Good day good gentles!!! 

This is your announcement that the rumours are true! There will indeed be a rapier tournament at Samhain! 

This tournament will be one of skill but with a touch of silliness, of creativity, of jest - it is a tournament of strange and quirky off-hands. Referred to as an “ice cream social” to our neighbors in An Tir, the only difference between a standard fighting tournament and this one is that your offhand will be a defensive… weapon? Object? Item of peculiarity. I will be bringing some off hands with me, but feel free to bring your own to add to the pile. Have a rubber chicken that needs butchering? Perhaps a bad copy of that book that made you wish you couldn’t read? An old piece of garb that is no good for anything but defending you on the field? As long as it passes the rules of inspection, it can be entered.

The off-hands will be collected and competitors will be choosing (or assigned) an offhand from the collection. Details to be sorted out - but you will not be stuck with the same offhand for all of your fights. 

There will be a prize for overall winner, as well as for best/most entertaining/most creative use of the off-hands available. 

Entrants to the tournament may still use a two handed weapon. This is all in good fun and if it would be no fun, then don’t even worry about it. Consider adorning you or your weapon with a pair of googly eyes or a fun little hat if you want to take part in the nature of whacky. 

YIS,

Armiger Geneviève Cadieux

Welcome to the Ferdinand's Monster Samhein Tournament!

This is a modified Bertie-Beetle tournament with a shark pit in the arena. 

You will be competing to build your very own Frankenstein's Ferdinand's monster and the first to complete theirs is the winner!

There are prizes to be won

Here is how it will work:

- You must collect one of each limb throughout your fights. This includes a Head, Body, Left arm, Right arm, left leg, and right leg.

- You may only claim ONE limb per fight. Excess limbs do not count towards your total so if you want that arm, take it and then end the fight with honour either by slaying your opponent or being slain in glorious combat (but be careful not to give your opponent their own "leg" up)

- Injuries are kept between fights

- The shark pit is a reverse bear pit. Loser stays in for three losses then gets to leave. Losses reset limb loss but wins do not. Be careful not to get harvested for those monster parts!

- Tournament ends when we have enough full monsters to slay a dragon (3 or more should probably do it) 

Yours in Service,
~ Lord Melchor De Bazán

As fall sets in and winter approaches we bid farewell to the long warm days and prepare for the cozy warm indoor season.

Well do we have a treat for you.

On Friday evening , that is the 31st, 6:30 PM at Archery World (3420 12st NE) Duke Sir Ellias…that’s me, will be teaching an Archery Master Class. I will be going over form and focus as well as instruction on how to improve your aim and grouping at long ranges. There is no cost for the class but Archery World lane fees apply ($15.00) So come out and kick your archery game up and notch!

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE

On Saturday at the hall our very own Dragonblinder, Sigfuss Thorwulson, will be hosting a Tabletop Siege Engine Competition.

We will have scale models of various siege engines for you to fire off and see who can cause the most mayham. Come try out the traditional a Trebuchet, rolling siege towers, the Da Vinci Catapult and an exact scale model of the “Stirling Warwolf” the largest siege engine ever built.

I will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about siege warfare as well as how you can participate in SCA Siege in war!!

The competition starts at 9:00 AM and runs for 1 hour. It is open to all ages and skills. Marshals will be on hand to assist you with your devastation. Maniacal laughing is not required but is encouraged.

Hope to see you all there.

Yours in Service

Duke Sir Ellias

Have you made something worn (or used) “from the neck up”?

Please consider bringing it to Samhain for our A&S showcase!

These will be anonymous entries, with voting by guest appreciation. There are four categories, with prizes for the most popular item in each category.

Can’t make it to Samhain? If you can get your project to the event (and home safe again) remote entries are welcome!

Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. I’d like to encourage all entrants to “”stage”” their entries (hats on head forms, necklaces on stands, pipes in ashtrays, veil pins in a piece of linen, etc)

Categories include:

- All things shiny – metal projects like wire, pewter, bronze, iron, etc.
- Felted and formed – projects largely made of or supported by felt, sinamay, wet-felted, straw, buckram, etc
- Sewn projects – any projects that you’ve sewn, hemmed, etc
- Additional arts – carved, grown, mixed, research, or any other projects that don’t fit in the categories above

Drífa at lækjamoti
champion-as@montengarde.org

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November 2, 2025

The fun continues on Sunday too - with a number of TUA classes offered by and for Samhain guests. 

Location: TBA on or before October 4

Time: TBA on or before October 4

Classes include: Potatoes, Introduction to the Drop Spindle, and more (TBA on or before October 4) 

Drífa at lækjamoti

champion-as @ montengarde . org 

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The info about From The Neck Up is on the Montengarde Website, but if you need anything else for it let me know. I'll attach an image for you to use IF you want to

I've also included a teachers wanted graphic if you want to use it temporarily on the information about classes on the 2nd