Event Information

Take your best route to Route 17 Gloucester, Va. From the north, turn left on State Rte 641 Tidemill Rd.

From the south, turn right on State Rte 641 Tidemill Rd. Continue on 641 for 1.1 miles. Turn right on VA-216 Guinea Rd.  One mile down Guinea Rd,  Abingdon Ruritan Club will be on the right. 

Schedule:

Friday, November 6

4:00pm - Gate and site open

10:00pm - Gate closes for the evening

Saturday, November 7

8:00am - gate opens

8:30am - Newcomer's point opens in the hall

9:00am - Arts & Sciences drop off in the hall opens

11:00am - on the field Procession of Fighters and Consorts

 -without set time, on the field following procession -- Her Majesty's Fine Canine Procession -

12:00pm - (or directly after both processionals) Crown tournament begins on the field

2:00pm - gate closes

3:30pm - A&S pickup

4:30pm - Afternoon court in the hall

6:00pm - Feast in the hall

Sunday, November 8

12:00pm - site closes  (safe travels)

This site is a wet site.

Trash must be carried off, no disposal available at the site.

Camping is tent only, there are no cabins.

Feast is the same price no matter what age.

As the day of Our Coronation fast approaches, We turn Our thoughts to the need that will be created when We become King and Queen. The need for Heirs, to insure the continuity of reigns and the line of succession. To that end, We will be holding a grand armored combat tournament on November 7th in the Barony of Tir-y-don. Any authorized fighters who wish to enter the tournament with their chosen consort must submit a letter by Wednesday October 28th.

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. Please include what heraldry is being carried by the fighter for the shield tree (personal, consort, household, baronial, other) If letters are received early, we will respond quickly; all responses to letters of intent will be sent by Monday, November 2nd.

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.

This procession will be organized by martial precedence. We ask that each couple who is entering into the Crown list bring something to donate to the Princess dowry.

The format for Fall Crown Tournament will be as follows:

If there are sixteen (16) or less combatants, the tournament will be a simple double elimination tournament. This tournament will be seeded by martial precedence and the lower half of the list will challenge up to someone in the upper half of the list starting with the combatant with the lowest martial precedence and continuing until all of the pairings are set.

If there are twenty-four (24) or more combatants the tournament will consist of four (4) preliminary lists followed by a double elimination tournament limited to sixteen (16) combatants.

If there are between seventeen (17) and twenty-three (23) fighters, the decision will be made the day of the tournament at the Crowns’ discretion.

The four preliminary lists, if they are held, 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.

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 two out of three fights. The fighter with lower martial precedence shall pick the weapons choice for the first round. The fighter with the higher martial precedence shall pick the weapons form for the second round. In the first two rounds, fighters must match weapons forms. If the finals goes to a third round, each fighter may bring the weapons form of their choosing and they do not have to match. Weapons forms may be repeated.

We look forward to an incredible day of pageantry, honor, and inspiring displays of martial prowess as We find out who will be the new Heirs to the Kingdom. Vivat Atlantia!!!

In service,

Ragnarr & Jân

This menu is a love letter to the late Middle Ages (the 14th and 15th centuries). Four courses drawn from the great cookbooks of England, France, and Venice at a time of strife and transition… from war, to plague, to the first stirrings of the Renaissance. And through it all, people kept gathering at tables. They kept baking, kept spicing, kept gilding their food with saffron, because beautiful food nourished their hearts as much as their bodies and that mattered even when times were hard. Maybe it mattered even more because times were hard.

The codes below describe each dish as it comes to your table. Everything comes out of one busy medieval kitchen, so if your allergy is the serious kind, email me at dragonfly78@gmail.com before you register for feast if possible, and no later than a week before the event. We will do our best to accommodate.

NF nut free
DF dairy free
V vegetarian
VG vegan
GF gluten free
The entire menu is soy free and onion free.
* made with honey — flagged for those who count honey out of vegan

At Seating
Fruit and Cheese of the Season [NF · V · GF]
Fall fruits and hard cheese.
Spiced Candied Almonds [DF · V · VG · GF]
Almonds candied with sugar and warm spices.

First Course
Porée Blanche Le Ménagier de Paris, 1393 [NF · V · GF]
The white of leeks, slow-cooked in milk and butter.
Tart de Bry Forme of Cury, c. 1390 [NF · V]
A rich cheese tart with eggs, saffron, and ginger in a short crust.
Salat Forme of Cury, c. 1390 [NF · DF · V · VG · GF]
Fresh greens and herbs dressed with oil, vinegar, and garlic.

Second Course
Chykens in Hocchee Forme of Cury, c. 1390 [NF · DF · GF]
Chicken cooked with garlic and grapes, served in a saffron broth with verjuice.
Good Breads and Sweet Butter in the payndemayn style [NF · V]
Soft white loaves served with sweet butter.
Chyches Forme of Cury, c. 1390 [NF · DF · V · VG · GF]
Chickpeas simmered with garlic, olive oil, and saffron.

Third Course
Alows de Beef Harleian MS 279, c. 1430 [NF · DF]
Beef rolls stuffed with herbs, roasted, and served in their own gravy.
Rafioli Libro per cuoco, Venice, 14th c. [NF · V]
Hand-filled cheese and herb ravioli, finished in butter.
Buttered Wortes Harleian manuscripts, 15th c. [NF · V · GF]
Seasonal greens and cabbage finished in butter.
Funges Forme of Cury, c. 1390 [NF · DF · V · VG · GF]
Mushrooms and leeks cooked with period spices.

Fourth Course
Tartys in Applis English, c. 1381 [NF · V]
Small spiced apple and fig tarts.
Snowe a period whipped cream [NF · V · GF]
Sweetened whipped cream, served with the apple tarts.
Quince and Cheese Skewers cotignac per Le Ménagier de Paris, 1393 [NF · V · GF]
Quince paste and firm cheese, served on skewers.
Quince and Honeyed Toast Skewers with a nod to Pokerounce, Harleian MS 279 [NF · DF · V · VG*]
Quince paste and honey-glazed toast, served on skewers.

Merchants are welcome - no fees apply beyond regular gate costs.  

Please contact RedTreeLeatherWorks@gmail.com for more information or to register for a space.

Her Majesty Jan request that consorts contribute to a princess dowry, to be collected and gifted to the new princess.  

This site does not have shower facilities.  All porta-potty groups will have a handwash station.  

The building has 11 stalls, some of which are ADA compliant.  

No furniture or kitchen accessories may be removed from the building - please be sure to bring chairs.

This is a wet site; please drink responsively and respect all local laws and other participants.

There will be no dumpster onsite - all trash must be carried offsite for disposal