[SCA-BMDL] Agincourt Baronial Youth Champions Saturday! No BMDL Youth Combat Practice Sunday

[Karen Kasper]

Greetings to all youth fighters and their parents!

There is no Youth Combat practice this Sunday. Instead, this Saturday at the Agincourt event (http://debatablelands.org/events/agincourt/) is the Baronial Youth Combat Championship Tournament!  The outgoing Baronial Youth Champion, Tiberius, has designed a Roman-themed tournament that should be really fun and interesting. Dress warmly and wear waterproof shoes - while it's expected to be sunny, the temps will still be in the high 40s and the ground may be a  bit squishy after all the rain we've had this week. How very authentic for the Battle of Agincourt!

I will have loaner weapons but limited loaner armor at the event. Unless you specifically request it by Friday evening (that's TOMORROW), I cannot promise to have armor for you. 

The site opens at 10 am. The Youth Champion Tourney begins at 3pm. Remember that you need your authorization card to compete in the tournament.

Champion's Tourney Rules:

1. Each fighter will fight every other fighter four times, once each with the following Roman-style weapons: short spear, sword and shield, dagger, and florentine. Fighters do not have to use the same weapons as their opponents in any given bout, but they must use each weapons form once against that opponent. Note: thanks to Robert, we have two new short spears and two new daggers for everyone to use, so you don't need to build your own between now and the event, but do bring all of your normal weapons. Also note that while there is no category for great weapon, you are free to use polearm or great sword as one of your florentine weapons.



2. In Roman gladiatorial combat, the Emperor had the power of life and death over a vanquished combatant, giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to indicate his choice. In a slightly more civilized version of that custom, if a fighter loses an arm or leg during a bout, the Baron and Baroness may choose to honor that fighter's skill, ferocity, and/or chivalry by giving them back the lost arm or leg, once per fighter over the course of the tourney. Their Excellencies will call Holds from the sidelines to announce these reprieves.

3. Fighters will receive a point for each win. The fighter with the most points will be the overall winner of the tourney. If there's a tie, we'll do a best of three fights finals round. The Baron and Baroness will use their own criteria to choose the champion, so winning does not guarantee you the office of Baronial Youth Combat Champion! I recommend chivalry and courtesy as usual, only more so.

4. If there are any Division 1 fighters in the tourney, we will deal with bouts between them and D3 fighters by having the D3 defend only, for 30 seconds. If the D1 can kill the D3 before the time runs out, the D1 wins.

Thanks to Tiberius for coming up with such an interesting and fun tourney format. 

YOUTH COMBAT PRACTICE SCHEDULE


Nov. 4 - NO PRACTICE, youth champion tourney at Agincourt on Saturday Nov. 3rd!

Nov. 11 - practice at Harvest Revel Barony meeting, at Byron & Ariella's castle in Wexford
Nov. 18 - practice moves indoors for the winter, to the Pittsburgh Chinese Church in the North Hills
Nov. 25 - NO PRACTICE, Thanksgiving weekend
Dec. 2 - practice at the Pittsburgh Chinese Church in the North Hills

Arianna
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