[MR] Novice Tourney Equestrian

[Raynold of Wharram]

Greetings all....

Novice tourney rapidly approaches.  I have had a few inquiries about things 
but so far I am not looking at having to many riders present.  If anyone is 
still interested please get in touch with soon.  As of this point, I have a 
good possiblity on rental horses but don't have riders to merit more then 
the horses I am bringing.  If you plan to ride I need to hear from before 
the event.  Similarly if you are planning on bringing your own horses, the 
same is true.

For those of you bringing horses, the site is pretty primitive from a horse 
standpoint.  It has water and such available and I am going to bring 
portable corral stuff that will make enough for  2 horses to have stalls, 
or one larger area if that is more preferred. As of this time I only have 2 
horses aside from my own coming.  I need to know if anyone else is planning 
to bring horses and if so what you have to put them in or if I need to make 
additional arrangments for your horses.

Lastly, a quick rundown of the schedule, in very rough terms and nothing 
that I am currently willing to be held too for equestrian.  In the morning, 
perhaps as early as 8:30, if there is need, we will do the safety 
class.  Hopefully, based on who I have heard from so far, we can dispense 
with that.  During that time, as there will plenty of marshalls and 
marshalls in training everyone else can start grooming and tacking up.  The 
morning hours will include authorizations and authorization upgrades and an 
open practice session.  Around the noon hour, still be to determined if 
before or after we are willing to do a more advanced demonstration of the 
games if there is interest.  At 1:00 pm we are indeed, as asked, doing a 
talk to the pages academy about horses and having a meet and greet for the 
pages with one our bullet proof guys that should last about one hour.  It 
should be interested and I all are invited to check it out or to check out 
the rest of the things on site.  In the early afternoon, riding will resume 
with specific instruction on various weapons forms and tips and such to 
improve your horse, abilities at the games, etc.  In the late afternoon, 
all who wish to participate, provided there are sufficient interest are 
welcome to play in a double elemination tourney to their level  (if not, we 
may throw together a fun quest or something instead).

In service to Crown & Horse,
Raynold of Wharram
eum equus audiet qui equum audiet
Lance of St. Eligius
http://www.eligius.org/