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Friday, Sept 4:
Rapier Scholars’ Tournament: 19:00 (inspections 18:30)
We welcome all those who were authorized in fencing for the first time on or after Sept 4, 2023 (three years ago) to a fencing tournament of skill and courtesy to kick off Fall Crown at 7pm on Friday, Sept 4! (Inspections start at 6:30 sharp.)
Prizes for: 1. Overall winner; 2. Gallantry (good manners on and off the field, including courtesy, fight etiquette, etc.)
No spears. Otherwise, bring your best weapon style. All fighters must be authorized and will be inspected before participating.
We are running a Round Robin, but a first blood, best of three passes format. We are hoping if there’s time/space we’ll be able to accommodate some pickups too depending on numbers!
This is a tournament intended to celebrate newer fencers who are looking for an opportunity to meet the community and test themselves against fencers at a similar level of experience. More experienced fighters are welcome to come and test mettle, but will not be eligible to win prizes.
Got questions? MICs/Coordinators – Allert & Luciano
Willing to help us marshal or run lists? Thank you! Please let us know!
Saturday, Sept. 5:
8:00 Intermediate/Advanced Archery class: 8:00 at the archery field
hosted by Duke Ellias Silver
TDB
10:00 Crown Tournament (heavy):
(inspection 10:00; invocation of the lists: 11:00; tournament noon)
hosted by Duke Ivar Roriksson the Black, KEM
Our Wonderful King and Queen seek Heirs!
Pre-registration is now OPEN for the Crown Tournament.
The tournament will be a standard double elimination. Shield conventions are in play. 3 striking surfaces total allowed.
In addition there is the usual requirements set out in Avacal laws: the consort and the combatant must both be members and live in Avacal.
Now the fun stuff!!!
TRM Hjalti and Sadb would like both the fighter and the consorts to bring tourney tiles for the board. As soon as we are down to a few fighters and the board has room for two tiles for each contender, we’ll post the board as Fighter and Consort vs. Fighter and Consort. If you don’t have a tourney tile, there will be spares in the box you can borrow, but please take the time to bring one and help us honour our consorts in this new way.
Secondly, banners!!! Although they aren’t required to enter the lists, we’ll use them for the processional and then fly your banner around the field. If you aren’t fighting in the tournament, you’re still welcome to place a banner around the field. We see the Crown Tournament as a celebration of the Kingdom and the populace, so we aren’t limiting banners to only the fighters.
I’m sure many noticed all of the banners around the erics at 10th Year! They looked amazing. Let’s build on that!
Thirdly, Letters of Intent are appreciated, but not required. If you enjoy making them, we’d love to receive them. If there is some reason you wonder if you’ll be allowed to fight, such as a residence change, etc., please reach out to us ahead of time.
Save time at the lists table, and REGISTER HERE! Pre-registration will close Wednesday, Sept. 2
Cinderella’s Archery Tournament
hosted by Adam Arrowsplitter; location: Archery field; times TBD
Archers of Avacal! This Fall crown, you will have a chance to win one of the biggest Archery prizes in a long time at Arrowsplitter’s Cinderella archery tournament.
Last year, donated to the Kingdom was a beautiful set of bow and arrow quiver. Paired to that, is a lovely Deer Seeker horse bow and some arrows!
How do you win? You will need to shoot the bow! To win, you will shoot 3 sets of 6 arrows at a standard target at 20 yards using the prize bow. You will only get one chance to score and no practice!
Are YOU Cinderella?
The opportunity will be available anytime the range is open (and Arrowsplitter is present) and not disturbing another archery tournament.
Contact Adam Arrowsplitter for more information!
Cut & Thrust: 16:00 at Erics
Hosted by Allert Pierson
Cut & Thrust Tourney and Pickups
We welcome all fighters authorized in Cut & Thrust to Avacal’s first C&T tournament since 2020! We will be running a Wins & Losses-style tournament (like Provosts or Squires). If there’s time and space, rule lessons, authorization bouts and pickups will also be available.
There will be some loaner kit available. If you need something specific, please let someone know ahead of time!
MIC – Allert
21:00 ish Associates Meet & Greet Charcuterie Party: After court
hosted by Allert Pierson
We invite you to bring a bit of cheese, meat, crackers, fruit, nuts, or your leftover Doritos and share Avacal’s biggest ever charcuterie board (we hope) with your fellow associates and folks interested in any Peerage path! This is an informal snack and social with no particular agenda except socializing with folks across the kingdom on or interested in any peerage path. We’re stronger together! Who’s invited? EVERYBODY! Yes, even you! (ESPECIALLY you.)
Bring your own chair, plate and a charcuterie ingredient with appropriate serving materials and come mix and mingle to close out the event on Sunday evening after court by the Erics. Feel free to drop in and drop out as the evening dictates!
Sunday, Sept 6:
8:30 Thrown Weapons Tournament; (inspection 8:30; tournament 9:00)
hosted byRobert Boniface, at the archery field
Axe-throwing tournament: Can you hatch-et?
Join us on the throwing range for a contest of skill, nerve, and keen edges!Tournament open to all participants using Avacal-legal throwing axes.
While loaner gear will be available, as this is a scored tournament there will be only minimal coaching time during the tournament proper. Tournament format will be a round-robin of 3-axe matches. Most wins, wins!
10:00 Squires’ Tournament (heavy): (inspection 10:00; tournament 10:30 – 11:45 ish)
hosted by Duke Rorik Gunnarson; location: at the Erics
The format of this tournament will be two 30 minute periods with a short 5 minute break in the middle. Knights who have sought the Crown’s permission will be welcome onto the field to hold the corners for the second half. All legal weapon styles will be welcome.
