Mudthaw Rapier Weather Update
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Eva Vach Wyllt
Mar 16, 2024, 12:37:37 PMMar 16
to East Kingdom Discussion List, Barony of Settmour Swamp, Canton of Gryphonwald
An update for our Fencers on the Rapier tournament format and weather accommodations should we get a lot of rain next Saturday.
Fencing will be outdoors if the weather is nice, on pavement. If the weather is too bad, we'll be indoors in the gym. (If we're indoors, non-marking soles are required. This means no hard soled shoes; only sneakers or rubber-soled shoes are allowed. No "period shoes" with hard leather bottoms or hard plastic bottoms.)
Reduced armor is allowed, per the EK Reduced Armor Experiment. In addition, please be aware of the new armor (and other) rules introduced in the January 2024 rules update.
The tournament will be double-elimination in the early rounds, ending with a single-elimination ladder in the last three rounds (the last eight fencers). The last rounds will be fought as best-of-three. (If there are few enough fencers, we might use a round-robin format for the early rounds.) Tournament format may be adjusted depending on the number of fencers if it must be moved indoors due to sharing space with court.
The tournament is also a qualifier for the Pennsic Heroic Champions team. All of the pairings will be reported to them, and will become input to their team selection.
Finally, Cedric of the Floppy Hat has a challenge: "This year marks my 30th year in this great game, and I would have 3 passes with all takers, to a minimum of 30 sets, one for each year of my time in the SCA." Come and join this challenge!
Reduced armor is allowed, per the EK Reduced Armor Experiment. In addition, please be aware of the new armor (and other) rules introduced in the January 2024 rules update.
The tournament will be double-elimination in the early rounds, ending with a single-elimination ladder in the last three rounds (the last eight fencers). The last rounds will be fought as best-of-three. (If there are few enough fencers, we might use a round-robin format for the early rounds.) Tournament format may be adjusted depending on the number of fencers if it must be moved indoors due to sharing space with court.
The tournament is also a qualifier for the Pennsic Heroic Champions team. All of the pairings will be reported to them, and will become input to their team selection.
Finally, Cedric of the Floppy Hat has a challenge: "This year marks my 30th year in this great game, and I would have 3 passes with all takers, to a minimum of 30 sets, one for each year of my time in the SCA." Come and join this challenge!
Eva Vach Wyllt
Event Steward
Deputy Chatelaine of the Barony of Settmour Swamp
(MKA: April Villone)
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