Pooky,<br><br>I need to get my cousin suited up and carded but he really wants to boffa. I told Contessa I would get auth to Marshal but I dono when or where... It will prolly be at least mid december or the start of Jan before I can do much though.<br><br>Siobhan<br><br><b><i>Lord Pooky <lord_pooky@hotmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hello Parents or Legal Guardians,<br><br>I have a niece in the 10-12 year old range (average sized preteen Dutch <br>Giant) that is fully armored for boffer.<br>She is way stoked and wantin' to practice and play.<br>If you get your youngers carded and armor ready, please let ME know and <br>we'll get them together to Boffer.<br><br>Maybe Syr Owen knows if a boffer marshal is necessary for children's boffer <br>practices.<br><br>FYI ~ I think Countess Contessa Vanessa is the northern regional boffer <br>marshal and She is on the
Namron E-List.<br><br>I have 3 extra Boffer swords made. 2 if 10-11 year olds may play <br>floren-preteen.<br><br>Ok Thank You,<br>Pooky<br><br>206-1227 Holla'<br><br><br>>From: syr_owen@nordsteorra.org<br>>Reply-To: SkorragardrVirtualSkald@yahoogroups.com<br>>To: SkorragardrVirtualSkald@yahoogroups.com<br>>Subject: Re: [SkorragardrVirtualSkald] Plastic Armor<br>>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:41:58 -0600<br>><br>>Bore da,<br>><br>>I can haul them down to you I have a suburban and can probably pack 14 <br>>barrels<br>>maybe more into my car. Depending on what you want to make I would suggest <br>>at<br>>least two barrels for yourself.<br>><br>>Here are the rules for 10-12 youth chivalric<br>>B. Youth Boffer Division: Age 10–12 years<br>>1. Minimum Required Armor<br>>a. Head – Marshallate-approved helm with face protection. Helmets with wire<br>>facemasks from sports such as hockey and lacrosse are acceptable. Chinstrap
<br>>is<br>>required. Spacing on helm bars should be adequate to prevent boffer from<br>>hitting<br>>face. A camail, coif, or equivalent is required to prevent access to neck <br>>or<br>>throat.<br>>b. Neck – Lightweight gorget covering the larynx and cervical spine is<br>>required.<br>>Minimum of light leather.<br>>c. Torso – Must be covered by shirt, tunic, bodice, etc. Kidney protection <br>>is<br>>not required.<br>>Sternum and xiphoid protection is not required. For females: As a girl<br>>matures, she<br>>must also have adequate breast protection, e.g. quilted material tunic, <br>>light<br>>leather or<br>>equivalent.<br>>d. Arms – Long sleeves are required. Minimum of lightweight cloth. Light<br>>gloves are<br>>required for hands. Elbow joint protection is required. Minimum of soft <br>>elbow<br>>pads.<br>>e. Legs – Long pants, or sweats required. Minimum of lightweight cloth.
<br>>Sturdy<br>>shoes<br>>are required. No open-toed shoes or sandals. Knee joint protection is <br>>required.<br>>Minimum of soft knee pads.<br>>f. Groin – Minimum protection is sports cup, padded skirt, or equivalent.<br>>2. Recommended Armor<br>>a. Mouthpiece is recommended. Leather or plastic half-gauntlets and leather <br>>or<br>>plastic<br>>covered elbow and knee pads are recommended.<br>>3. Weapon Standards<br>>a. Schedule 40 PVC is considered the standard base material for boffer<br>>construction.<br>>The marshallate will consider other equivalent materials for construction<br>>(such as<br>>CPVC, Schedule 80 PVC, or Siloflex) on a case by case basis. The standard<br>>non-thrusting<br>>type weapon must consist of:<br>>i. ½ inch I.D. PVC (schedule 40) for one-handed weapons; or ¾” or 1” PVC <br>>for<br>>all two-handed weapons.<br>>ii. The haft end of the PVC weapon must be capped. The striking end
will be<br>>closed with strapping tape.<br>>iii. Two layers of fiber-reinforced strapping tape.<br>>iv. 1/2 inch closed cell foam, minimum, extending the striking length of <br>>the<br>>boffer<br>>to 1 1/2 inches past tip of PVC or golf tubes<br>>v. Minimum one layer duct tape wrapped loosely.<br>>b. All thrusting weapons must consist of the above listed construction <br>>plus:<br>>i. Thrusting tip – Consisting of closed cell foam and tape, loosely <br>>wrapped, a<br>>minimum 2 1/2 inches in diameter and extending 4 inches past PVC or golf<br>>tubes. Tip should be sturdy enough to not completely fold over upon impact.<br>>c. All thrusting weapons must be disassembled and inspected for structural<br>>damage<br>>once a year.<br>>d. Single-handed weapons (swords, maces, axes, etc.) and Great or <br>>two-handed<br>>weapons of an appropriate length will be allowed. Mass weapons should have <br>>no<br> >"mass" to
them.<br>>e. Basket hilts are not required.<br>>4. Shield Standards<br>>a. Shields may not be used as offensive weapons.<br>>b. Materials allowed are wood, plastic, or aluminum or equivalent.<br>>c. All edges must be covered by tubing, leather, or foam. Pipe foam padding <br>>is<br>>highly<br>>recommended.<br>>d. Shield shape should be recognizable as SCA shield.<br>>e. Shields shall be reasonable in size proportional to combatant.<br>>f. There shall be no projecting points, bolts, etc. Any such must be <br>>covered<br>>by a layer<br>>of leather, close-cell foam, or several layers of duct or fiber-reinforced<br>>strapping tape.<br>>5. Blow Calibration<br>>a. Solid contact, no force required. Any blow that firmly connects will be<br>>accepted. Use<br>>of force is to be discouraged. Groin shots, while legal, are to be <br>>discouraged.<br>>b. All combatants are presumed to be wearing a quilted coif and tunic
only.<br>>c. Any combatant using force sufficient to bruise or injure an opponent <br>>will,<br>>after one<br>>warning, be removed from the field.<br>>6. Educational Goals<br>>a. Refinement of techniques in defense, accuracy, and speed.<br>>b. Continued development in the graces of chivalric combat, honorable <br>>conduct,<br>>and etiquette both on the field and off.<br>><br>>By reviewing these rules i would suggest elbow and knee pads under a long<br>>sleeved shirt and long pants. Or use skating elbow and knees as they are<br>>padded and have a rigid plastic cover. Also you can get a hard baseball <br>>helmet<br>>at thrift stores for a couple of dollars and most sport stores sell a bar<br>>grill for the helmet and with a heavy cloth drape you have a cheap and <br>>legal<br>>childs helmet.<br>><br>>Syr Owen<br>><br>><br>>Quoting (omitted with courtesy)<br>><br>> > I have 1 here in town I was told
I could have. I don't know how many I <br>>need<br>> > as I haven't made the plastic armor before. I need enough to cover me <br>>(not a<br>> > small lady) and my 12 year old cousin (average sized preteen boy) and <br>>then<br>> > any others I can collect to make loner armor for the canton would be <br>>awesome.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Namron mailing list<br>Namron@ansteorra.org<br>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/namron-ansteorra.org<br></blockquote><br><BR><BR><DIV>It's not the color of the <FONT color=#7f007f>T</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>e</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>x</FONT><FONT color=#00bf60>t </FONT>but how you use <FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#7f007f><EM>it</EM></FONT>.<IMG src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"></DIV><p> 
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