March 8, 2008
[url=http://www.showplacearena.com/]Prince George's Equestrian Center
Upper Marlboro, MD
http://www.showplacearena.com/[/url]
This not-for-profit tournament will feature authentic, mounted and unmounted Western Martial Arts, performed in a competitive atmosphere of martial brotherhood and sisterhood.
It is the first event of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. We sincerely intend this to be the first of many such events in years to come.
Participants please aim for late15thC thru late16C. We are aiming for a 'periodesque' look and feel from in between King Rene's Book to The Field of the Cloth of Gold. (1450s to 1520s) Elizabethan armor/garb is expressly welcome, as most folk don't know the difference.
(terminus: 1600ad)
Itinerary:
600am - horse trailers may arrive
800am - site opens, morning coffee clutch
1100am - meeting for all the day's combatants (mandatory)
1200pm - Promenade (all combatants and retinue march formally and are acknowledged (soft kit))
1230pm - SCA-style Grand Melee (30 minuted of continuous martial madness and mayhem - all available on-site combatants are invited to play!)
130pm - Mounted Tournament (1"x40" rattan canes vs crested helms (paper mache crests))
2pm - Cane Ground Combat (one minute rounds ala Sir Brand of the West, judged like a boxing match, SCA armour/weapons)
245pm - Jousting round 1 (scored 3' balsas at wooden targes or smooth grande-garde augment (buffe optional))
315pm - Ultra Heavy Steel sword submission combat (3-5 counted blows, no holds barred, cap-a-pie harness -w- matched steel bastard swords)
430pm - Jousting round 2 (solid 3' balsas, no targes (bare-chested) unhorsings +10pts)
500pm - Jousting laissez-faire (championship tie-breakers come first, after that anything goes,
aka 'free style', i.e. WCJA lances, personal challenges, reverse or right-shoulder passes, etc.)
600pm - Awards, prizes, closing promenade
7pm - cookout for combatants and crew (onsite campground)
8pm - tippling and NSTIW debriefing (onsite campground)
FRIDAY MARCH 7th - ALL JOUSTERS MUST MAKE 4 SHOCK QUINTAIN PASSES ON THEIR INTENDED WARHORSE (no exceptions)
SUNDAY MARCH 9th: Skill-at-Arms day; private farm in Harwood, MD (non-combat weapon/target gaming)-(4 mi from tournoi site)
We will happily go out of our way to accomodate horses brought from out-of-town. Proof of coggins&vaccines required.
Saddle plates are highly advisable.
King of Arms: All Rulings, Judgements, Prouncements, Admonshiments, Banishments and other such made by the King of Arms are considered Final. Arguments, appeals, lawyerings, badgerings or other styles of naughty, sassy back-talk will get the perpetrator ejected.
Open Arms Policy: to all the goodly citizens of SCA, Dagorhir, MSR/Acre, Adrian Empire, Markland, Belegarth, WMA studios and other history-minded folk.
Attendees with period garb and encampments may set up around the list field.
Spectator tickets will be $10 with under 12 free, available soon through Ticketmaster.
Participants: $5
Crew: Free, of course
FWIW - We are only using the outdoor portion of this magnificent facility for this event. Someday we hope to be able to afford to rent out the whole thing for our productions. There is also a CAMPGROUND right ON-SITE!
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS NEEDED!
ARMOUR REPAIR TECHNICIANS NEEDED!
SCA MARSHALLS NEEDED!
Merchants $25 fee.
Jousters:
Tim Sampson
Paul Schneider
Christina Grace
Jeremy Oneaill
Nicole Fortuzilas
Jonathan Pate
James Acuff
Barchan
Joust Rules:
+1pts Touche
+3pts Tip Break
+5pts Shaft or Handle Break
+10pts Unhorse Opponent (round 2 only)
-10pts Hitting a Horse
-10pts Using Reigns to Stay Ahorse
DQ - 2nd Horse Hit or Reigning Abuse
Round 1 targets: Targe or smooth Grande Garde (buffe optional)
Round 2 targets: Torso and Helm (only augment: pasgard)
Tips must first strike on-target to score points.
I expressly encourage all AAers to offer opinions and criticisms.
But it's on my calendar.
