East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The tournament has ended, and Millicent Rowan stands victorious. The Consort’s Champion will be announced during court this evening. The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
The tournament is down to the final four. As a reminder, all previous losses are now forgiven. Each match will be determined by a single set of three bouts. The rapier combatants remaining in today’s tournament are as follows: Firebow Gerhardt Millicent Rowan Cassius When two gentles remain, the finals will be fought as follows: …
The round robin portion of the tournament has ended, and the following combatants will exit their pools into the double elimination round: Llewellyn Zohane Robert Tytes Gerhardt Camille Melchior Cassius Pontianus Rodrigo de Medina Caine Jean-Pierre Millicent Rowan Mat Wyck James O’Galleghure Yin Firebow Matija Double Elimination Round Each match will be determined by the …
Fencers of the East! I am pleased to announce that we have new kingdom fencing rules, effective immediately. https://rapier.eastkingdom.org/east-kingdom-rapier-combat-rules/ Please read my foreword on Page 2 for commentary that may address some questions. The biggest change in these rules is the introduction of the spear form into the East. Again, I will highlight the rule …
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This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Æthelmearc and Northshield and their allies. EK-Mid Rapier earned another four War Points. The EK-Mid Rapier Army took all four time checks in the Woods Battle today. They captured 11 of 12 flags over …
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 …
Unto the Kingdom of the East do I, Master Frasier MacLeod send greetings, It is with a great deal of sadness that I must announce that my Kingdom Deputy for Youth Rapier, Don Alfonso Pontelli, must step down from that position as soon as possible. I will include his letter after this …
Our third A&S Research Paper comes to us from Master Donovan Shinnock, of the Shire of Quintavia, and is drawn from his study of the historical masters of rapier fighting. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) A Small Comparison of the Rapier Styles of Ridolfo Capo Ferro and Salvator Fabris Salvator Fabris …
The following message was sent out Monday evening to the SCA, Inc. Announcements mailing list. At the January 17, 2015 Board of Directors meeting in Milpitas, CA, the Board voted against revising Corpora to establish a rapier peerage. The Board also voted to delete wording that labeled rapier as an ancillary activity of the SCA …