[MR] Coronation Cambok pictures

[Belphoebe]

Well, I am not sure about the origins of Cambok, but
about two months ago I happened to catch a game of
cambok on tv.  They were in Australia, and it was
being played by about 200 people on a stadium.  And I
know that it was cambok because there was a comentator
who said that's what it was.  I had a great time
watching it.

It had nothing to do with SCA.  The uniforms were
thoroughly modern, and there were two teams of about
100 people each.  Blue shirts and yellow shirts, and
shorts.  I guess it was the only way to figure out who
were the members of the other team.

I do not think that this was invented by a SCAdian,
but I can see where a Canadian expatriot would have
found it a suitable replacement for his hockey.

Cheers,

Belphoebe

--- thatursula at aol.com wrote:
> I hate to say it, but it's not really Cambok without
> the sticks, but as Guinievre pointed out, it was
> probably a good thing that cambok sticks weren't
> involved in this particular mudbath.  
>  
> The game was invented by Sir Daffyd ap Gwystl in the
> early 90's.  He's a Canadian expatriot who was
> missing his hockey.  He researched similar games in
> period and made a bunch of cambok sticks (we still
> have ours).  The lst cambok game (with sticks) that
> I personally witnessed was in Elvegast at the (1st?)
> Jongleurie in something like 1996.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ursula von Bremen
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbrmm266 at aol.com
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:37:30 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MR] Coronation Cambok pictures
> 
> 
> You know, this is the first evidence I've seen of
> the game actually being 
> played! 
>  
> For a long time I thought it was a sort of "SCAdian
> urban legend."
>  
> Are the rules (I assume there are *some* basic
> rules) anywhere published, or are 
> they entirely vernacular?
>  
> Your servant aye,
> Donal
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer / Guenievre <generys at blazemail.com>
> To: 'Merry Rose' <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:29:31 -0400
> Subject: [MR] Coronation Cambok pictures
> 
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> Though I didn't get any good pictures of court or
> the like, I did manage to
> take a bunch of shots of the Cambok game in the mud
> - if anyone is
> interested, they can be found at
>
http://pics.livejournal.com/lady_guenievre/gallery/00008hra
> .  
> Enjoy!
> 
> YIS,
> 
> Lady Guenièvre de Monmarché
>
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