[Northkeep] for all you fighter types....

Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya zubeydah at northkeep.org
Tue Apr 12 22:23:12 PDT 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ulf Gunnarsson" <ulfie at cox.net>
To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Namron] Prynhawn da (good afternoon)


> Syr Owen wrote:
>> The next combined practice will be held in Namron at Reeves park this 
>> Sunday
>> April 17th, it is located on the southeast corner of Jenkins and 
>> Timberdell. I
>> am sorry for the late notice but it was unavoidible. I look forward to 
>> seeing
>> as many of the fine and stalwart warriors of our region that can make it.
>
> I spoke with Syr Owen this evening, and he has apologized profusely for
> the suddenness of this, and he understands that this is between Medieval
> Faire and Beltane and we are all recovering from one and getting ready
> for the other.
>
> They understand our position, and don't expect the hospitality to be on
> a par with the other combined practices we hosted last year.
> Nonetheless, it would be nice to surprise them.  So we've asked
> Tavernmeister Owen Stott to pull one of the leftover hams out of the
> freezer, and Her Excellency is going to bake a couple of loaves of fresh
> bread (I asked her to make one of them Cottage Cheese & Dill, yum!)  If
> anyone wants to volunteer something to fill out this gnoshies table,
> please coordinate with Owen Stott.
>
> They plan to work on single combat for the first couple of hours, then
> switch to melee combat for the remainder.  Even the best melee teams end
> up at some point in individual combat, so these combined practices will
> focus on individual fighting at the beginning.  Several knights have
> committed to be at these to help train fighters.
>
> If some of you are wondering what a "combined practice" is, it's
> something we started here last year.  We would pick a weekend for the
> fighters of our fighter practice to go over to Skarrgard's practice
> instead.  The next month they would pick a weekend to come to ours.
> Then Wiesenfeuer got in on it.  It meant that once a month you would
> have a whole mess of fighters to play with.  Syr Owen plans on working
> with the knight marshals in other groups to work out a schedule,
> rotating around the three groups already mentioned, but occasionally
> going up to Moonschadowe or out to Eldern Hills or elsewhere.  The
> knight marshals will work out dates that are good for their groups and
> don't interfere (as much as possible) with local events or demos or
> weddings and such.
>
> So if you are a fighter, Reeve's Park will be a good place to be this
> Sunday.  If you are not a fighter, it will still be a good place to be,
> because some of your friends will be there, and someone has to explain
> to the passers-by that "those guys" aren't really hurting each other.
>
> Ulf and Maleah
> Baron and Baroness
>
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