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Thats right, One year we said that the Shire Champion would be the best
finishing Crossbow would be our champion. All archers were allowed to
shoot (longbow/recurve/crossbow) and even win prizes but only the
highest finishing Crossbow would be declared the Shire Champion, get
the Scroll, get to carry the banner for a year, etc. there were prizes
awarded for each round and then a prize for the Champion. Since there
were prizes for each round, the Champions prize was slightly smaller.
So it was theoretically possible that a longbowman could win every
round and take home all the prizes except for the Champions prize which
would go to the highest placing Crossbowman.<br>
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Another year we did just the opposite saying that the highest finishing
longbow/recurve was the winner. We have been considering doing one
where the highest finishing period longbow/recurve shooting period
division equipment would be declared the winner.<br>
<br>
This allows everyone to shoot and win prizes but still allows the
Champion to fit better within the theme of the event.<br>
<br>
If you choose to do anything like this is should be announced well in
advance so that there is no chance that an archer will may a long trek
to your event and then discover that they are not eligible to win your
tournament<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
-EA<br>
<br>
Mike Wyvill wrote:
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</style>I believe that in Gates Edge a few years ago it was stated
that due to the theme only crossbows could be used to be named
champion. <br>
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EdV<br>
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kentheriot@ravenboymusic.com">kentheriot@ravenboymusic.com</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org">ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org</a><br>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:50:49 -0600<br>
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Question About Sherwood Target Archery
Competitions<br>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Hey Everyone,</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">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). </span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">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? </span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">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.</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Any input
appreciated.</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Thanks!</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Kenneth </span></font></p>
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