Heavy Fighting Contests:
  Madrone Championship                 Saturday Morning
  Human Chess                   Saturday Afternoon
 

 

 

 The Baronesses of the Branches choose a commander.  Same number of fighters on each side, with equivalent arms.  They take turns moving fighters on a board.  After each move, there is a timed “lay on” interval.  Fighters on the board can fight anyone they can reach.  Dead fighters must leave the board.
  Pas des Armes                Saturday Afternoon
  Prizes could be awarded for:  Best Intro, Best Death, Most Chivalric, Crowd Favorite
  Small Group Combat Saturday Evening
  Three persons representing different Baronies, with no more than one knight, and not all one household.  Prize:  Beer and chocolate chip cookies
  All-You-Can-Eat Rattan Buffet

Sunday Morning
  Prizes could be awarded for:  Best Intro, Best Death, Most Chivalric, Crowd Favorite
 
  Rapier Fighting Contests:
  Madrone Championship Saturday Morning
  Pas de Armes / Challenge Tourney              Saturday Afternoon
  Prizes could be awarded for:  Best Intro, Best Death, Most Chivalric, Crowd Favorite  
  St. Bunstable Protector          Saturday Evening
  Zombies vs. Villagers           Sunday Morning
 
  Archery Contests:
  Royal Round
  Royal Wand
  Novelty:  Belt shoot  (Horizontal wand)
  Novelty:  Mounted shoot  (sitting on bails and shooting backwards)
  Novelty:  Animal shoot
 
  Non-Martial Contests:
  Poetry Contest                                          Saturday Evening Court
    Best Original Ode to a Landed Baroness — to be presented orally to said Baroness, before her Baron and Cousins, with a calligraphed scroll for viewing.  
  Heraldry Games          Sunday Morning
  “Laurel Says” —  the description makes this a little like Heraldic Charades
  Scribal Contest     Sunday Morning
  Best use of Gold on a Scroll or Kingdom Charter — looking for best use of gold  (real or imitation) on a scroll or kingdom charter.  It must be the entrant’s own work and completed within the last year.  Mistress Tamlyn will have Kingdom Charters and painting materials available at the event.  (Work materials available Saturday and Sunday, final entries presented Sunday before court)
  Subtlety Contest             Saturday Afternoon
   A Subtlety is an edible decorative presentation.  All parts must be edible and food-safe.  This could be anything from a cake shaped like a shield, to a roast bird arranged to look like it is still alive.  Consideration will be given to general appearance and effect;  period or SCA-appropriate theme;  fitting into the theme of the Field of the Cloth of Gold;  historical documentation for the base recipes used to construct the Subtlety;  and actual flavor.  All entries should be made and stored using safe food-handling practices, which will have to be described to the judges before they taste.  Entries may be made off-site or on-site.  Please consider how your entry will survive the weather.  To be judged by members of the Madrone Culinary Guild.

 

 
  Helmet Crest Contest

Saturday Afternoon
  (Crest on Equestrian or other helm) to be judged on beauty and artistry — judges are the Baronesses and the ladies of the court  
  Pato

Saturday Evening
  A team Equestrian game with rules at madrone.equestrianguild.org  
  Iron Needle Competition               Saturday Afternoon
 

Each Barony will sponsor a team.  The Team may split to work on separate projects, but they must split the team's supplied materials if they do so.  They must create an item of garb that will be modeled by someone for the presentation at court.  Teams will be judged on:  Practical wearability, historical plausibility, workmanship, crowd appeal and, in a separate contest, documentation written onsite.

Teams may not bring anything but scissors from offsite.  They can purchase up to $10 of supplies per team from merchants onsite.  The competition will run from just after morning court to the presentation of the garb at evening court.  The evening court attendees will "vote" for their favorite  (see "crowd appeal").
  Round Robin Bardic Competition              Saturday Evening, After Dark
  Competitors should bring 6 pieces to present — Heilyn to organize  
 
 

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