The Champions of
Abertridwr are the:
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Pencampwr
gan Abertridwr and the
Arobryn gan Abertridwr
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Based on an piece of
carved Walrus tusk
from
the Lewis Chess Set
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The Pencampwr
is the Champion of the Sword.
The details of the
Pencampwr
Championship were explored during several meetings in 2004 and finally
set down at a meeting on Saturday, January 8th, 2005. |
Event
The tourney to be held between April and June.
The Pencampr is to be a weekend event
containing at least the Pencampr
list and a victory feast. For details of the 2008 event go to this
page .
Prerequisites
There are certain prerequisites to entering
the Pencampr
Tourney.
i) One must be willing to take on all of the duties of the Pencampwr.
See below:
Duties
All entrants will be asked to affirm their willingness to carry out
the 'duties' of the Pencampwr at the beginning of the tourney. They
will:
i) Attend Abertridwr events as they are able,
ii) Protect the hall at Abertridwr events,
iii) Challenge other champions for the glory of Abertridwr,
iv) Run the next Pencamwr tourney (Not the weekend event),
v) Protect the people of Abertridwr.
NOTE: The Pencampr may
enter the list to defend his tittle if he/she
so
desires.
The
Tourney
Touney will be run as a best of three round
robin.
The final shall be determined by the two (or more) finalists, after consultation with
the previous year's Pencampwr and within reason.
The tourney is to be fought with displayed wounds and mimed deaths.
The Final
The format of the fiinal is determined by the
finalists and the
previous year's Pencampwr.
At present, the final is to be a best of 5 rounds, with
each successive round to be
fought in the following styles:
i) 1 handed weapon & shield,
ii) Single Sword
iii) 2 Handed Sword,
iv) 2 Handed Spear, and
v) Open weapon.
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Regalia
i) The Pencampr may display fieldless a
Cadwaladr Dragon
in "Sinister, Gules, Gored, of a Collar Azure" in any medium. Some
suggestions but not limited
to broach, cloak clasp, sleeve, baldric, shield, or hat pin. This is
personal regalia and may or may not be
gifted to their successor as
they decide.
ii) A spear of office is to be commissioned. An
attempt to get a spear pole
from Abertridwr in Wales will be made!
iii) When a Pencampr has been chosen, a "Loyalty Banner" with "Argent,
a
Cadwalader Dragon, Passont to Sinister, Gules, Gored of a Collar Azure"
shall fly on the list field.
Loyalty Banner of
Sir Kane Greymane, Pencampwr 2005
iv) The Pencampwr, on successfully completing his or her year in
office, may place their
loyalty standard (bearing the Anno Societatis year of winning) on one
of the 7 empty
banner poles on the list field, until all 7 have an ex-Pencampr’s
banner flying.
Should a noble win a second or 3rd Pencampr, that year will also be
embrodered or painted on
their loyalty banner standard. Should a 8th noble win a Pencampr then
the oldest will
be removed.
NOTE: Generic loyalty banners will be displayed until 7 ex Pencampr
banners
are up
Removal
from
office
The Pencampr may be removed
from office for just cause by the Seneschal.
SCA Tournament Combatants
PREVIOUS
PENCAMPWR CHAMPIONS
2005: Sir Kane Greymane
2006: Master Healfdene Westfara
2007: Lord Benedict von Greifswald
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Based
on a Viking head from the Oseberg wagon
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The Arobryn is the Cultural Champion
- someone who excells across a
broad range of Arts & Sciences over an entire year.
"Arobryn" is Welsh for "worthy".
The details of the Arobryn
Championship were explored in several meetings and finally settled on
in a meeting on December 5th, 2004. |
Arobryn
A&S Entry Forms
1) The Arobryn will
be scored
according to the following model:
The Arobryn shall be a year long competition
and
It was decided that we would use the system of A&S entries as used
by the Kingdom of Lochac. Each entry would be judged on its own merits
by normal A&S criteria. If an entrant is also a judge, they will
be precluded from judging their own entry.
The Competition shall be run on the weekend of the Pencampwr Camping
Weekend.
2) Competition
Categories
The
entrant's top scoring entries from three different categories will be
added together to establish their total score for the Arobryn
Competition.
There will be no pre-determined or exclusive categories such as we've
had in the past (where just five categories such as Leatherworking,
Metalworking, Cooking, Jewelry and Brewing might have been the only
divisions under which one could enter the Arobryn).
We are more
concerned with the demonstration of different skills and techniques.
So, its up to the entrant to establish which category they are
entering. If they enter three items in the same category which they
feel should all contribute to their score - for example:
Say entrant A makes
a leather half gauntlet, a leather pouch and a leather pair of shoes.
Under the old conditions, these would have been classified as the same
category (Leatherwork).
In this case the Entrant must include in
their documentation a statement descibing how each of their items
require different techniques to make them so there are classified as
three separate entries and three separate scores.
If you have any queries about the category the
A&S minister will make the final decision.
NOTE: You may enter a part of an item for
judging. So a shirt with
embriodery may be entered at two different events. The first time the
participant chooses to enter it as a piece of costuming, the second as
a piece of embriodery. The shirt does not count toward the embriodery
entry and the embriodery does not count towards the costuming entry.
This allows projects that two people have worked on to be entered to
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3)
Competitions throughout the year:
People have expressed a desire to have event
specific A&S competitions as this allows us to praise peoples work.
So with that in mind, if there are at least three
A&S ENTRIES there will be a tassle/prise given.
The entrants may
decide to enter their piece in the event A&S competition or at the
Arobryn Competition at Pencampwr or both.
4) The Rights and
Responsibilities of the Arobryn:
The duties of
the Arobryn are to:
A) Create an A&S piece of lasting cultural
importance for the group.
B) Create a token to be given to the person
who succeeds them.
The privilidges of
the Arobryn are:
A) The Arobryn can change ONE category for the
next years competition (except the "open" category). So if Lord or Lady
'X' wins she will be notified by the A&S minister after the last
Calendar event before the October Feast so that (s)he can say at the
October Feast "I am changing the category of Brewing to Cooking". [Of
course, in this case, you could still enter your beverage in
competition, but for the next year it can only be done so under the
Open Category].
B) Provided it concord with their Excellencies
wishes, to sit on the High table at the Feast in October to celebrate
the Arobryn's achievements.
5) The Regalia of Office
The Arobryn shall have a perpetual token of their achievements which
shall be made by the previous recipient of the Arobryn gan Abertridwr.
It shall be in the form of a Cadwaladr Dragon (like the tourney
banners) in any medium. King
Cadwaladr was the Welsh king traditionally called the "last king of
Britain".
Mistress Evelynne van der Haagan has kindly offered to produce the
first token! Huzzah!
Also there is to be a baldric that the Arobryn may wear. The creation
of this Baldic will be given to the reglaia council so that interested
parties may submit ideas and bid upon its creation.
Other
items
of note:
The Arts and Sciences Minister shall maintain a record of all entries
into the Arobryn.
Based on a
Viking tombstone from St. Paul's Churchyard,
London decorated in the
Ringerike style - which incorporates
both English and Viking elements.
PREVIOUS
AROBRYNS
2005: Master Healfdene Westfara
2006: Master Healfdene Westfara
2007: Lady Katerina of Bastion
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