Rules for B) Royal Round - PERIOD - 2013 Period Season
The Scorekeeper last approved scores for this shoot on: 11/11/13
Shoot Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Shoot Ends: Thursday, October 31, 2013
Scores must be Submitted by: Saturday, November 30, 2013
Rules:
- Age
- Adults and minors 16+.
- Scoring
- Period Royal Round consists of the following:
- 40 Yards
- 30 Yards
- 20 Yards
- Timed end of 30 Seconds at 20 Yards
- Individual average is determined by the 3 highest scores
- Scores may be shot on three different days
Period bow: A handbow or crossbow that conforms in spirit and/or actuality to bows common during the time period covered by the SCA.
The following are prohibited:
- Full or partial center cut sight windows.
- Limb marks or sighting aids.
- Non-period arrow rests.
- Take down bows.
Allowed:
- Period style longbows of any material, including modern laminated longbows, but with no cutout sight window.
- Period style recurves of any material. A bow with recurved limb ends or static limb tips, such as Siyahs on Asiatic bows, but with no cutout sight window, are considered period style bows.
- A crossbow having a solid wooden stock or body in the shape of pre-1650 crossbows is a period style bow. It may not have a rifle style butt. It may have simple, documentable rear sights. A crossbow having a plastic or modern composite material stock or body, with cutouts through the stock or body, is not a period style bow.
Other Information:
Archers may use any period style release appropriate for their bow, but are not required to do so. For example, an archer may use a glove or tab instead of a thumb ring while shooting an Asian style bow.
Modern string materials are allowed, as well as period materials.
If the archer is using a Period Bow, he or she must declare before the start of the Round if the scores will count for the Period division Royal Round.
For complete rules, see the An Tir Book of Target - - link in the left-hand column.
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