[Ansteorra] Grand Competition Announcement: Cup de Charny

[Jean Paul de Sens]

One of the greatest knights of the Middle Ages, Geoffroi de Charney, wrote

"Qui plus fait, miex vault."

Approximately translated, it means "He who does more is of greater worth."
 Those words of Charny have always inspired me to try to always do as much
as possible, and as well as possible.

My challenge to the armoured combatants of Ansteorra is simple:  Prove that
you are the heir to his ideals.  Do More.  I am sponsoring a grand
challenge, that will encompass every tournament held at every event
beginning with Elfsea Defender in April, and ending with the weekend of
Seawinds Defender in October.  The competition is open to every combatant
except for sitting royalty, from newest man-at-arms to the most grizzled
knight.  All may contend.  For every armoured tournament that you enter, you
will receive points based upon how well you do.  The better you do, the more
points you'll accrue.  The more tournaments you fight in, the more points
you will accrue.  If there are 3 tournaments at an event that weekend, and
the list mistress gets the scores to our scorekeepers, you'll get points for
all 3 tournaments.

Exact details of the scoring will be posted on our website later this
weekend, and as the competition progresses, we will be updating the scores
on our website each week, so all can see who the current leaders are.

At the coronation of our heirs, I will announce the winner of the Cup de
Charney.  A prized goblet is currently being commissioned, and will be
presented to the winner for him or her to show around the kingdom, letting
all see who did the most the best.

They will be allowed to keep the Goblet for a full year, until the
completion of the next years competition.

There will have to be some extra work to make this happen.  The list
mistresses will have to be able to make available rankings to our Masters of
Scoring, Count Romanius Vesperianus and Sir Cameron de Blakstan.  Lots of
points will have to be tallied, but I think that this has the potential to
be something grand for our kingdom.

HRH Jean Paul

Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.