Dragonslayer / Hidden Treasures 2010

Barony of Montengarde (Calgary, Alberta)
July 23-25, 2010

The DRAGON IS LOOSE! The dragon is loose!!!

A fierce blood-thirsty dragon is terrorizing the peaceful Barony of Montengarde!! A call for help has been sent forth by Their Excellencies Beothuk of the Beothuks and Wilma the Still. Will YOU come answer the call!!

We have decided to face the dragon and put it down once and for all! The dark day will be July 23-25, 2010. Come hone your skills against this foe before facing the dark hordes of the Quad the following weekend!

Our Heavy and Archery Championships will be held, as well as numerous other activities including rapier, thrown weapons, a bardic/fire pit, A&S classes and competition and the largest archery tournament in An Tir (a 24 target roving range). As well, the infamous Night Shoot…which you have to see to believe! Held on the Friday night! And if THAT isn’t enough…we will also be holding a torchlight tourney to be held also on the Friday night!

Complete schedule to follow. Here is a taste of things to come! (subject to Royal whim)
Friday:
  5pm site opens
  830pm Heavy Armour Inspection
  900pm Torchlight Tourney
  1100pm Night Shoot (or when dark enough)

Saturday:
  9am Open archery range
  930 Archery inspections
  1000 DragonBlinder tourney
  1130 Rapier Armour Inspection
  1200 Rapier Tourney
  130 Heavy Armour Inspection
  200 Dragonslayer Tourney
  9am-3pm Hidden Treasures Shoot
  6pm Feast
  9pm A&S torchlight Appreciation
  10pm Bardic

Royal Rounds will be run on the field range throughout the weekend for those wishing to record scores. Due to the mundane rules of the club, crossbows are not permitted.

A roast beef supper will be held on Saturday night by the Calgary Archers Club. Costs are separate from the site fee, and must be paid (and pre-booked) to Brian at the Calgary Archery Centre. Please contact him at 403-255-6830. You can also contact myself to arrange for feast reservations. The ONLY guaranteed reservations is a paid one! Feast cost is $15.00.
Event Steward: HL A’isha Rayhana al-Karim (mka: Lisa Bealey).

Site lnfo: Calgary Archers Club/Clearwater Brook
Camping Site (No street address) Highway 8, Calgary.
Site opens at 5:00pm Friday, and closes 2:00pm Sunday.
Site does not have drinkable water. We recommend you bring some. Stores and restaurants are nearby.

Site fee: $15 (12 and under free).
Non-member surcharge: $5 (as of July 1, 2010)
Make cheques payable to MCSA

Directions:
From north or south: Best route to Alberta Highway 2 (Deerfoot Trail in Calgary). Take Deerfoot to Glenmore Trail westbound. Just before Glenmore becomes Sarcee Trail, take the Highway 8 exit. ** Continue on Highway 8, over Elbow River Bridge. Site is 2nd driveway on the right.

From east or west: take Highway 1 to Sarcee Trail southbound. At the end of Sarcee Trail, turn right onto Highway 8. Follow directions from ** above.

Dragonslayer Heavy Tourney

Hail to the Heavy fighters of Montengarde! The time has come again to test your endurance, strength, and chivalry by the trials of combat. One shall rise victorious to become my successor, and take up the mantle of Dragonslayer, Defender of our fair realm, sworn to our Noble Baron Beothuk and Baroness Wilma.

Requirements for the Dragonslayer:

You must be a member of the MSCA. Cost is 1$ for a full year membership, if you do not already have your membership, which can be purchased the day of the tourney.
You must be fully authorized in the weapon(s) you choose to use. Fighter cards MUST be presented to the List Mistress or you will NOT be able to participate. No exceptions.
Each fighter must have an appropriate Heraldic display and be accompanied by their chosen Consort.
You must be willing to swear an Oath of Service to the Barony, the Principality, and the Kingdom through their Excellencies Beothuk and Wilma for the duration of your service as Champion.
Should you be successful in becoming Montengarde's Dragonslayer, you must provide proof of membership in the SCA (Blue card, White card or Proof of Payment) within 5 business days of winning.
You must then arrange and organize
a.The tournament for Montengarde 12th Night, 2011.
b.The tournament to choose your successor at Dragon Slayer 2011.

The Dragon Slayer Heavy Tournament

Each fighter contending for Dragonslayer will process bearing appropriate heraldic displays and be accompanied by their Consort to be presented to Their Excellencies Baron Beothuk and Baronness Wilma.

The Tournament will be run as a Squire-style tournament with two 15-minute segments with a 10-minute break in between.

The top fighters, determined by number of wins, shall proceed to double elimination challenges. The final two fighters shall fight best two out of three.

No restriction in weapon style.

While any fighter is welcome to enter, only those residents of Montengarde may vie for the Championship.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Kiera of the Shadows
Dragonslayer of Montengarde

Rapier Tournament

There will be a rapier tournament at Dragonslayer and, if your idea of fun is more fighting, then you should have fun. I guarantee at least three fights for every participant.

Weapon selection is restricted only by ABRC.
Bouts resulting in simultaneous incapacity will not be re-fought (double-death is double loss).
The format will be round-robin:

Round divided into equal pools of from three to five fighters (mismatches in numbers will fight cross-pool).
Round of a single-pool, composed of as many of the highest scorers as remaining time will allow.
Round of the two top placers in rounds A + B.

Score will be the accumulation of all three rounds:

Number of fights survived (ended either by victory or both fighters with both arms wounded).
For top two placers, number of victories won over the other.

Round C bouts end when one fighter has a lead of more than two points, or time expires.
Entrants are encouraged, but not required, to bring a prize.

don Rodrigo dela Vihuela de Navarra, Dragonblade

Arts & Sciences - by Torchlight!

Greetings unto all who love the Torchlight!

At Dragonslayer betwixt Court and Bardic, we invite you to join us for the Arts and Science Torchlight Appreciation. The theme is to bring something appreciated by torchlight / fireside and have a little story or information about what makes it so great by torchlight. This is open to snacks, beverages, clothing (i.e. fuzzy cloaks with nifty pockets), fire makers, etc. It could be your trusty tankard of many years or the fine vintage of only last week or perhaps your grand plan for a mighty brazier to burn at Quad War. The only prize is the acclaim of your peers and the sanctioned opportunity to brag about your awesomeness.

The Arts and Sciences belong to us all. Too often we are distracted by competition and and documentation when really it is about the creation and celebration of the excellence and joy inspired by the Dream. Let us gather by the torchlight and rekindle some of that wonder.

Yours in Service,
Bjar the Blue
Gallant of Montengare
Patron of the Arts and Things Burning