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"My Mom Can Beat Up Your Mom" Tournament
Claiming the prize for best tournament name this war, the Barony of Northwoods hosted the "My Mom Can Beat Up Your Mom" Tournament, a tournament open to female fighters with SCA or mundane dependents.
Nine mothers took the field to defend their childrens' honor in this round robin tournament.
Claiming the title of "The World's Greatest Mom" ( so emblazoned on a plaque in macaroni art ( was Countess Kaylah the Cheerful of Ealdormere. Cunian Beornhelm of Atlantia came in as runner-up.

Yep that's OUR Cunian! Yeah!

Now to see if I can get Maureen in there next year to be cheered on by her husband (that's me) and kids...

-Aaron

I'm a bit conflicted about women only tournies but when they put it that way it sounds fun. Yay Cunian!

BTW - who came in first?

From the article quoted by Aaron, it appears that Countess Kaylah the Cheerful of Ealdormere did.

Go, go Cunian! She's awesome!!!

Cat

Aaron wrote:

"My Mom Can Beat Up Your Mom" Tournament
Claiming the prize for best tournament name this war, the Barony of Northwoods hosted the "My Mom Can Beat Up Your Mom" Tournament, a tournament open to female fighters with SCA or mundane dependents.
Nine mothers took the field to defend their childrens' honor in this round robin tournament.
Claiming the title of "The World's Greatest Mom" ( so emblazoned on a plaque in macaroni art ( was Countess Kaylah the Cheerful of Ealdormere. Cunian Beornhelm of Atlantia came in as runner-up.

Yep that's OUR Cunian! Yeah!

Now to see if I can get Maureen in there next year to be cheered on by her husband (that's me) and kids...

-Aaron

I think this is an ingenious way to inspire women on the field. With the thought of your child(ren) forefront while fighting, you'll fight much harder than you would otherwise, with more heart, IMO.

-Tasha (a mom)

Ariella of Thornberry, Baroness of
the Debatable Lands came in first.
She has the macaroni shield to prove it.

-Graedwyn

I believe Baroness Ariella challenged Countess Kaylah, after the tourney. I think it was a rematch, I thought they had said she was second. I know before the challenge, Countess Kaylah had the shield, cause she was sitting in front of my field tent with it.

They fought best 2 out of 3 right before the Mountain Pass battle, and Baroness Areilla won, and got the shield, which is when I believe Graedwyn saw her.

I may have this a little garbled,
but I believe Ariella an several others
showed up to fight the tournament at the
posted time, only to find out that it had been
already fought several hours earlier.
She then sought out the winner of the earlier
tournament, challenged her, and was presented
the shield upon winning best two out of three bouts.
Ariella had the shield in her camp as of friday night.

-Graedwyn

Aargh.

Yes. It was a rather small and messed up tournament. There were only 9 of us when it was fought at 2 and I guess a number of people thought it was at 4. Also I doubt a lot of people knew one could claim gerbils, nieces, etc. as "children", or more would have been out. And - frankly - the bout that I lost to Kaylah in the tournament was a bad loss, since I had taken one arm and should have had her dead to rights except for getting really stupid and tired and distracted at that point - so I am annoyed by it. We also did fight after the official tourney - since we had both been under the impression there were going to be finals - and I did get 3 of 5 then. I won, she won, I won, she won, I won. So obviously we are pretty well-matched. I am just as glad, though, that I do not have to care for the macaroni for a year and bring it back intact, because my household is hard on such things.

Congrats Cunian! Ponte Alto brings in another finalist. Great job out there.
Lucas

Cunian wrote:Aargh.

Yes. It was a rather small and messed up tournament. Also I doubt a lot of people knew one could claim gerbils, nieces, etc. as "children", or more would have been out.

I thought this was a neat way of doing a gender specific tourney but IMHO allowing such a broad definition of children makes it just another Ladies Only Tourney. I wish the definition of being a Mom actually involved Mothering a child but then it was not my tournament to run.

It does make me wonder about running a "My Dad can beat your Dad" tourney. Open only to men who have children, under the age of 18, who must attend the tournament as inspirations.