web page. I can and will offer to edit a paper or web
page, publish it and keep it up to date <B>if you people will submit the
writings.</B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">EXAMPLE - POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR A PAPER OR WEB
PAGE.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Event stewards and/or archery tournament directors
may wish to consider the following options when setting up an archery
competition at their events.</P>
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<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Will a local archery champion be decided?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">What types of competitions are possible?</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">How can the required information be given to all
competitors?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">How much space is available?</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Is a certified archery marshal locally
available?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">What equipment is available?</P></LI></OL>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Other questions and examples of what other
baronies/shires do for each question would be posted. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">References to SCA and kingdom archery web pages
would also be posted.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Again, the purpose of such information would be to
help eliminate any confusion on what archery champions will be decided, and what
is expected of the champion.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Is this of any interest? Or, is this just much to
do about nothing?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">d'Onray</P>
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