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<DIV>New champions for Bonwicke have been chosen. First let me thank HE Don Avery Shaw and Lord Randall le Smith (hope I got that right!) for championing Bonwicke so well! The rapier champion is now HE Toshiro Koi and the chivalric champion is HL Gerold von Drachenhohle. Congratulations to them! We also held an Octavian Tournament and the winner of that was our former chivalric champion, Lord Randall le Smith.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'd like to thank everyone who came and braved the weather to join us in our festivities, especially His Majesty. Everyone seemed to have a good time despite the wind. There are several people who were a great help to me. Lady Gianetta Malatesta for running gate, HE Safiye op Griffith for running the lysts, Master Hakon de Decker for bringing back the much-loved Octavian tourney, Mistress Anna Mitrofanova for setting up the luncheon, and HE Chiang for agreeing to be my co-steward/merchant coordinator and for just putting up with my whining! ;) </DIV>
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<DIV>Hope to see everyone out next year! If I have forgotten to thank anyone, you have my most humble apologies.</DIV>
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<DIV>Zia Jian</DIV>
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<DIV>Li Xiao Wuya</DIV>
<DIV>Baroness of Bonwicke</DIV>
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