Medieval Combat
&
Re-enactment in Western Australia
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Greetings and well met my friends. Here you will find many of the things that are a part of medieval from past eras in history. There are pictures of the various arms and armour worn by the warriors of their times along with some patterns for making various armour and weapons.
Please note that pages with a ** after them are still under construction
Check out the 'What's New?' section below for updates on the various things on this site.
You can also find out what has been happening around town and around the state of WA for activities and events being held by the groups by checking out 'What's Happening?'.
Combat standards & Equipment covers the different areas of equipment used in medieval combat, you will find weapons, armour and other combat related items on this page. You will also find the different standards required by the Medieval groups such as the SCA and COTS.
The Picture Gallery is where you will find many photos of the various Tournaments, fights and feasts held by the SCA, COTS and The Grey Company.
The Costumes section is where you will find a number of patterns for equipment ranging from armour designs and feasting gear to clothing designs and even boot designs! A great area to find the sort of patterns you are looking for when making up a costume or even if you are wanting to brew your own beer for drinking!
Tools of the trade is where you will find pictures of the various workshops of members in W.A. and the tools that they use to produce armour and weapons.
In Medieval Events you will find out the latest information on training events, Tournaments, camps and other activities held during the year by the groups.
And on the Links page you can browse through the many links to useful web sites that have more information on the various subjects that I have covered on this site. You can also check out the sites of the groups based here in Western Australia, in other states in Australia and overseas.
There is also a page dedicated to offline businesses and groups if you want to find places to purchase equipment to use or for producing Medieval items.
You can also view and sign my guestbook below
Tuesday 12th November 2002
Lots has been happening lately, change-over of the Baron and Baroness of the SCA group here in WA (Aneala), Past-times festival held by Grey Company and lots of tourneys and feasts over the last few months.
Monday 20th May 2002
So much has happened that I haven't even had time to update the website!! The Autumn war went off extremely well with nearly 30 archers and about 6 fighters on the field! It was a glorious weekend for all who attended and I look forward to future wars and tourneys.
There are many events being scheduled for the coming months, so head on over to the events section to read about them.
Friday 8th February 2002
This year is roaring ahead with activities, all the groups have various activities organised up till April and with more in the pipelines. The SCA has the Knights School in March, along with feasts and a "WAR" in April. The Grey Company have their birthday coming up soon and lots of other events and shows coming up.
The SCA Oriental fest went quite well and lots of people attended, it was a great night and there were people with lots of oriental dresses and garb that looked superb!!
From what I heard, the Grey Co adventurer's feast went quite well with a new party of fearless adventurers being chosen from the ranks for this years adventures, may they be prosperous and victorious over their enemies!
Tuesday 2nd January 2002
This year looks to be a promising year ahead for all the medieval groups in Western Australia. I know that there will be plenty of events coming up for people to come along to and the recommencement of armouring and training once the summer season passes.
Tuesday 14th August 2001
The Midwinter Feasts for both SCA and Grey Co were both excellent and for those who missed out on going, make sure you get in early next year!.
Monday 11th June 2001
Since I last updated the web site much has happened. There has been a new SCA college start up at The University of Western Australia and they had a feast which was quite a success. Also, we have had some great combat archery games up at a farm near Gidgegannup and these were quite enjoyable. I have photos from these events and they will be put in the Gallery section in the near future.
In COTS we had a feast held at the Moon & Sixpence in Perth which was a great success and I won an award for participation above and beyond the call of duty. We also had a medieval birthday party display to go to on Saturday night (9th June) and that was a fantastic event, with the crowd joining in and lots of fun had by all.
Tuesday 3rd April 2001
Sorry for not updating the web site over the last few weeks, with a busy job and lifestyle I have not had much time nor the inclination to be updating this site. You could say that with a job involving working with computers and fixing problems etc you'd be stuffed if you'd be bothered to use the computer when you get home!!!
