<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I read it as I could use my modern TD recurve (if I could still pull it) </DIV>
<DIV>but not my period crossbow!?! That's some serious bow bias if </DIV>
<DIV>correct and I can't believe I'm hearing this crossbow exclusion </DIV>
<DIV>crap our from fellow archers, again! That really sucks if that's </DIV>
<DIV>what they are planing to do. It's difficult enough to get people to </DIV>
<DIV>attend events these days without telling them can't participate </DIV>
<DIV>when they do come! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The you get to use "X" amount of arrows or bolts then you die </DIV>
<DIV>(return to resurrection point) for combat archers has already </DIV>
<DIV>soured the ravine battle for me. It used to be one of my favorite </DIV>
<DIV>activities during Gulf War, but I'll likely pass on it and go fight </DIV>
<DIV>spear in the bridge battles instead now. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I hate to sound discouraging but SCA archery is really starting </DIV>
<DIV>to lose it's appeal the less fun it gets!<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Ironwyrm</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 1/19/10, Marlin and Amanda Stout <I><ldcharles@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Marlin and Amanda Stout <ldcharles@sbcglobal.net><BR>Subject: Re: [<SPAN><SPAN>Ansteorra</SPAN></SPAN>-archery] Fw: [SCA-Archery] Gulf Wars Grand Exhibition Tournament and GA Fun Shoots<BR>To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra" <ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 11:24 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv20003653>It looks to me like you could have a crossbowman, but he'd have to be paired with a longbowman/etc. So you could have a crossbowman on a team, but not a team with 2 crossbows.<BR><BR>Charles, <BR>BG<BR><BR>Richard Threlkeld wrote:
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<P class=MsoNormal><A name=_MailEndCompose rel=nofollow><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I read it the same way….. Hmmm….</SPAN></A></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Richard Threlkeld, CPA</SPAN></B></DIV>
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