Summer Hunt III XLII/2007

Summer Hunt III Autocrat’s Report

Greetings unto the shire of Earnrokke and the Populace of the Kingdom of An Tir! The Shire of Earnrokke wishes to thank all who attended and participated in our annual hunt. Without you, we would not be able to continue this tradition.

There are some specific thanks that are most certainly in order. The first is to THL Donwenna la Mareschale and THL Agelos Evienece for the use of Hunt Haven to hold this event every year.

The second is to Baroness Anastasia. The Baroness has supported the Shire and this event unwaveringly throughout the years. Her devotion the success of our little town is worthy of song.

The Shire and its members wish also to thank Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Miranda for making the trip to the shire. We are always pleased to welcome royalty to our event and hope to see Her Highness at future hunts.

Thanks as well to Baron Hauk and Baroness Rosamund of Aquaterra. Aquaterra has long been supportive of our shire. This event was no different. Thanks to Their Excellencies for providing the Baronial Pavilion to hold Court in.

The Autocrat would like to personally thank Her Ladyship Donwenna and His Lordship Johannes for their assistance. Without their expert advice, I fear that this event would not have been nearly as successful as it was. I would also like to thank THL Alan ap Neal for filling in as Herald. His Lordship was instrumental at court (not to mention he made life easier for an over-stressed Autocrat).

Well, on to business…

Here is the Equestrian Marshall-In-Charge’s report:

Our shire was graced by the presence of HRH Miranda. My special thanks to Her and the Baron and Baroness of Aquaterra, Hauk and Rosamund and their retainers, HL Alan ap Neal and Lady Soleig for cheering us on despite the intermittent inclement weather.

Summer Hunt III 'Hunt Course' was held on Sunday after the Mounted Hunt Auction. The 3D targets were a huge hit as usual, particularly the bear who was oddly enough shot by arrows in the groin a few times. This year, the mounted archery portion was placed at the end of the 'hunt course' and the hunters had the choice of archery if qualified as mounted archer or javelin if not. Twelve mounted Hunters competed on the newly designed 'hunt course' that was approved by the two SR TAM's, THL Khaidu and Lady Ersebet Janos. Because this was a 'hunt' and 'killing the game' was most important, the hunt was not timed. Hunters chose to compete at the Level they felt most comfortable and/or at which they were qualified for mounted archery. For instance in some cases, the Hunter was authorized ADV for regular riding but only INT for mounted archery. In that case the rider had to compete at INT if they chose to do mounted archery. The Hunter also was required to maintain their Level only when they impacted the target. For example, they could drop down to a lower pace for negotiating the turns of the hunt course. I am proud to report there were no spills, unauthorized dismounts, falls, or accidents whatsoever. With an almost perfect score, which included hitting 2 of three targets during the mounted archery, the new Equestrian Champion of Earnrokke is THL Khaidu.  He will be carrying the Earnrokke mounted hunter horn for the next year.  Lady Francesca came in a close second.

No peasants were harmed in the running of this Hunt. ;'>

Ever in service, Donwenna La Mareschale, EMIC and Jr. TAM of Summer Hunt

Heavy Weapons Report: The Earnrokke Championship Tournament was held on Saturday despite the wet weather. The ideas from previous hunts, wherein people bid on the riders, were applied to the Heavy Fighters this year. The tournament consisted of six fighters. Lord Palladius, our two-time defending Champion was challenged by His Lordship Johannes von Morgarten, His Lordship Sven inn Helt, His Lordship Thorkell Haraldson, Lord Guillaume, Lord Durinmar the Smith, and Giovanni Gisepie. The tournament consisted of a round robin style set of rounds followed by a “Best of Three”. Lord Palladius was undefeated through the entire round-robin portion of the tournament. Lord Guillaume ran a close second. Lords Palladius and Guillaume then fought a “best of three” round. The first went to Lord Palladius. The second went to Lord Guillaume. The next two rounds were draws where there was no clear victor. Finally, in the last bout, Lord Guillaume proved his mettle and defeated Lord Palladius. For the first time since its inception, the Championship of the Shire of Earnrokke has been won by one of its own citizens! Three cheers for Lord Palladius who served our Shire so well! Three cheers for our new defender, Lord Guillaume!

The members of the Shire of Earnrokke have voted to name our heavy weapons tournament in honor of the late Karl Redstone. His Lordship Redstone was an integral part of the SCA in the local area and he is sorely missed by everyone in the Shire of Earnrokke. Henceforth, the Earnrokke Championship Tournament shall be called the “Karl Redstone Memorial Tournament.” The winner of this tournament will still be our champion.

Archery Report Sunday also saw our annual Baron Julian Memorial Archery Tournament. There were twelve archers in this tournament. In the words of our Jr. TAM: “THL Alan ap Neal proved that he had more talents than his amazing voice heraldry. On Sunday he along with 11 other foresters, walked the 'hunt course' after the mounted hunters were done; he is the new Archery Champion of our shire.”

All in all, the event was a great success. The weather could have been a bit more forgiving, but this is the weather in An Tir. Maybe it’s the rain that makes Antirians so much tougher than our competitors… In any case, everything went well. Again thanks to all who gave the time, talents, and expertise.

