<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Greetings, one and all.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>So what's this Axeman, you ask?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>--Glad you asked...it's hottest little event this side of Gulf Wars.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>But how can that be, you ask?<br></span></div><div>--Because it's THREE events in one...everyone else just gives you ONE!<br><br>That's right! THREE events in one:<br><span class="tab"> Axeman VII...hottest little event this side of Gulf Wars.<br></span><span class="tab"></span><span class="tab"> Cooks Collegium II...annual culinary gathering<br></span><span class="tab"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> War College/Rapier Melees...okay, that's probably really 4 for 1...hosted by Sir Wilhelm and Baron Orlando, respectively.<br></span><span
class="tab"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Skorragardr champions for Chivalric, Rapier, Youth Chivalric, A&S, Bardic, Archery, and Thrown Weapons, will be chosen.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">There two Chivalric tournaments before the War College: 1) Snowball Prize Tourney and 2) Axe and Plank Tourney.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;
font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab">The Snowball Prize Tourney requires a nominal prize for the chest. Then, individual fighters will square off. The winner will be the captain and lead the team in the next round...and so on, until one team remains. The leader of the victorious team will then divide the booty.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Axe and Plank Tourney will be single combat
fought on a rather sizable plank. The victor will carry the Skorragard Axe until next year.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Rapier Tourney will be a Swedish Five. As the champion told me, it's like a Swiss Five--but it has axes and spears.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Schedule (preliminary & tentative):</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times
new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Fri<span class="tab"> 5 p.m. Site Opens</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab">Sat</span><span class="tab"> 9 p.m. Armor Inspection begins (and continues throughout the day)<br> 10 p.m. Court (morning)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> Snowball Prize Tourney (after Court)<br></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> Cooks Collegium</span> <span class="tab">(after Court)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> A&S Competition (after Court)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> 11 a.m. Axeman Tourney</div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> 12 noon Swedish Five</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> Youth Chivalric (fought amongst Rapier rounds)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> 2 p.m. Archery</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> War College</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> 4 p.m. Knife, Axe, and Spear</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"> 6 p.m. Court (evening)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
class="tab"> Bardic (after Court)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab">Sun 12 noon Site closes</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="tab"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Regards,<br>Tadhg<br>...brick by brick<br></div> </div></body></html>