Fall Crown Tournament
(2025-11-07 - 2025-11-09 - Site opens at 5pm & Closes at 11am)
Marinus
Event Info
Name:
Fall Crown Tournament
Website:
Date(s):
2025-11-07 @5pm to 2025-11-09 @ 11am
Group:
Marinus
Virtual?:
No
Site Info
Site Name:
Southampton County Fairgrounds
Address:
25374 New Market Rd, Courtland, VA, 23837
Directions:
From 95 North
Head south on I-95 S
Take exit 41 toward US-301 N/VA-35 S/Courtland Rd
Slight right to merge onto US-301 N/VA-35 S/Courtland Rd toward Courtland/VA-156
Continue straight onto VA-35 S
Continue onto US-58 BUS W/Main St
At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit and stay on US-58 BUS W
At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto the US-58 E ramp
Merge onto US-58 E
Turn right onto State Rte 688
Destination will be on the right
From West and South (95 in Emporia, VA)
Head southeast on US-58 E toward E Atlantic St - 29.5 mi
Turn right onto State Rte 688
Destination will be on the right
Restrictions:
No Smoking is allowed in the buildings. No open fires.
Accessibility:
This event will be held on a primitive but well-traveled site with packed dirt pathways and grassy field space with very limited paved spaces. Buildings (with updated flushing restrooms) are wheelchair accessible. There will be accessible parking available and handicap accessible porta-johns at the field.
Event Steward
SCA Name:
Email:
Description:
To ensure the care and prosperity of our great Kingdom, a King and Queen must always look to the future and find worthy successors. With this in mind, we invite all armored combatants, along with their chosen consorts, who would vie for the throne to enter and test their metal in a Grand Tournament to be held on the 8th of November in the Barony of Marinus. A letter of intent will need to be submitted by Monday, October 27th.
These letters should be sent via email to the Crown (TRM@atlantia.sca.org), the Royal Highnesses (TRH@atlantia.sca.org) and to the Kingdom Seneschal (seneschal@officer.atlantia.sca.org) and must include: the full, modern and SCA names of both fighter and consort, SCA membership numbers and expiration for both, physical mailing addresses, email addresses and phone numbers for both. If letters are received early, we will respond quickly; all responses to letters of intent will be sent by Thursday, October 30th.
The Fall Crown Tournament will consist of four (4) preliminary lists followed by a double elimination tournament limited to sixteen (16) combatants.
After signing in with the Minister of the List, all fighters and their Consorts will then present themselves to the Crown in a Grand Procession. Fighters should prepare a short statement in praise of their consort.
The four preliminary lists will be balanced to be an equal number of fighters and fought
in a round robin format (each fighter in the list will fight every other fighter in the list).
The list for this round will be seeded by Armored Martial Precedence by their own hand (Martial Precedence is as follows: Duke/Duchess by their own hand, Count/Countess by their own hand, Chivalry, Kraken, Silver Osprey.) to spread fighters of all experience around each list (no list should be overly weighted with members of the Chivalry or Royal Peers). Double kills will be refought.
At the conclusion of each preliminary round list, the total number of wins for each fighter will be tallied and the top four (4) finishers from each list will advance to the Tournament of 16. Ties will only be broken if necessary to determine the four best records.
NOTE: The preliminary round should be fought quickly, and combatants should be armored and prepared to fight. Fighters will be called to the list only twice before a forfeit is declared in the preliminary lists.
Once each of the four (4) preliminary lists has concluded, the top four (4) scorers from each list will be placed into a “Sweet 16” Double Elimination tournament. The Minister of the Lists will place the fighters in a tree seeded from 1 to 16 according to their win/loss record from the preliminary pools on the day. Any tying win/loss records will be seeded in Order of Precedence through armored martial prowess by their own hand. (Armored MARTIAL award as follows in this order: Duke/Duchess by their own hand, Count/Countess by their own hand, Chivalry, Kraken, Silver Osprey)
In the semifinals, the fighter carrying a loss, must defeat the undefeated fighter twice to advance to the finals.
The finals will be fought best three of five fights. Open weapons format where each combatant is encouraged to bring their best style to win the day and become Heir to the Thrones of Atlantia.
Cost Info
| Day-Trip | Feast | Camping | |
| Adult, Member Discount Event Registration | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| Adult, Event Registration | 30 | 15 | 25 |
| Youth (5 - 18) | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| Child (0-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reservationist Name:
Kujira Kinjo
Reservationist Email:
kujirakinjo@hotmail.com
Checks Payable To:
SCA, Inc., Barony of Marinus
Cost Notes:
Scores--coming soon
Checks written to SCA, Inc., Barony of Marinus should be mailed to William Gaylor, 2208 Averill Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23323
Primitive camping is welcomed but has a $25 fee per tent per night. Access to indoor bathrooms will be limited to Saturday. There is water access outside and there will be porta-john access.
Limited RV space is available for a $35 fee per day.
Merchants are welcome--no fee.
Refund Policy
- Pre-registered event attendees shall receive a refund for the site registrations provided that the refund request is received at least 24 hours prior to the start of the event/opening of gate by either the Event Steward, the head gatekeeper, or the reservationist regardless of event profit.
- Discretionary refunds requested within 5 days of the end of the event may be given if approved at the following business meeting by the financial committee, provided payments have cleared.
- Pre-registered event attendees requesting a refund who used electronic forms of registering will receive a refund minus any fees incurred by the electronic registering service.
- Feast refunds will be provided if the feast spot is resold to another attendee.
- Refund checks will be issued once all reservation related deposits are processed.
General Activities
Martial Activities:
Our main event will be a double elimination tournament to determine our next heirs. The Fall Crown Tournament will consist of four (4) preliminary lists followed by a double elimination tournament limited to sixteen (16) combatants.
We will also be hosting a Field of Roses after our heirs are determined.
Authorized youth fighters are encouraged to bring their kits in order to demonstrate their prowess before the Crown.
A&S:
With four competitions planned, we challenge all.
- * Tempore Atlantia –1350-1500 For more information contact– Magistra Beatriz Aluares de la Oya at: beatriz.aluares@gmail.com*Tools of Archery–present handcrafted tools for archery–bows, arrows, quivers, shooting gloves, etc. -Documentation required for all entrants but EZ Doc is fine.*Heraldic Field Displays–show your finest heraldry around the tournament field.*Best Use of Wool -Documentation required for all entrants but EZ Doc is fine.For questions regarding all other competitions contact–Mistress Margret Eyverska at: baroness@marinus.atlantia.sca.org
Feast:
A Middle Eastern feast will be created by Lady Anna. Menu and allergy information will be posted on the event website. $15 per person (all ages).
Merchants:
Merchants are welcome. A permanent open sided pavilion will be available if requested ahead of time. There is no merchanting fee but we ask that you email Lord Andrei Barsukov at alavinus@gmail.com with your space request.
Other:
Field space arrangements will be coordinated by Syr Hugh de Montlucon (Kevin Blake). Please complete this form for the initial request. Questions should be sent to Syr Hugh at kathallSCA@gmail.com .