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Most competitions crossbow and handbow compete head to head. If you
are going to do otherwise you should announce well in advance so
archers don't make a long drive and show up to discover that they can
not win the Tournament <br>
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Of course crossbows are very period for a Robinhood themed event.
Lets face it Richard the Lionheart was both himself very fond of the
crossbows and shot one himself while ironically died by being shot by
a crossbow.<br>
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Tournaments can be designed so that crossbows have an advantage and
those designed so that handbows have and advantage. Crossbows
generally have a slight advantage at shorter ranges, in slower static
shoots, and at known ranges. Handbows have advantages in more
dynamic, fast shoots, and at longer ranges. Good handbowmen will
generally outscore the crossbowman on a 3 second timed end. A good
handbowmen will generally outscore a crossbow on a clout shoot.<br>
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The best archer is going to win. The Royal Huntsman Tournament has not
been dominated by crossbowmen. In fact 14 Royal Huntsman tournaments
have been won by handbows and 6 by crossbows. In fact after winning a
Royal Huntsman with a crossbow there some who may have mentioned that
they thought Ironwyrm won because he was using a crossbow. To prove em
wrong he came back and won a subsequent Royal Huntsman with a recurve.<br>
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If you do decide that only handbowmen can compete then then don't be
surprised if crossbowmen you know don't bother to come to your event
and then don't complain if you don't have the participation you would
have liked.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
-EA<br>
<br>
<br>
Ken Theriot wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hey Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">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). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">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? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Any input
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Kenneth <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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