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Hello there from the Ivory Towers!
I have indeed had my ear bent about this, as recently as this weekend (I wonder why?). As usual there have been several good suggestions on various topics put forward, and the Junior Committee will look into all of them.
The JMB restriction is rooted somewhere in history, way before my time. I shall try to find the thinking behind it. However, of the top of my head, would archers who had achieved JMB on Yorks feel happy that those who had achieved them on Bristol 4s have the same title? (I realise they do for all the other Classifications, but, even among adults, I think the "Master" word carries a higher cachet). And would a JMB feel happy about relinquishing the title on moving up an age group? Also, the JMB can only be gained by shooting a round above the appropriate one for your age group. While this may well be fine for those who are approaching physical maturity, is this something we should be encouraging, even by showing the possibility, for those who are younger and still changing rapidly? I know that there are some who can manage, I also know that there are many who really cannot (despite being able to put in extremely high scores at the appropriate distances), but would drive themselves to achieve it and end up overbowed and permanently damaged. (Same area of argument as to why the Bristol and Metric 5s are not championship rounds).
This whole area is fraught with difficulties (they are called juniors!) and new insights and opinions are more than welcome.