Anyway, there has been heaps happening since I last updated the site. We had a royal visit on the 17th and 18th of March which was a huge success with a fighter auction held on behalf of the Baroness and a fabulous feast with much rejoicing and entertainment to be had.
I would like to take this opportunity in congratulating my friend Tony aka 'Joachim' for his authorisation as a heavy fighter on the day! Well done Tony!
On Saturday the 17th March, I was
also involved in meeting up with 'The Hall of Heroes and Heroines', a role
playing club which meets every Sunday in Perth. They were quite impressed
with my armour and equipment and I thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon relaxing
and playing cricket!
There was also a combat archery war
held with members of the Grey Company and SCA participating on March 31st up
at a farm in Gidgegannup. This day was a great success and I look forward to
more such days in the future!
And last but not least, there was a
Baronial fighter bash at Lake Monger Primary School on Sunday 1st April in
place of the April Fool's Tourney (due to site being unavailable). This day
was also quite enjoyable and I would like to congratulate my friend Dave aka
'Conan' for winning this tournament unexpectedly. Conan performed
brilliantly in combat with some stunning blows which even surprised himself!
Well done Dave!
Also, before I go, I would like to wish Peter D'Gaunt a safe and enjoyable trip over to the UK to meet up with family he hasn't seen in nearly 40 years!
Sunday 18th February 2001
Yesterday at D'Gaunts place we had a party to welcome over his long lost brother who he hadn't seen in over 35 years! It was a wonderful occasion with a buffet BBQ and lots to drink and be merry. Everyone including myself had a wonderful time and I wish D'Gaunt all the best when he goes to England to meet with his newly found relatives.
Sunday 11th February 2001
Yesterday, COTS had a wedding performance at the old Barnyard Restaurant on the Old Mandurah Road in Baldivis. 11 members including myself, turned up and got dressed in various bits of armour and costumes and put on some awesome displays for the weddings. Most of the fighters wore chain mail and there were quite a few good fights with humourous kills! All up it was a great evening and everyone had heaps of fun!
Also, I would like to mention that the Labour Party swept into power by winning a mammoth 11 seats from the opposition. I wish the Labour Party all the best and I hope that they do a bloody good job over the next 4 years - not like those damn Liberal blokes!
Saturday 3rd February 2001
On Saturday the 20th January the SCA held their annual Midsummer feast at Point Reserve in Bassendean. It was an excellent night for all who came along with music and poetry competitions being held and some awards for duty in furthering the Barony and Kingdom being presented along with an award for the best Poetry on the night. I'll get some photos up in the future when and if I can get some.
The Chivalric Shooting competition was held on Sunday the 28th of January and it was quite an enjoyable occasion. Many people, including myself, took part in this Archery tournament and it was quite relaxing as well as entertaining to watch people show their skills in archery or lack thereof!
At the end of the day the final tally was 1st place with Jean Pierre de Sabre on 148 points and Baron Nathan coming in a close 2nd place with 147 points! Well done to all who took part in the Archery competition!
Tuesday 19th December 2000
I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and happy New Year. I will be quite busy over the next few weeks with the festive season so don't worry if this site is not updated until early January.
When I next do an update, I will have some great photos and information and some new links to some excellent web sites!
Monday 11th December 2000
On the weekend just gone, 9th & 10th December, the SCA had a special royal visit from the eastern states of the principality of Lochac (otherwise known as Australia). This was an auspicious occasion as we also had one of our lords knighted!
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The Prince, the newly knighted Sir Randall and the Baron & Baroness.
The Knights with their newest member.
There were tournaments of archery, light and heavy combat on both days and feasting on the Saturday night! All round it was a marvellous event and everyone had heaps of fun - there was even a breathtaking fire breathing and twirling display put on by two of the members!!
There were also a number of awards given out for services to the barony and to the principality by the royalty and I hope to have some photos that I took of the event up in the gallery as soon as possible.
