East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Arts and Sciences War Point for Pennsic 48 was held on Thursday August 8th in the Great Hall. After an open call and review of applicants, the East sent 11 of its citizens to Pennsic with outstanding, and exceptionally well documented, projects to display. Below are photographs of each entrant and their work. …
The Arts and Sciences War Point for Pennsic 48 was held on Thursday August 8th in the Great Hall. After an open call and review of applicants, the East sent 11 of its citizens to Pennsic with outstanding, and exceptionally well documented, projects to display. Below are photographs of each entrant and their work. …
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 five of the 41 war points were decided: Unbelted Champions Battle (Melee) – 40 fighters per side, worth one point. The East/Middle/Ealdormere alliance won this point. Belted Champions …
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 planned war points for this year’s Pennsic were changed slightly due to accessibility issues with the woods and the extreme heat index. Both woods battles were cancelled. A substitute heavy list battle was fought, but martial activities were canceled for the time when a substitute rapier battle would have been fought. Instead of the …
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.
With martial activities halted due to heat, please stop by the Great Hall to support the artisans competing in the A&S War Point. From 9-3, anyone with a kingdom-level A&S award may vote on the displays, and from 3-4, artisans will be available to discuss their works. Results will be announced at 4.
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