Queen’s Rapier Champion Declared
Queen Margarita has chosen Don Robert Tytes as her Champion. Vivant to all who fought, marshalled, ran the lists, and otherwise participated today.
East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Crown’s Rapier Champion
Master Donovan Shinnock defeated Lady Millicent Rowan in the finals to become the Crown’s Champion of Rapier. On-site photographs and reporting thanks to Avaldr Valbjarnarson and Marian Kirkpatrick, any mistakes are those of the Gazette staff and not the MoLs or on-site reporters.
Awards Scheduling
Greetings from Mistress Ysemay Sterlyng, Awards Scheduler for Her Majesty Margarita. I know there have been questions about scheduling, so I wanted to clarify some of the processes. Let me start by saying the East Kingdom is large, diverse, and full of amazing people – many of whom deserve recognition. However, our exceptionalism also creates …
Bylaws Deputy for East Kingdom Announced
Greetings from Mistress Medhbh inghean Ui Cheallaigh, East Kingdom Seneschal. I’m pleased to announce that Mistress Siubhan Wallace will be taking on the new position of Bylaws Deputy in the Kingdom Seneschal office. She’ll have an announcement in the coming days about her plans for getting started, but in the meantime — welcome to the …
Due Tonight: Recommendations for Polling Order Awards
Her Majesty, Queen Margarita will be accepting recommendations for Her second poll until midnight tonight – Sunday October 27. Her Majesty also intends to conduct a 3rd polling early in the New Year. As a reminder, recommendations for non-polling awards (including Awards of Arms and all Silver level awards) are welcome at any time. – …
100 Minutes War, now offering pre-fight screening!
Received from the East Kingdom Minister of Lists: Groups of 8 or more heavy weapons combatants can get together and have one person submit a list of fighters, both SCA and modern names to 23387@members.eastkingdom.org. (Please put 100 Min War in the subject line.) Submitted names will be checked against the current database and the …
Webministry Available to Support Local Groups Impacted by Yahoo Groups Closure
Greetings unto the populace of the East from your Kingdom Webministers, As you may have heard by now, Yahoo Groups is about to undergo some radical changes. You can read Yahoo’s own words here, but in brief, users will no longer be able to upload content, and all existing content will be removed. Critically, this …
Proposed Revisions to Society Fencing Rules Available for Public Comment
On October 23rd, proposed changes to the Society-level rules for Rapier Combat were made available for public review and comment by Master Alan Gravesend, Society Marshal. The document will be available for commentary until December 22, 2019. Please submit comments via the link in the header of the document. You may submit multiple comments in …
Polling Order Award Recommendations Due October 27
Her Majesty, Queen Margarita will be accepting recommendations for Her second poll until 11:59 PM on Sunday October 27. Her Majesty also intends to conduct a 3rd polling early in the New Year. As a reminder, recommendations for non-polling awards (including Awards of Arms and all Silver level awards) are welcome at any time. – …
EK Media Liaison Contact Information / Liaison Média du Royaume de l’Est Informations de contact
En français Good day East Kingdom. This is a friendly reminder that the East Kingdom Media Liaison is available to assist you should the media reach out to your group, or to you as an individual, on any SCA-related matter. You are welcome to contact the media office (me, currently) at media@eastkingdom.org and/or provide that …