<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello Debatable Lands! Salve Accolens!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We hope all can join us as we choose our new <b>Debatable
Lands Rapier Fighting Champion this Sunday, July 9th, at 3pm at Fencing
Practice at the <a href="http://debatablelands.org/martial/fight_directions.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Washington
Blvd practice site</a></b>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our Baronial Champs this year will also be a “Garnet and
Steel” event, where the winner will receive a coin and invitation to the
Kingdom-wide invite-only Garnet and Steel tourney next year, sponsored by Duke
Malcolm.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Some details</i>:<br>
<br>
— Format will be Round Robin into a final elimination (exact number invited to
the finals and exact number of rounds will depend on number of entrants, and
will be decided that day by us in conjunction with our current champ, Master
Cyrus).<br>
<br>
— It is our practice to allow our neighbors (people from neighboring Shires) to
enter our Baronial Champs for the tourney fun, and have them drop out before
the finals if they ineligible be champion. However, <b>because this is
also a Garnet & Steel event, all entrants are eligible for the final
round(s)</b>.<br>
<br>
–If the winner of the tournament (and the G&S coin) is ineligible to be the
Baronial Champion, the final round(s) will be <b>re-fought </b>with
the top entrants<b> from the Round Robin lists</b> who are eligible
to be Baronial Champ. <i>(That’s right – we could have TWO finals!! Woo!</i>)<br>
<br>
-People eligible to be Baronial Champion include Barony members, and people who
have been given Friendship Comets (Green, Vert, or Amicus). Those people must
be willing to fulfill the duties of the Champion (see <a href="http://debatablelands.org/blog/?p=6368" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">previous Storfrettir post</a>).<br>
<br>
— Rain date is July 23rd.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Looking forward to seeing everyone there, and choosing
our Rapier Champion!</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>A couple notes</i>:<br>
<br>
— Please do remember to carpool and park politely (close to the next car).
Parking is quite limited at the site. If it fills up, you can drop your gear,
park at the bike track further down Washington Blvd and walk down the path, but
it’s not a short walk.<br>
<br>
— Note that the eligibility/neighbor/format choice details above are whims of
ours, Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda. Each Baronage chooses these for the
Barony themselves, so next year may be different when our new Baronessa and
Praetoria are on the thrones.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In Levitate et Caritate, and Cheers!<br>
Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda</p></div>