[Ponte Alto] St. Aidens Recap and Highland River Melees

[cunian at citlink.net]

Our team at the St. Aiden's Tourney did really well, especially considering the challenges of the heat and the somewhat ad hoc composition of team and my own inexperience at melee leadership.  (I really just like to hit things.)  The non-combatants were instrumental in making many of our points with their tireless and creative efforts in schmoozing the royalty, cheering, waving banners and so on.  I was really impressed with how well everyone hung in there in the heat at the end of a long event: We had the max number of fighters in every bout and were putting on our hats to go out again as the end of the tournament was announced.

Next weekend is Highland River Melees.  It is somewhat further out than it has been previously, but promises to have some very interesting scenarios and stuff.  They are looking for teams of 7 - 14 to compete, and it would be great to put one together.  There are also individual tourneys early on Saturday to determine the leaders of the English and French forces, the Black Prince and Joan of Arc. If you plan to go and fight, talk to Lucas or me, so we have an idea of whether we have a team or not. Event site here: 
http://highland-foorde.atlantia.sca.org/hrm/hrmelees.htm    
A somewhat more involved explanation of the fighting activities is here:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=117034

Cunian