This morning, the fencers of the kingdom are vying for the honor of serving as the King’s Rapier Champion and the Queen’s Rapier Champion. The King’s Champion will be the winner of the tournament, and the Queen’s Champion will be the Queen’s choice based on skill, comportment, and honor throughout the tournament. Below are the entrants for the round robin portion of the tourney, as well as a reminder of the rules and format:
Dona Aesa Ormstunga
Aesa Skurladottir
Baron Aiden McShae
Akamatsu Katsumoto
Agapios
Alastair Tucker
Albert Faulkner of Sandford
Alexander Maclachlan
Maestra Anastasia de Monte
Andre Le Pervier
Anne de Basillon
Antonio
Avaldr
Lord Allerick van den Broecke
Baroness Beatrice de Warynton
Don Berrick Grayveson
Brian le Wolfhunt
Lady Brigid nyn Thomas O’Neill
Brita Mairi Svensdottir
Duchess Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain
Master Caine Ramsey
Cassius
Ciaran Ua Meicthire
Colonel Christian Wolfe
Collin Monro of Tadcaster
Connor Mac Scamus O’Neal OGR
Corbin Blackthorn
Declan
Doroga Voronin
Lord Erich Gutermath
Don Eldrich Gaiman
Lady Ellynor Redpath
Engraving de Madrigal
Eon
Etaine
Even Alswyth of Friskan
Eyja of the Isles
Faílbe Mac Neill
Lord Finan
Frostulf The Swordsman
Gabriel Roberts
Gerhardt
Gritty Vulselin
Master Grim the Skald
Lord Grímólfr Skúlason
Lady Isabel del Okes
Sir Ivan Ulrickson
Don Jean De Montagne
Jean Michel LeVode
Jacob Fisher
Jacobus
Jaffi
Jamie of Anglespur
Jean de Montagne
Jean Michel LeVode
Jordan
Katerina Falconer de Lanark
Lady Katya Gordon
Katsu
Kazimierz
Baron Larry
Lord Leo MacCullan
Liadan ingen Chineada
Llewelyn Walsh
Don Lorenzo Gorla
Lupold
Mabel
Lady Magdalena von Kirschberg
Mairenn Ingen
Master Malcolm Bowman
Countess Marguerite inghean Lachlainn
Lord Mat Wyck
Lord Matija Potočnik
Lord Matteo Genovese
Matthias
Matthew Miller
Medir
Melchior
Mercedes Vera de Calafia
Don Mikulaj von Meissen
Millicent Rowan
Mistress Molly Schofield
Montana
Don Morty
Lord Morwill MacShane
Lady Muirenn Ingen Ciric
Myrun Leifsdottir
Master Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova
Lord Olan Blackhand
Pedro of the Mountain Confederation
Piero Quagliati
Priscilla of Bergental
Remy
Don Robert Earlson
Robert Tytes
Rodrigo Medina de la Mar
Ronan
Scrooby
Seamus
Maestra Sorcha Dhocair
Lord Sterling De la Rosa
Thomas of Effingham, Master of Defense, Baron of Carolingia, and sometimes Deadpool.
Thomas del Broc
Brigidnyn Thomas O’Neil
Lady Thora Kotter
Baroness Wentliana Bengrek
Don Xavier the Sinister
Yin Fengyu (Gongzhu)
Zohane Faber
The overall structure of the day will consist of the perennial favorite of round robin pools followed by a 16 person double elimination tournament, followed by a set of finals with rotating weapons. For tournament conventions and details for each part, read on!
General Conventions —
* This tournament is heavy rapier default. Light rapier may not be used. C&T may not be used.
* All double kills are to be refought until a clear victor is found.
* Two handed swords may not be used in conjunction with secondary items.
* Barring safety issues, there will be no recentering. If you are on the ropes or in a corner, we expect that you wanted to be there or have been placed there by your opponent and you will need to deal with that.
* Holds will not be called if you reach the ropes. If you cross them, tangle in them, or otherwise create a hazard, a hold will be called and you will be placed on the rope for the bout to continue.
* If you are on the ropes and continually creating a safety issue or causing repeated holds by stepping out, marshals can be expected to take action based on that.
Round Robin Pools–
* Ideally (space permitting) we’ll have 8 pools, so the top two fighters from each pool can advance. In this portion of the tournament:
* Bring your best form.
* Fights are one and done.
* If there are ties to determine who advances, we’ll initially resolve them by who beat who. In other words, if two fencers are tied for second but one beat the other in the pool, that fencer will advance. If that doesn’t work due to some strange edge-case math, we’ll have fightoffs to advance.
Sweet 16–
The sweet 16 will be a standard double elimination tournament. In this portion of the tournament:
Those fighters who remain undefeated should display their prowess with single rapier. Should you take a loss, you may fight with whatever you see fit.
Each pairing will be determined by the best of three passes.
Final Four–
At this point:
The bouts fought among the final four combatants may be fought with whatever forms the combatants wish.
When an undefeated fighter is paired against a fighter with a single loss, the latter needs two wins – that is, they must win two matches, each best two of three passes – to advance. The undefeated fighter needs to win a single best two of three match.
Finals–
In the finals, losses are forgiven, and both final combatants start off on even footing. It will be the best three of five bouts, with rotating non-repeating call and response weapons forms:
A coin toss will determine which fencer calls their form for the initial bout first.
Forms that can be chosen by combatants consist of Single Rapier, Rapier and Dagger, Case of Rapier, Rapier and Rigid Parry,Rapier and Non-Rigid Parry, and Two-handed Sword.
Forms need not match.
Double kills are refought for a clean result. Please parry.
The Gazette thanks the MoLs, marshals, and heralds for assisting in reporting. Any mistakes are the fault of The Gazette alone.
The EK Ministry of Lists is transitioning ownership of marshallate records from their office to the corresponding kingdom officer. The first step of this process is to ensure the current list of rapier marshals is correct. If you are an East Kingdom Rapier Marshal, please take a moment to locate your name on this list. It is alphabetical by SCA first name.
