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<P>Okay I guess I'm in the dark here. Please enlighten me. Can someone younger than 18 actaully be authorized as a combat archer by Patrick Michael? I was under the impression that one had to be at least 18. Now once they are over 18 they can be authorized by any authorizing archery marshal. Is that correct? </P>
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<P> Also my 2 cents worth on authorizing: There are two things being discussed here. One deals with training the archer to be effective on the field and the other deals with the archer being safe (yes I know there's a bit of overlap in those two categories). I would think that the authroizing marshal should be concerned only with that second category. Once an archer shows or demonstrates to the marshal's satisfaction that he/she is not a safety issue then authorization should follow as a matter of course. Being effective on the field is the archer's concern and not necessarily the area of responsibility for the marshal. </P>
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