<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">Fighters of the Debatable Lands! Your heavy weapons champion commands your attention.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">My time as Baronial Champion comes to a close this Sunday, when a tournament to determine the next champion shall be held. All good and able fighters are invited and encouraged to armor up (and fix what needs fixing from War Practice!) and come to the Washington Blvd. practice site this Sunday, May 28th. The tournament will begin at 3pm! All fighters who reside in the BMDL are eligible to en<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">ter this tournament, by decree of Their Excellencies!</span></p><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline"><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 6px">Depending on the number of entrants, the tournament format will be either Round Robin, or, in honor of my lovely wife Odriana, using a Dutch system*. Bring what weapons form you have, several will be called upon, and what you don't have can be loaned to you that day.</p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px">What does it mean to be champion? Firstly, it means representing the Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands with honor and chivalry! As champion, you are our entrant in the Seven Pearls Baronial Champions Tournament** in September, where you will fight AEthelmearc's other baronial champions. You are also invited and encouraged to fight at the Baronial Champion's tournament at Pennsic (should you be attending), which occurs during War Week.</p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px">It has been an honor to serve as your heavy weapons champion this past year. I eagerly await to see who's hungry to step up and take my place!</p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px">Kieran MacRae</p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px">*-The Dutch system is a variant on the Swiss system. More info here: </p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px"><span style="font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(246,247,249)"> </span><a class="gmail-" dir="ltr" target="_blank" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSwiss-system_tournament&h=ATNJ5anuHCmap7W7EB88O9dxLlVFi3RD1CPGyj5Vt7K1XQKRpDkisRnSYlJ-XjZvwE_9PFBs6nUVrXNAcHwnnaAp6N_SkkO9cs0W18Gf5ZTU6dcvutshTnMe_Q_tNs-53VIww1pi" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(246,247,249)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament</a><br></p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;margin:6px 0px">**- Information about Seven Pearls can be found here: </p><p style="margin:6px 0px"><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="http://aethelmearc.org/event/2nd-annual-7-pearls-championship-weekend/">http://aethelmearc.org/event/2nd-annual-7-pearls-championship-weekend/</a></span></font><br></p><p style="margin:6px 0px"><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:6px 0px"><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">KM</span></font></p><p style="margin:6px 0px"><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><<>><br>Ray Strobel<br><br>Musician, teacher, composer<br>"If it sounds good, it is good." --Peter Schickele</div></div>
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