Monday 4th December 2000
Today COTS had their wedding display and combat on at the Tranquillity Wedding Gardens in Wanneroo. The show was excellent with about six members coming along - everyone had a great time and the wedding guests were immensely enjoying it! We had a small display with about ten minutes of impromptu acting and then we had some freestyle fighting which entertained the crowd, with some of them even joining in with their own antics!
Overall it was a great show, although it was quite hot! The bride and groom had a great wedding and we were proud to put on a display for their guests. I would like to take this opportunity to wish the newlywed couple a long-lasting and happy marriage :-)
Saturday 2nd December 2000
Overall the afternoon at the Fair was a resounding success and it proved to be quite popular with the younger generation of watchers. I look forward to seeing many more such display from the awesome 'Circle of the Sword' group!
Tuesday 12th November 2002
Carried out updates to the 'What's Happening?', 'Links' and the 'Events' sections.
Monday 20th May 2002
Today I have updated the 'What's Happening?' section and the Events section for the upcoming events in June, July and August.
Tuesday 26th February 2002
I updated the About section to include new pictures of me in my scottish and knightly costumes.
Friday 8th February 2002
Today I updated the Events section and boy, there are lots of things happening this year!!
Monday 7th January 2002
Today I received my monthly copy of the SCA newsletter 'The Vine' and I have proceeded to update the Events section for the upcoming events in January, February and March for all the groups in W.A.
Tuesday 2nd January 2002
I updated the 'What's Happening?' section and I would also like to wish all my visitors to this web site a very happy and prosperous new year and that they have a wonderful year ahead in 2002. Throughout the year I will be adding to this web site as time and resources permit and I look forward to adding to the already excellent contents on this web site.
Tuesday 2nd October 2001
Updates to the Events section for upcoming events through to January 2002.
Saturday 18th August 2001
I have updated the Events section with new events happening and the Production section with a page on how to make combat shields.
Tuesday 14th August 2001
Many great and wonderful things have happened. I have joined up with the Grey Company and will be adding information for them on this site in the future. I have also updated the Events section for new things happening in the future.
Sunday 17th June 2001
I have updated the Gallery and events sections to separate the groups into individual pages - this is so that people can view each group separately as well as minimising the amount of data to download in one go.
I also joined up with the Grey Company and I will be putting up some information in near future as I get it.
Monday 11th June 2001
Today I updated the 'What's Happening?', events and Armour and Weapon Production sections with new or extra information.
Sunday 10th June 2001
I have updated the about section with a new photo of me in combat archery gear at Gidgegannup. Also, a new page in the production section is now up on how to make chain mail armour. It is short but should be a good starting point for those wanting to learn about or how to make chain mail.
Tuesday 3rd April 2001
Finally, after a long break in which I was quite busy I have updated the links page to fix a broken link, 'What's Happening?' to tell you all what has been happening lately and the events and calendar pages in the events section.
Sunday 18th February 2001
Today the 'What's Happening?' section was updated to include the party last night at D'Gaunts place to celebrate the arrival of his long lost brother from England.
Sunday 11th February 2001
Today I updated the 'What's Happening?' section to mention the success of the latest COTS event held yesterday in Baldivis. I have also put in a paragraph about the Labour Party winning power and that I hope they do a better job than the last lot!
Saturday 3rd February 2001
Sorry for the long delay in updating the web site folks. I have just got a new job working at the 'University of Western Australia' in Nedlands and I have been busy getting things sorted out with my working life.
I have updated the 'What's Happening?' section to let everyone know about the Midsummer feast and the IKAC (Inter Kingdom Archery Competition) which were held in January and February. I have also updated the events section for events coming up with COTS and SCA. See you all in the future :-)
Saturday 20th January 2001
Last weekend I had this website advertised in the COTS newsletter and I look forward to people visiting this great site and giving me feedback and information.
Monday 8th January 2001
Updated the SCA Combat archery and Target archery pages and they can viewed by clicking here.
Thursday 4th January 2001
The first update for the year - I hope that this year goes well for everyone as well as myself! I have updated the Events section as I just received the WA SCA newsletter 'The Vines' so go check out what is coming up here in WA for events!
