East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Aethelmearc and Northshield and their allies. Today seven of the 41 war points were decided: The East/Mid Alliance swept the day. EK/Mid won all four passes of the Rapier Field Battle for four points. Their …
The second of two practice/tryout sessions was held today for the East/Midrealm Archery Champions Team. The East and Middle each have 14 team members and 5 alternates, and there are 2 champions from Ealdormere — for a total of 30 team members and 10 alternates. The 14 Eastern team members selected are: Godric of Hamtun, …
The full schedule of war points for Pennsic 46 was announced on April 19th. The daily schedule for the points can be found on the Pennsic web page here. There are a total of 42 total points, including 17 for armored combat, 14 for rapier combat, 6 for archery, 2 for thrown weapons, 2 for …
The Rapier Pennsic Champions Coordinators have announced the tryout and selection process for both the Single’s Team & the Melee Team. Below is the selection committee’s email, originally sent out to the EK Rapier email list.
The East won all three armored field battles today. The fencing field battles were split, with two won by the Mid and one by the East, giving the war point to the Midrealm. Results are courtesy of Mistress Anastasia, HRH Brion, and Mistress Alys Mackintosh.
The East won all three populace archery war points. Results for each shoot are below. Clout East 5636 Mid 4132 Castle Window East 2529 Mid 1446 Soldiers East 6095 Mid 4933 Results courtesy of Mistress Ygraine of Kellswood.
Today’s Arts & Sciences war point featured displays from 30 artisans from around the known world. The East’s artisans showed their work with furniture, casting, clothing, metalwork, glass beads, calligraphy and illumination, and a medieval fiber study by the Princess of Acre (who was selected for the war point as a citizen of the East). …
Allied Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Unbelted Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Belted Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – Mid Heroic Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Rapier Melee Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – Mid Rapier Heroic Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 4 …
Armored Bridge Battles (2 points) Winner – East Rapier Stronghold Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 10 Mid – 2
Armored MOAB (2 points) Winner – East Rapier Ruins Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 7 Mid – 2