Reminder that we will be holding the next Sky List Stellar Tournament during our regular weekly archery practice tomorrow.
The qualifier will be shot on the auxiliary line throughout the normal practice, with the final taking place at 1:30 pm.
Everyone is invited to participate – the Stellar Tournaments were set up as a way to allow people of all skill levels to experience martial tournament formats. The Sky List is usually held monthly, with the winner choosing the format of the next tournament – winners are allowed to defend the title up to three times in a row.
Also, Thrown Weapons practice is cancelled for tomorrow.
This coming Sunday we will hold fencing practice at the Garb Swap! Practice will start at noon, as usual, and run until 4ish.
Starting around 2pm, we will hold a practice Pennsic Novice Tournament to help all our eligible fencers prepare! Those no longer eligible for the novice tourney are encouraged to participate under their favorite novice persona.
Garb Swap Location: Avalon Shelter 303 Pearce Mill Rd, Allison Park, PA 15101, USA
In case you weren’t at archery practice or the barony social last Sunday, archery practice for Sunday, June 8th is cancelled, due to Scarlet Guard Inn AND Iris Festival the day before.
Archery practice will resume on Sunday, June 15th, where we will be holding both the baronial archery and thrown weapons championships.
It’s supposed to be rainy and ugly all week, EXCEPT SUNDAY. So let’s enjoy being outdoors. Not only do we have the fencing and heavy tournaments, we’ll have our belated May barony social as well. June 1, 11:30-5:30, at the summer practice site on Washington Blvd. Parking is tight when we are all there. Please park close (pretend I drew lines again) and if you can please drop off your stuff then park down at the bike track. Bring your own food and drink, and projects if you want. We’ll have a quick meeting between the two tournaments.
I wanted to post about the schedule for the next few weeks of archery practice:
<b>May 18:</b> Regular practice will be CANCELLED due to War Practice at Cooper’s Lake Campground. Range will be open (weather permitting) near the barn on Friday afternoon from 2:00-4:30 pm. On Saturday, the range will be open from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, with the qualifiers for the Kingdom Archery Champion Tournament running from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, with the finals starting at 1:00 pm.
<b>May 25:</b> We will return to our regular practice at the Highland Park site from 11-2, and this practice will also feature the return of our monthly Sky List Stellar Tournament. The winner of this tournament will have the opportunity to represent the Debatable Lands in the Scarlet Guard Challenge at Scarlet Guard Inn on June 7th.
<b>June 1:</b> Regular practice from 11-2.
<b>June 8:</b> Scarlet Guard Inn weekend. Practice status TBD – watch this space.
After consulting with the sages who portend the weather, reading the tea leaves, and sacrificing a goat (at least one of those things didn’t happen – your guess!), I’m making the call that Archery Practice tomorrow will proceed as planned.
I checked the site this morning, and apart from a few puddles near the parking lot outside of our normal traffic area, there was nothing I saw that would hinder us from having our regular practice. That said, there is rain forecasted from now until the time that practice usually starts, so the ground will be soggy and you will want to wear appropriate footwear.
I’ll continue to keep an eye on the weather and if it escalates to sudden downpours or persistent rain beyond what’s been forecasted, I’ll make a last-minute call should the need arise. Watch this and all our other usual spaces.
For those of you who don’t follow the minutes of the business meetings, the Woodworking Guild has been granted some funds to build a new entrance gate for the Baronial encampment at Pennsic.
I have already purchased some lumber to get started, and will host the first work session this Sunday, April 21st at the Summer practice site (weather permitting).
I probably can’t get down there until after Lunch, so there is plenty of time in the morning for your other interests.
Archery practice will commence tomorrow as originally planned, albeit with a slightly later start time. Range will be open at 11:30 am and will continue until we’re done.
Once more the passage of time (time flies like an arrow, they say) has wrought its depredations on our Barony’s archery target stands. Two years ago, the Debatable Lands A&S community and the Woodworking Guild banded together to make new target stands, and we are planning to do so once again this Sunday, July 18th!
Two open archery target stands, with archery practice in the background.
Come learn or practice some basic woodworking skills while providing service to the Barony and its Archers! Join us at the Washington Boulevard site from 11am to 2pm, the same time as Archery Practice. Please wear close-toed shoes, and bring your protective gear like gloves, eye protection, and mask.
Captain of Archers Ronan is providing materials, Master Alaric is providing a good set of instructions, and I’ll be bringing tools. Feel free to bring your own tools if you have them.
See you Sunday!
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We have been given the go-ahead to have our first Arts and Sciences “practice” this Sunday (May 23rd) from 10am to 1:30pm at the Washington Boulevard site. The parking lot now bisects the site. The Archers will have their practice on the “Large Field” side as usual, and A&S will be over on the “Small Field” side closer to the river. We will finish up promptly by 1:30pm to make room for afternoon practices.
The theme of this gathering is “catching up”. Please bring a project you are working on now, and one or more projects you worked on during the shutdown for show-n-tell. We’ll chat and enjoy being out in the (I hope) sunshine with our artsy/crafty friends.
Attendance is limited to 25 people, and masks are required. We will give everybody the distance they need to be comfortable, so please bring your own seating, water, food, and shade if you desire it. Please note that the parking lot is smaller than it was, and be considerate of others.
