The following will appear in the July Northwatch:
Crown Tournament is an anticipated day of prowess and community. In order to continue the
theme of competition, We will be hosting the King’s Rapier Prowess Tournament directly after
the Crown Tournament to select a champion.
Our Crown will be a random draw double elimination tournament with each bout being a single
fight. All fighters will be in a single pool, regardless of number of wins or losses. Each round of
the tournament, a random pairing will be drawn to determine fight pairings. If there is an odd
number of fighters in the round, there will be a nondestructive by-fight with a fighter designated
by the Crown. The Lists table will record all pairings by round. After the first round, if the random
draw produces a re-pairing of fighters from the immediately previous round, all pairings will be
redrawn randomly. If a re-pairing occurs on the second draw, all pairings will be redrawn
randomly a third and final time for the round. The round will then be fought.
On their second loss, fighters are removed from the pool. Rounds continue until only one fighter
remains. It is entirely possible that the finals may consist of a fighter with no losses fighting one
with one loss. The fighter with one loss will need to win twice. No losses are cleared for the
semi-finals or finals in this tournament style.
This is a Bring Your Best weapon format. Combatants may change weapon forms throughout.
All Northshield-legal weapons and weapon-forms for armored rattan tournament combat are
allowed, under the SCA, Inc. Rules of the Lists. Total weapon length shall not exceed 6 ft.
**Letters of Intent are due on Monday July 14th, 2025 by 11:59pm.** They shall be emailed to
TRH@northshield.org and seneschal@northshield.org. Please note - this is earlier than the
typical deadline and we encourage pairs considering competing to submit letters with the
understanding they may need to drop as we get closer to the tournament.
**Both combatant and consort are required to have registered heraldry to participate in this Crown
Tournament. If their heraldry is not yet registered, a name and device must be submitted by
Coronation on Saturday Sept 13th, 2025. This will be confirmed by an affirmative reply from
Keythong and evidence of payment. Please include appropriate documentation in your letter.**
This letter should also provide evidence of fulfillment of the requirements for entrance by the
prospective combatant and consort and outline their involvement in diverse areas of the SCA.
Per Kingdom Law III-900:
All prospective combatants and their consorts must meet the minimum criteria in the Governing
Documents, as well as the following requirements:
1. Each must have been a subject of Northshield for one year immediately before the Crown
Tournament.
2. Each must be a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and have access to the
Northwatch.
3. All prospective combatants and their consorts must be acceptable to the Presiding Royalty.
4. No one under 18 years old may fight or be fought for in a Crown Tournament.
5. No member of the Royalty may either fight or be fought for in a Crown Tournament.
6. One member of the couple must also affirm that they can and will maintain the ability to
legally cross the U.S./Canadian international border for the duration of their reign, should they
be victorious, to ensure that they are free to travel to all parts of the Kingdom. This means that
any who fight in Crown must have one member of the pair that can cross the international
border legally. This includes but is not limited to them being vaccinated per the mundane laws in
place and not having a felony, OWI, DWI, etc.
7. All prospective combatants must hold a valid Northshield Armored Combat authorization
card. If the combatant does not hold all authorizations that will be used in the tournament, the
Crown has the sole discretion as to how and whether they will allow that combatant to
participate.
By choosing to fight in Crown they have agreed to these terms and attested that they do indeed
meet all the requirements and that at least one of them can legally cross the border to the best
of their knowledge and belief.