[MR] Pumpkin Siege Event in Highland Foorde - October 10, 2009, for those who aren't at WoW

[Glynis Gwynedd]

Greetings and salutations! It turns out that the weekend of War of the
Wings, there will be a siege of pumpkins in the Barony of Highland
Foorde. This is not an SCA event, however, we have been invited to
attend and participate. I am organizing an SCA demo at the event. I
strongly encourage everyone to attend War of the Wings - that's a
really fantastic event! But for those who are stuck up here in
northern Atlantia with me, you're invited to come play!

The website for the event is http://www.pumpkinsiege.com/ . I have
included the rules for the Siege below, as they are printed on their
website. For those who don't want or aren't able to participate in the
siege aspect of the event, you are invited to create targets out of
cardboard. They have a competition for the Crowd Favorite target with
an entry fee of $5.00.

Admission is $4 per person, and there is also a corn maze on site.

More details will be forthcoming as I receive them.


The Great Pumpkin Siege Rules

General Rules

The Great Pumpkin Siege contestants will be judged in the following categories:

    * Distance (closest 1000 ft without going over, 1000ft+ will be
disqualified)
    * Accuracy (Most targets hit)
    * Crowd Favorite (Target class will also be judged for Crowd Favorite)

      Awards will be presented for the winner of each Category


Official “Catapult” Class Rules

    * Pumpkin weight—8 to 10 pounds
    * Pumpkin must leave the machine intact
    * No wadding or other foreign materials or objects
    * The machine shall consist of springs, cords, rubber, dead
weights or mechanical means of storing energy.
    * Cranking devices may cock the machine
    * Back stops are required.

Official “Trebuchet” Class Rules

    * Same as above
    * Machine consists swinging or fixed counterweights made of wood,
metal, or plastic

Official “Human Powered” Class Rule

    * Machine can use any kind of power stored by a single human in two minutes
    * Energy must be stored by the power of this one person, not other means.
    * This 2 minutes is in addition to the 3 minutes provided before firing.

General Rules for Machines

    * All machines allowed 3 minutes prep time before firing.
    * All catapults and trebuchets must have safety strap or mechanism
to prevent firing arm from swinging early.
    * Hard hats and eye protection at firing line.
    * Officials reserve the right to reject any entrant based on
discretion, observation, or potential safety concerns.

Target Category

    * Build a cardboard castle or peasant house using cardboard, duct
tape and paint.  Be creative.  See how long your target can last
against the onslaught of pumpkins.



~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
Barony of Highland Foorde
"Have you hugged a harp today?"
--
"To this end should a truly chivalrous man know something of arts and
courtesies as befits the quality of his character, else the world
shall think him nothing but a knuckle-dragging troglodyte in
vambraces." -Lady Swannoc
"This statement presupposes that a chivalrous man is a man with
martial training. Then should a courtier skilled in the arts and
sciences know something of the martial arts else the world could think
him nothing but a poncy perfumed fop in lace." - Gaston de M. GD, AT,
KDT