[Ansteorra] Size of Crown Tournaments

[Galen W. Bevel]

If I am remembering the same tourney, I think it was 85.  The tourney on
that Saturday was my first ever in the society.

Galen Kirchenbauer


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hughes" <davidjhughes.tx at netzero.net>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Size of Crown Tournaments


> Carl Chipman wrote:
> >
> > Oops.  Upon getting your reply and then rereading my own initial e-mail,
> > I realized I had misstated my query.
> >
> > What I meant to ask was :  "Has anyone kept track of the number of
> > entrants in Ansteorra's crown tournaments throughout the years?"
> >
> > Jean Paul
> >
> > Carl Chipman
> > Nomadics, Inc.
>
> Haven't kept track, but I believe the lowest number was 16.  (86?,
> 87?)
> Special Case.
> Inmann had decreed that a Field of Honor Tourney was to be held on
> Saturday (at Onion Creek, south of Austin), open to all who wished to
> show thier prowess.  CT would be on Sunday, with the proviso that all
> entrants must compete on Saturday.
> Four Fields, maybe 60 entrants, you fought everyone assigned to the
> same field.  Inmann fought on all four fields.
> Neat Idea, BUT...
> Due to injuries, exhaustion, armour failures, etc., on Sunday only 13
> fighters showed up to enter.  Two more volunteered who hadn't planned
> on entering Crown.
> Fifteen is an inconvienent number, so they decided to "draft" a 16th.
> They needed someone present, who had fought on Saturday, who was
> otherwise eligible, and who had someone eligible on site who would
> agree to be consort.
> Now, why do I remember all these details? <G>
>
> David Gallowglass
>
> (You draw someone in the list you've never fought, never met, and you
> barely recognize the name.  The scouting report is : "He's a viscount
> from Drachenwald, moved back to the kingdom just over a year ago.
> He's really fast, very clean, and has no known weakness."  This
> DOESN'T help!
> {Hi, Galen!})
>
>
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