Kings and Queens Rapier Champions Event Announcement
Greetings all! – Upon this coming 18th of October, the people of the Canton of Black Icorndall in the Barony of Bhakail invite you to join Their Majesties Edward III and Thyra II at a grand tourney highlighting the skills of the East in the arts of defence. Their Champions, Don Donovan Shinnock and Don Thomas of Effingham, will oversee the tourney as Their Majesties attend to the selection of the next King’s and Queen’s Rapier Champions.
Children are welcome but we ask you to please supervise your children at all times. We are planning to have children’s activities. More details to follow.
There will be a dayboard provided. There will not be a feast, but there are a number of excellent restaurants located one mile away in nearby Media, PA. – http://visitmediapa.com/dining
We are working on coordinating crash space. In the meantime, we can recommend the Days Inn (http://www.daysinnspringfieldpa.com/) or the Courtyard Marriott (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlgf-courtyard-philadelphia-springfield/), both located three miles away in Springfield, PA
No animals are allowed on site except Service Animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (guide dogs, signal dogs, or other animals individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability).
Schedule: 8am – Site Set-Up
9am – Site Opens
10:30am – Tourney registration closes
11am – Tourney begins
Late afternoon – Tourney ends, Court begins
6pm – Site cleanup
7pm – Site closes
Site fees: $10 for adults ($12 at door). Dayboard included. Please add the $5 Non-Member Surcharge if you are not a member of the SCA.
$8 for children 6-17 ($10 at door). Free for children under 5.
Feast fees: Dayboard only. No feast. There are a number of excellent restaurants located in Media, PA. – http://visitmediapa.com/dining
Make checks payable to: SCA PA, Inc., Canton of Black Icorndall
Send reservations to: Please send the following information with your reservation: Modern and SCA names for all persons included in the reservation, proof of membership for all members included in the reservation (photocopy of membership card or copy of cover of recent Pikestaff cover with the members name is acceptable), contact information, and check or money order made out to “SCA PA, Inc., Canton of Black Icorndall”.
Reservations must be received by October 11, 2014.:
Honourable Lord Muin maqq Minain (Donald Downie) 404 Blakeley Rd.
Wallingford, PA 19086, 610-745-0519, OakAshThorn@gmail.com
Autocrat: Master Rowen Cloteworthy, (Rowen Stuffer), 113 E. Third St.
Media, PA 19063, 609-634-3230, HandyMonkey@gmail.com
King’s Rapier Champion (for tourney information): Don Donovan Shinnock (Timothy Walsh)617-512-4171, Timothy.Walsh@gmail.com
Site opens: 9am Site closes: 6pm
Site address: Stage One, 101 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford, PA 19086
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/84XMh
– From the North – Take I-276 (PA Turnpike) to I-476 South (Mid-County Expressway). Take I-476 South to Exit 3 (Baltimore Pike). Make a right at the bottom of the ramp towards Media. Take East Baltimore Pike 1.3 miles. ** At the traffic light at Beatty Road (Acme shopping center on far right corner, PNC Bank on near left corner) turn left onto Beatty Road. Go one block to a stop sign and make a left onto N. Providence Road / PA-252 South. Go 0.3 miles and turn left onto Plush Mill Road. Go 0.1 miles; Stage One will be on your left.
– From the South – Take I-95 to I-476 North. Take I-476 North to Exit 3 (Baltimore Pike). Make a left at the bottom of the ramp towards Media. Take East Baltimore Pike 1.4 miles. Follow from ** above.
The site is also located near public transportation from Philadelphia, within a mile of both the Wallingford Station of the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Line from 30th Street Station and the Media / Providence Road stop on the 101 Trolley from 69th Street Terminal. We are working to have a shuttle service available from those stops and will have more details as soon as we can.