<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Greetings to all </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Youth</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Fighters</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> and their parents!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Congratulations to Lord Robert MacEwin of Thornhill for winning the Youth Combat Tournament at the Passing of the Ice Dragon last Saturday! And congratulations to Hunter's Home youth fighters Brillo and Arnold, who fought their last youth tourney there before making the switch to adult heavy fighting.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">This weekend I will be running not one but TWO youth fighter practices! At the Donnan Party event in the Shire of Ballachlagan (Wheeling, WV) I will be running a practice for kids who would like to try youth combat. I will have loaner gear and some of our experienced fighters will be available to help train newcomers. Youth fighting will be in the early afternoon, exact time TBD. This is an official SCA event, so garb is required and there is an event fee. For more info, go to<a href="http://donnanparty.org/"> http://donnanparty.org/</a>.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br>In addition, we'll have our normal Debatable Lands <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Youth</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Fighter</span> practice this Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at the Environmental Charter School (ECS) near Frick Park in the East End, at 829 Milton St, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Enter through the front door of the building, on Henrietta St. Map here: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/8SjJQ" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/maps/8SjJQ </a><br>
<br>THIS IS OUR LAST SCHEDULED INDOOR PRACTICE OF THE SEASON! Weather permitting, we will be at the Washington Blvd. site from April 6 through the fall.<br><br>The schedule for <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">youth</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">fighter</span> practices for the next month is:<br>
<br>Mar. 29 - Practice at the Donnan Party event in Wheeling, WV<br>Mar. 30 - Practice at the ECS</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">April 6 - First outdoor practice at Washington Blvd, ECS as backup in case of bad weather</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">April 13 - Practice at the Regional Archery Muster at Byron & Ariella's castle in Wexford</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br>I hope to see you on Saturday, Sunday, or both!<br><br>Arianna</div></div>