Wayne, I disagreed with the decision to split the class then. I disagree with it now. I think it was a mistake and I think both the remaining recurve classes will suffer because of it.
If you don' t like hearing what I' ve got to say, then go click on something else. If I don' t like what' s going on, I' ll speak my mind. I pay my IBO dues just like you do. As I said before, if you' d been around this sport for more than a few years, you' d have a better understanding of what was going on. Unfortunately, as the older, more experienced shooters leave due to attrition, a great body of information and history goes with it and it seems most of what' s left is a bunch of guys that picked up a stickbow and a Fred Asbell tape and book and now know everything there is to know about " tradititional archery" .
Yeah, I' ve got an answer for MOST things and if I don' t have the answer I figure it out. But there are still a few things that stump me and that I' ll never have an answer for. Like why the Fred Asbell graduates scream bloody murder about how they can' t compete against bows with arrow rests but still want to boast that their style of shooting off the shelf is every bit as good and that using a rest is some kind of sacrilege. What a bunch of silly nonsense. Can' t have it both ways.
Meanwhile, you' re tickled pink because the class has been split and now we' ve got a " World Championship" where there are two classes of recurve shooters each with less than 30 or so in it. JRW was right. It' s become a joke. A bad joke.
But as you said, what' s done is done. You asked for it. You got it. And when the two classes average such a small turn out (12 or so at the " triple crown" events should be a good indicator) that they get eliminated just like the recurve aided class got canned a few years ago; remember we had this conversation.
p.s. I' ll probably be seeing you at the Muzzy this year. I' ve skipped it the last two years because I wanted to compete in the " world championship" but I don' t expect to make that mistake again. I sure hope we' re shooting in the same class, Wayne. It' ll be really nice to see you again.
