Tournament of Virtues #87- Now Welcoming Rapier

Name: Tournament of Virtues #87- Now Welcoming Rapier
Start: 2025-02-20T19:00:00-08:00
Location: 42504 15th St W, Lancaster, CA 93534

Schedule

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

42504 15th St W, Lancaster, CA 93534 | Lancaster, CA

ToV #87 is coming up, and we've had people ask if rapier can fight too, and the answer is of course!
We're going to need someone to champion running the rapier side, but Dun Or is a great place to try it out.
we'll have two eric's set up to separate the formats that our host has graciously offered to set up. we'll need help running Lists for both armored and rapier.
we're looking forward to having a bit bigger of an evening with both armored and rapier fighters coming out as we try this out!
Fighters should start arriving and gearing up no earlier than 7pm (this is a private residence, give the hosts time to prepare). Warm ups and greetings will happen in this hour.
At 8pm we will begin circling up, speaking on the Virtues and presenting challenges. Challenges will be issued by reverse order of precedence. (Or round robin depending on the number of combatants)
As always, we're also looking for people to help out with running Lists, marshaling and heralding. No experience required, we'd love to have people try out new things!
Looking forward to seeing you there!

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The words below come from the very first Tournament announcement, and do an excellent job at describing our goals and passion for this event:

To become a knight you need not only Prowess.
Humility, Faith, Franchise, Honor, Valor, Courtesy: these also are the virtues of a Knight.
To win a tournament takes tournament practice. The goal of this tournament will be to practice every aspect of a Crown tournament, and the results of winning.
Inspired by Le Crapaud tournament in the West, Sir Artus Quintus, Master Paul Fitz Denis, and Sir Helgi hersir Hrafnfaedhir, invite you all to the Tournament of the Virtues.

Winner is named Keeper of Prowess for the next month. The winner shall be known as "Le Mareschal" after William Marshall. Vive le Mareschal!
Winner will name one other person present for their exemplification of another Virtue and name them Keeper of Virtue. This person will be known as the Paragon of (virtue). Vive le Paragon!

This is not an official SCA event and will operate differently in some ways.
*The tournament will open with a circle of all fighters who will then make a toast and speak about a subject.
**This is to learn the public speaking skills required when winning a Crown.
**Your toast can be as long or short as you want.
**Referencing actual medieval history is a plus!
*The tournament will end with a circle of all fighters, and any others present who wish to participate, who will then make a toast and speak about a subject.
*Fighters will be asked to assist in the running of the tourney as Marshals, Heralds, and Lists.
*Lists will run Bellatrix style (double elimination, blind, by the numbers) or round robin, depending on turnout.
*First round challenges as in a Crown tourney.
*Fighters will line up in order of Fighting precedence. Duke, Count, Viscount, Knight, grant level fighting awards, AoA level fighting awards, squires, non-squires.
*Consorts are not required.
*Fighters will use their preferred weapon style.
**It is possible that we change that some months to prepare for Crown
**Eg: you must fight Great Weapon first round at the next Crown so we will do the same for this tourney
*Fighters should watch as many fights as possible to learn. That is why we are doing this!
*Fights SHOULD be stopped to help everyone learn, when necessary. Example: We will stop for flat shots and help correct form.
*All fights will use the full Litany and marshal checks.
*Fighters should clearly show defeat, through falling down or other means.
*Unlike Crown, the winner may participate in the Lists in subsequent tourneys, however they will be expected to bring a different weapons form than they won with.