This page contains information for armored, rapier, youth, and cut & thrust combat, as well as Sunday Regional War Practice.
Armored Combat
Armored Combat Schedule:
9:00am - Authorizations and Inspections begin
10:00am – Novice Tournament
11:00am - Unbelted Invitational Tournament
1:00pm - Open Pool Tournament
5:00pm - Lists Close
Sword and Shield authorizations will be run first. Additional authorizations will run simultaneous to the Novice Tourney.
Marshals will be needed to help, but all marshals will be able to fight in the tournament. Baroness Rowan Connor will be running the lists for all tournaments.
Novice Tournament
The novice tournament is open to anyone who has never won a tournament nor received a combat award. Please note that novice does not mean new and anyone meeting this criteria is encouraged to enter. This tournament will be fought on either one or two lists and will be either pool or round robin depending on number of entrants.
Unbelted Tournament
Fighters entering this tournament must be sponsored by a member of the chivalry present this day. The chivalry will distribute tokens to 32 combatants and these fighters will be placed into a standard double elimination tree fought on four fields. The semi finals will be challenge in from the losers bracket as Middle Crown has been fought for many years now. The final round will be fought best of five with different styles from the in the following order – Two Handed Sword, Mass Weapon and Shield, Two Weapon, Pole Arm, Sword and Shield. Single handed swords are limited to 42″, single handed mass weapons are limited to 30″, and two handed weapons are limited 6′.
Open Pool
This will be the now traditional pool tournament fought on six lists, but not limited to six pools. Pools will be between 8-12 fighters per pool. Double kills count as a loss for each fighter. The top fighters from each pool advancing to four new pools of 8. Time allowing, this will then produce two pools from which two finalists will emerge to face each other in a best two of three bout with different weapons from from the following choices – Sword and Shield, Two Weapon, Pole Arm, Spear, Mass Weapon and Shield. First choice will go to the fighter with lesser precedence, then the other. If a third round is needed, ti will be royal choice but not a repeat. If time runs short then the top two for the second four pools will hold a single elimination tourney to select the final two.
Please direct any questions about armored combat to Sir Ixtilixochitl.
Rapier Combat
There will be a Novice Tournament and a Pool Tournament, organized by Lady Fuyu and Lord Anton respectively. When the tournaments are inactive there will also be an open list for pick-up fights.
Rapier Combat Schedule
9:00am - Authorizations and Inspections begin
10:00am – Novice Tournament
1:00pm - Open Pool Tournament
3:00pm - Lists Close
Youth Combat
Morning (tentatively 10-12). Please contact Lady Róis alann inghean Uí fhlaithbheartaigh for more information.
Cut & Thrust Combat
There will be list space available 1:00 – 3:00 for cut & thrust and rapier challenges; cut & thrust will have priority in this list. Warder Ceanntig
Please contact Lord Aleator for more information.
Sunday Combat
On Sunday there will be a Regional War Practice in the late morning to noon for anyone who wishes to attend. Please contact Seto Gesshuko (618-670-4363) for more information.
If someone wants to organize C&T for Sunday morning, contact Lord Aleator.