From The Page (May, 1972):
MIDSUMMER CROWN TOURNEY
The Midsummer Crown Tourney will be held at Coyote Creek Park in San Jose.*
DIRECTIONS: (omitted)
* See announcement on this subject from the Council of Seneschals.
SCHEDULE:
10:00 Qualifications
11:00 Grand March
12:00 Offerings from the Council of Arts
12:30 Challenge Lists
1:00 Close Challenge and Crown Lists
2:00 Crown Lists (the Crown Competition will begin on time)
6:00? End of Lists
7:00? Departure
AND AGAIN FRM THE COUNCIL OF SENESCHALS:
Inhabitants of the Northern portions of this Kingdom may be getting a trifle weary of all the crown tourneys being in Coyote Creek Park. Since, however, Coyote Creek is about the only place we can get, it behooves such persons to try and find us some new tourney sites in northerly locations. His Grace of Havn is still in the process of trying to get us a site in Marin. Any other possibilities?
From the History (by Wilhelm):
Held in Coyote Creek Park, San Jose, California. James and Verena reigned. Crown Lists were held. Count Paul of Bellatrix won, defeating Sir Steven MacEanruig. Countess Carol of Bellatrix was his lady. Andrew of Riga gave the MGC to Sir Steven MacEanruig. Sterling Beast Tamer won the Order of the Wooden Spoon for Haggis.
Annotations:
“That one I remember. I was finally starting to get good again.
Of course, in the following crown lists I was killed in the
first round, but what the hey. I was wearing Jon the Lean's helmet
for some reason (possibly mine was temporarily broken). Due to
the tighter fit, I came out of it with two small (now invisible)
scars, both from Paul, just above my left eyebrow. The first one
from a challenge, the second from the finals, the metal edge of
the eyeslit having been driven into my forehead from a snap.
“For the record, I never had any
expectation of being able to beat Paul at that time and was rather
surprised to find myself in the finals anyway. Probably just as
well that I didn't win, since I didn't have a lady I was fighting
for at the time. I have no clue what I would have done about that
if I had won.” – Steven MacEanruig
Description of this event,
© Copyright 1980 by William R. Keyes (Wilhelm von Schlüssel)
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