Monday 1st January 2001
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well! I had an awesome New Year and I am still recovering from it now! (so much for hangover cures!!! LOL) I had to do a major update to the site with the html coding as I went on the net on Saturday and found the site had changed a tiny bit. After a couple of hours searching for the coding to fix these glitches (not mine but my web site host's) I hopefully have everything back to normal. If you find that something is not working or there is a problem with the way it works, email me and I'll fix it ASAP.
I have added a new section for brewing your own beer under the Costume production section. This page explains the tools and procedure for brewing your own home beer for drinking at feasts or at home!
I also updated the offline page under the links section for fabric, leather, hardware and second-hand stores so that you can see where to get most tools or gear for making medieval items.
Tuesday 19th December 2000
I have updated the 'What's Happening?' section and I have added the feasting gear section under the costume section. See you in the new year!
Monday 11th December 2000
There have been updates to the 'What's Happening?' section for the SCA royal visit on the weekend along with minor updates on the combat equipment section with the Armour Clothing, Shield and Armour pages now up, and the Members and Combat pages under the Photo Gallery section.
Monday 4th December 2000
Updated the events pages and the 'What's Happening?' section for the COTS wedding show held on the Sunday afternoon.
Saturday 2nd December 2000
Today I added a new section to the main page titled 'What's Happening?'. This section will provide an up-to-date review of the events being held by the groups in WA and will provide visitors with a brief overview of the activities put on by these Medieval Groups.
I have also started on the production pages with the Arms & Armour and Clothing and Leather pages up, I will be adding instructions to these pages in the future.
Thursday 23rd November 2000
Today I update the events pages for upcoming event with the SCA and COTS. Be sure to check them out so you can see what is coming up!
Wednesday 22nd November 2000
I have added the 'Rules of the Lists' to the SCA combat pages under the authorization section. This page is well worth a look if you want to authorize for combat in the SCA
Friday 10th November 2000
I finally got my car back yesterday - at long last! We had to jump up and down to get things taken care of but the car was finally working well when I drive it home yesterday afternoon.
Check the events pages for an update on upcoming events for SCA and COTS.
Wednesday 25th October 2000
Due to circumstances beyond my control my car engine decided to stuff up on the 14th October - hence a new engine and a very stressful couple of weeks! As a result I haven't been much in the mood for working on the site - but rest assured, once my car is fixed and I am back on the road I will continue updating this site.
I have made some small changes as I received feedback on various broken or non-functioning links - hopefully they are working properly now.
Friday 13th October 2000
Today I have update the local New Zealand links and I have added information on the COTS and SCA medieval groups in combat equipment.
I also added some links for Armourer's, Costumer's and offline shops links. Check them out!
Wednesday 11th October 2000
Today I finished the local links pages except for the New Zealand page. I am currently gathering up-to-date links for the overseas links and other sections of the site.
Monday 9th October 2000
I have made some minor changes to the photo gallery area due to minor problems with graphics.
Now the guestbook is up and running courtesy of Bravenet internet services
Saturday 7th October 2000
Today I finished the weapons pages in the combat equipment pages and have uploaded them on to the site.
Tuesday 3rd October 2000
I have updated the events page to reflect the upcoming 'Ball D'Aneala' in November.
Also, I fixed up various links to the combat equipment pages and now that is working.
I am now working on the various links pages and I should have them up soon.
Saturday 30th September 2000
Today I have updated the combat section under weapons so check out the swords page for a brief description and nice pictures :-)
I have also updated the Video Clip section as I have got some nice combat video clips from an SCA member. Well worth looking at!
Updated the Events & Calendar pages to reflect the updates and new events!
Thursday 14th September 2000
I have updated the Medieval Events Alphabetical & Calendar pages so that it is now accessible for information on some of the events. Further events and information will become available as I update the pages.
Friday 1st September 2000
Welcome to the newly created site! I look forward to providing information on many subjects about the Medieval groups here in WA and their activities.