East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The following rapier fighters have advanced from the Round Robin pools to continue in the tournament to determine the Champions of Rapier: Caine Ramsey Robert Tytes Davius Saint-Jaques Lupold Hass Donovan Shinnock Yin Feng-yu Melchior Kriebel Quinten Yehunda ben Moshe Owynn Greenwood Robert Earlson Gregori Rogue Montana Brendan Firebow Sterling de la Rosa Millicent Rowan …
It is a beautifully sunny day in the Barony of Buckland Cross where the tournament to determine the Queen’s and Crowns Champions of Rapier is underway. The tournament begins with eight Round Robin-style lists, where each fighter will face every other fighter in their list. The top two fighters from each list will advance to …
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 …
The Southern Region Rapier Army is seeking new leadership. Anyone with interest regarding this leadership – or with ideas or feedback – is invited to contact Don Eldrich Gaiman, SRRA Commander. As Don Eldrich, who’s been part of the command staff for the last three years, puts it, “It’s time for someone else to carry …
Greetings Eastern Fencers! King’s and Queen’s Rapier Championships will be held on November 2nd hosted by the fine folks in the Barony of Buckland Cross. (https://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3559). Their Highnesses have approved the following format for the tournament (tl;dr the format is similar to the past few years). Round Robin We’ll start off with an eight …
East Kingdom College of Heralds Court Report Being the Court of Their Majesties King Ozurr and Queen Fortune held on September 7th, A.S. LIV (2019) in Barony of Settmour Swamp at Brennan and Caoilfhionn’s Ducal Challenge IV Court Heralds: Malcolm Bowman, Marian Kirkpatrick, Simona bat Leon Reporting Herald: Malcolm Bowman SCA Name Award Scroll credits …
his past weekend at the Great Northeastern War, General Xavier the Sinister announced the following gentles to this year’s Pennsic Rapier Champions Team. Heroic Champions Team and Alternates: Maître Remy Delamontagne de Gasconge Don Morwill MacShane Master Donovan Shinnock Maestra Sorcha Dhocair Baron Carolingia, called Effing Thomas, Master of Defense Don Devillin MacPherson Don Robert …
Effective immediately, the qualifications to be an East Kingdom Rapier Marshal have been modified to remove the requirement to have current authorizations in 3 weapons forms. This change is intended to accommodate marshals who are unable to maintain authorizations due to long-term injury or other life circumstances, but still want to participate and support the …
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. …
This weekend the traditional Bear Pit tourneys were held at Market Day at Birka. The format is a 10 foot by 10 foot list. Combatants can be killed according to the usual rules of combat or by being driven out of bounds of the list with both feet. A single foot out of bounds results …