At last. We finally have a confirmed date and venue for the Mediaeval fayre.
The second Tshwane Mediaeval fayre will be held at Toutrekpark on the 6th of November 2010. The fayre will be hosting armoured fighting and displays of mediaeval weaponry skills. Stunt shows will be performed on the day. A mediaeval village will have displays of olden day crafts such as blacksmithing and armoury. There will be a mediaeval type flea market, good food and a beer tent with live music. Highland dancers, firedancers, jesters, wizards and all sorts of other mediaevally type entertainment. Come , and let’s make this a day to remember! R40 gets you in if you’re all grown up, and R25 if you’re under 12. Family groups of 4 or more qualify for discount.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237362077613

It's that time of year again! The Irish Ale House is having its Solstice Beer Festival on May 29th, and we're going along to provide flavour (and consume beer!). We have a slot at 11am to display our skills, and I'd like the following displays:

1) Anja and Francois- German Longsword
2) David and Bevan- Rapier
3) Bernard and Bennie- Staff
4) Christof and James- Armoured combat

Hope everybody remembers the way, but here's the website for good measure:

http://www.irishpub.co.za/

Should be fun like always!

Dear all,

We'll be holding a tournament on May the 8th at the Pretoria Showgrounds. The day will start at 10 am, and will consist of:

1) Longsword tourney (pools of fighters feeding into a knockout phase)
2) Armoured Challenge matches
3) Sword and Buckler challenge matches

The rules for each match will be the same, and are detailed on the forums (will boost link). 5 passes, called by a marshall, each pass scored individually. We are using these rules for the first time, so we will go through the rules before starting, and use the Armoured Challenge and sword and buckler matches for training.

We'll use the amphitheater at the Fairgrounds, and see what changes need to be made before we use the place for the Medieval Fair, which has been postponed to late September (will probably overlap with EMASA).

I'll confirm, but beer and braai facilities should be available for afterwards.

James

Dear all,

The Medieval Fair in Pretoria has been unavoidably postponed.

1) The amphitheatre has been cleared and a roof erected, but no engineering clearance certificate issued. Thus, no public can be allowed in. The Showgrounds management are sitting on the issue, but will have to organise clearance before the Pretoria Fair in August.
2) The showgrounds are currently more concerned with the World Cup than anything else, and are quite disorganised.

In consultation with Alan Fyfe, it was decided to postpone the Medieval Fair until after the World Cup. More details to follow.

Dear all

I regret to announce that I am going to have to cancel holding the competition in Westdene on Sat 20/02/2010 at such late notice for a variety of reasons.

Most importantly my wife's car was stolen last night which means that we are down to one car. With a number of things we both needed to get done over the course of Saturday and with no easy way to share the single vehicle we have in order to accommodate everything I have had to make this unfortunate decision.

In addition Neils company organized a company function that day for which he needs to attend from 11am It means that Saturday now is going to be disappointing in terms of participants as he is now also unavailable.

I do apologize for this but we will look to organize something again soon, hopefully in March depending on availability at the facility etc and will let everyone know accordingly via the forums and emails.

Again I do apologize for this as I personally was looking forward to trying the new sparring rules along with catching up between the two groups.

Regards
Heath Jordaan
MACS Johannesburg