Squires (and squires for the day) will have to announce their name, the name of their knight, the name of their inspiration at introductions. During inspection they will be asked to name one rule of the lists. Registration and inspection at noon; Tournament likely to start 10:30 and run until 11:45 ish, with the remaining time for host administration.
Any questions or issues please direct them to Duke Rorik
10:00 Scout (Arcarius) Tournament: (inspection 10:00; tournament 10:30 to 11:45 ih)
hosted by Robert Boniface; location at thearchery field
Good day to you, you fine persons!
We’re on the books for this event to have an arcuarius – style target archery tournament.
What is that, you might ask?
Why thank you, conveniently curious hypothetical populace member!
Conceptually it’s very similar to a squires or provosts tournament. Once the tournament begins you find an opponent, shoot a match against each other. Repeat as many times as it’s fun for you and the scheduled time allows. Report wins and losses to the lists.
Prizes awarded for best win percentage and chivalric behaviour.
This tournament is open to anyone who is a current Scout (Arcuarius or equivalent) and anyone sponsored by a member of the Order of the Mark (identified as Ranger), Order of the Grey Goose Shaft (identified as Archos) or any of the equivalent orders from other kingdoms.
No actual fealty is necessary to get into the tournament, but sponsorship is necessary.
12:00 Provost Tournament (Rapier): (inspection: 12:00; tournament 12:30 – 13:45 ish)
hosted by Maestro Francis MacLaren; location: At the Erics
details TBD
14:00 Youth Tournament (Heavy): (inspection: 14:00; tournament 14:30 – 15:45 ish)
hosted by L. Guglielmo (co-hosted by HL Ademar, Jarla Fergus & HL Malabar)
Lord Guglielmo bids the youth of Avacal welcome and calls them to Arms.
A tourney to determine a rightful successor as Youth Champion. All youth combatants are welcome to join in, those who wish to vie and become champion must be presentable to the crown, and present with their guardians on the field.
Let it be known to Ademar 780-296-6897 in advance if you need youth armour or weapons on the field.
14:00 Iron Arrow
hosted by Archos Ayame; location archery field
Hello Good Populous of Avacal!!
I would like to invite you all to witness the Iron Arrow Invitational Shoot. Normally we do not have an audience but I would really like to change that because this is a super cool tournament.
The tournament is normally done at Quad but due to weather we have been able to move it to Crown. This is a Challenge Tournament between the Iron Arrow of Avacal and The Archery Champion of Avacal.
This year it is Lord Alexander Blackadder Iron Arrow and me, Master Houjou Ayame Archery Champion.
Both the Champion and the Iron Arrow will gather a Team of themselves and four other members.
A coin toss will determine which Captain will choose first (or cede that honour to their opponent in round one). Captains will take turns in subsequent rounds. Selected captains choose one archer from their team (themselves included) and after the choice is made, the opposing Captain will select an archer to challenge them (themselves included).
Archers shoot at 20 yards. The target will be a modified circle target with a 4 inch bullseye, and a 8 ½ inch outer circle. The bullseye is worth five points, the outer circle one point.
Archers have three arrows each and the lowest scoring archer is eliminated from future ends.
In the event of a tie, arrows will be collected and the archers will shoot one arrow each until a winner is determined in a sudden death.
The tournament ends when a team is fully eliminated.
I would like to thank Tonegawa-dono no Keiran for coming up with the tournament format and targets.
Monday, Sept 7
9:00 Fallen Friends Memorial Tournaments: Rapier & Archery
Rapier hosted by ??: Archery hosted by Archos Ayame: location at the Archery Field
Join us Monday morning on Crown weekend (September 7) for the Fallen Friends Memorial tournaments. We will be starting at 9 am (before curia).
Please come together and join us for the annual Fallen Friends Memorial tournaments. These tournaments are a time to remember those that we have lost, either recently or previously. Compete in their honour, display the great qualities they inspire in you, and remember the positive ways they impacted you.
For those that wish, there will be an opportunity at the beginning to give a few words about someone that you have lost and why they are important to you. This is completely optional, and many (if not most) decide to not take this opportunity.
Again this year, we are lucky to have both archery and fencing tournaments.
On the Archery side, we are extremely lucky to have Freydis planning an amazing shoot.
Each archer will be asked to introduce themselves. As each archer introduces themselves, they will also share the memory of someone they have lost who inspired them (this does not have to be someone from the SCA).
We compete in their honour, displaying the qualities they inspire in each of us, and remember the positive ways they impacted our journey.
Format:
Nonstandard targets at 20 yards, 30 yards, and 40 yards.
20 Yards score 1 up to 5 points per arrow
30 Yards score 1 up to 5 points per arrow
40 Yards scored 1 up to 5 points per arrow
Six arrows in your own time, no timed end.
On the Fencing side, we will be having 2 divisions. The standard rapier open division (any authorized weapon form except 2-handed sword) and the Master Edmund 2-Handed sword division (2 handed swords only).
As an option for both tournaments, if both combatants wish to use cut and thrust rules for the match, that is allowed, however the default will be heavy rapier rules.
As these are memorial tournaments, participants will be competing for many reasons. Though we are recording the results, it is more about representing with honour, dignity, class and respect for those we have lost. At times, one of us may get emotional and need some time, please respect everyone’s needs.
If you have a question or idea, please let us know.