I love jousting. Besides having my 1500 lbs warhorse and partner take one scary fall and sitting on me, we did excellent and was only three points from the winner, Dale Ginow from Canada. He and I almost had three coronel to coronel strikes out of our nine passes. It was a AWESOME weekend. Sharing life with such awesome folks makes me wish I had the armor to travel to Europe and to Jeff's Tournament of the Pheonix as well to tilt with all men of honour.
Just a couple of pics from the weekend-
Myself and Ray Cornish address the crowd about historical jousting-
Making my introduction as the English Champion-
Dale Gineow, IJA Canada preparing for our passes (he won the tourney by three points)-
My partner Damascus and I ready to pass with Dale. This was less than 24 hours after a bad fall in the gaming events-
Almost unhorsing Ray-
Almost coronel to corenel with Dale-
Lances fly with Dale and I-
Another almost coronel to coronel with Dale-
My excellent Squire, Heidi (Caitriona Douglas here on AA)-
My lovely wife, Sir Vitus' squire Gabriella Hamilton as Red list end head squire-
One of the coolest parts was Dale brought his son up to do games. North had never been in armor before, so I asked him if he wanted do do some "foam" jousting at the end of the tournament. He was estatic, and we suited him up in my wifes armor and he and Steve Shindler (my team mate for our lance) did five passes with SCA style foam lances. North was fantastic, and did great for being 13. He never thought he would be doing his first armored passes when he came down from Canada.
Dale and North prepare for his first ever lance pass-
Jousting. Best. Sport. Ever.
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