East Kingdom Youth Combat

The SCA’s Board of Directors approved a revised version of the Youth Combat handbook at their quarterly meeting this weekend, and it’s now available online. While I encourage all marshals to occasionally review the rules from start to finish, this update helpfully...

The substantive portion of my quarterly report to the Society Youth Combat Marshal is attached below.— Mathghamhain, East Kingdom Youth Earl Marshal With the arrival of warm weather, youth combat got back into swing this quarter, with five events held in the...

Did you know you can recommend youth fighters for the Order of Gawain? Cast your eyes over the youth at events and practices and look for those distinguishing themselves with acts of valor, honor, chivalry, courtesy, or leadership — then fill out...

At their coronation on April 6, their Majesties Tindal and Emerson made changes to Eastern Law regarding kingdom youth championships, which took effect following their publication in the Pikestaff last week. The precise wording is available online, but I wanted to summarize...

You are invited to join Mistress Eikaterine at 7PM on Thursday for an online workshop on building and repairing youth combat weapons via this video conference link: https://meet.google.com/xru-gzfn-ccq This is a great opportunity for all marshals-in-training, as well as full marshals who would...

Youth fighters of the East, take up your arms! With the season now upon us in earnest, there’s an exciting lineup of events where you can take to the list field and test your mettle. Visit the East Kingdom event calendar for...

Following on the announcement from a couple of weeks ago, I have another new appointment to share: Janette Colquhoun has agreed to serve our program as the Southern Region Deputy. As I said to her at Mudthaw, she was already putting in...

Attached is a lightly-edited version of my quarterly report to the Society Youth Combat Marshal. — Mathghamhain, East Kingdom Youth Earl Marshal As always, cold weather means that winter has been a quiet time for youth combat in the East, with only...

As we begin to gear up for the spring season, I’ve asked a couple of folks to take on new roles in the kingdom’s youth-combat leadership team. Carrick MacSeáin will be stepping into the First Deputy position and will continue to assist...

Dear Youth Marshals of the East, I’ve been the Youth Combat DEM for about three and a half years, and the time has come to find a successor to take over some time later this year.  Serving in this position has been...