Ever In Service, Ari Varson de Rouen, Earnokke Pursuivant Summer Hunt III Autocrat

Summer Hunt III report from Baroness Anastasia

We did not have the Hunt on Saturday as the wind blew so badly and it rained intermittently. they took a poll, however, and the intrepid heavy fighters did their tournament with six fighters and did amazingly well.

Because of the Weather we hung out at the house, or some people hung out at Khaidu and Saikans Ger. They have upgraded their fire pit, so it was a warm dry place for people to go.

In the evening I taught a documentation class and how to use the judging forms. It got very lively and rather heated in some places. (Keep in mind, anyone who teaches is giving THEIR OPINION, based on experience and research. I am coming from having been a very long time judge and competitor. That doesn't mean everything I say is the only way to do something. Other teachers have their opinions.) Sorry, I felt I needed to include this disclaimer.

The other smaller contests did not go off, not very many dogs this year.

Shadra is the still undefeated champion of Arts for Earnrokke, very cool entry of her soy sauce, al murri, but she found documentation that it was also used for medicating hounds!!

We had several guild members at this event, 12 riders and 12 foot hunters that stuck it out in the rain. I was so proud!!! Our guild members did well, Khaidu won the Summer hunt Championship with Francesca very close behind!! ( Ximena and I bought her!!!) Macha and Ace aquitted themselves well, and the Midhaven crew, Thorkell and Tara and Kolfinna were a joy to watch as usual. Agelos and Giraldus rode well in spite of the truelly sucky weather, Ersebet used Ace and did marvelously well. Marguarite's horse absolutely refused to go near the wolf, the look on that horses face was pretty obvious! But she was doing really well up until then! We had a visitor from the West, Zanaida, who really had a good time with our course, and our beginner, Anne, who stuck it out until the end and did her run, good job!

I of course, sat under the Aquaterra pavilion, out of harms way keeping score. There is a reason I volunteer for this you know!

It was unfortunate that Rhiannon didn't make it, she had a mishap with her horse on the way.

Sven was the Uber groundscrewman and my Apprentice Styrrcarr helped. He plans to sit at the feet of the master, and learn to be a groundscrewman for us.

Styrrcarr's lady Crinoch helped me with scoring I think we will just absorb them. We made them part of the guild that weekend.

Donwenna the goddess that she is, ran the auction and the course itself, she stood there in the rain right along with everyone else and kept it all going. She is the fiber that keeps us all together.

So in spite of the really really bad weather, it actually was a successful event, people had fun, and we got to be together. Most of us got together for the usual super secret guild meeting. It disintegrated into the usual telling of bad jokes. We celebrated Marguarites birthday anyway.

Earnrokke did a great job autocrating the event, no bad things happened,that I know of.

We are going to try for the END of June next year and see if we can find the perfect weekend!

Good job and Huzzah to all who participated and spectated!

regards, reported by, Anastasia

Baroness Anastasia Alexandrovna Andreeva (OL)

Summer Hunt III Update from Zanaida from Kingdom of the West

I did have a wonderful time up in Washington at the Summer Hunt! It was held at Donwennas Ranch last weekend. Her homestead is very nice ( for us mountain folks where flat land is a premium). I would guess about 10 acres with a nice pond surrounded by low trees. They had the grounds fenced off with areas for horses, camping, and the quest area.

They had heavy fighting on Saturday, then Rain, then more Rain which I have to say was better then 100+ degrees which is what they had last year. So instead of riding we converged inside Donwennas house and watched some excellent videos on the EQ Emprise they have every year in September. This was informative for me and seemed to be a well run event. We shared general knowledge about EQ stuff and ogled each others sewing prowleness. It was a very nice afternoon in all especially with a nice pot of hot coffee. They cooked a wonderful dinner and after that we ventured out to the camping area and spent INSIDE a stunning Yurt! Mongolian at it's finest! I would love to give credit to where it is due, but unfortunately I am horrible with names. We spent the evening discussing documentation requirements and shared general A&S knowledge. Somewhere in their steak was cooked on the fire and wine flowed as freely as our wit!

The next day found the weather gods still snarky but we saddled up and ventured out into the wind and intermitent rain. I have to say the rental horses were very well taken care of and the wrangler crew were helpful and very sweet. We were auctioned and then took our places to wait to run the course. It was javelin, spear and javelin or/mounted archery. They did a two handed spear maneuver that was very cool! The event was well run, highly organized and a BLAST!

I am keeping my fingers crossed I can go back up next year! It also was a great opportunity to share information, how they do things EQ up there, How the group interacts ( gosh they are nice and friendly folks!!!!). My main highlight of the trip was meeting an exceptionally nice Lady who has a Mongolian persona (Sicyon?). Wow! Not only was she open and friendly but she also had tons of information on period Mongolian cooking!!!!, and sewing patterns!! WOWOWOWOW… ok so I have a ton of NEW projects to start!

So to wit I came back with Equestrian AnTir-usiam !!! Pictures will be posted at www.deliriumskid.com

Da-end

Lady Zinaida! Kingdom of the West deliriumskid@yahoo.com