9am-late Saturday 17th May 2025 & 9am-5pm Sunday 18th May 2025
Ambury Park Centre, 66 Wellesley Road,
Mangere Bridge, Auckland 2022
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NEW CLOSING DATE: EXTENDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 11.59pm Friday 10th May 2025
Martial related Arts & Sciences Classes will be running throughout the event. Currently on offer:
Patterning gambesons;
Create a simple arming cap/coif;
The ins and outs of running Lists at tourney fields;
Non-fighters can be marshals too!
Facilities:
Indoor horse arena with grandstand and attached building with kitchen, dining room and ablutions including a shower. Outside arena for archery and combat practice. Outdoor seating and car parking available.
A two day event where you will be trained in your choice of SCA Armoured Combat with Sir Eva von Danzig, The Art of Defence (SCA Rapier) with Maestro ibn Jelal,
Combat Archery with Mistress Angele Marie de Savigny and Target Archery with Lady Trudy of Cluain fame.
Your illustrious tutors will travel across the known sea from Terra Rosa, and trek north from Darton and Cluain, where they will impart their secret knowledge. So that you too might be a force to be reckoned with, when next upon the tourney/archery/war field.
Accommodation:
Campervans are allowed to stay overnight on Saturday for a $20 fee and a key will be available for accessing toilets.
Otherwise, attendees are required to make their own accommodation arrangements. There are local campsites, B&B’s, Motels, etc, nearby.
**We have confirmed a class by the most excellent seamstress Christine Bess Duvant, teaching a coif class. Coifs are an excellent way to keep the sweat from your eyes under your helmet while fighting.
For $10 (covers materials) you are most welcome to learn to make your own under her instruction
Alternatively, for $40 she will make you a Coif to order in fine linen by the end of the weekend
Lady Rose le Taillor is completing a class on Gambesons, and Lord Dauid de Cochrane is teaching an informative class about running lists effectively.
There will be a Village-style dinner at the end of Saturday’s training, and all are welcome to stay on after the meal and join in some camaraderie and conversation with like-minded friends.
Please note: Those whom will be bringing bows, we ask that any over 30lb bows be discussed with the stewards prior, as there is a limited space archery range.
No glass is to be taken into the arenas, please, at the request of the venue.
The Quandries of Listkeeping, and How to Solve Them. Ildhafn Martial Academy, May 17 A.S. LX (2025) by Ld Dauid de Cochrane, Hamlet of Hinterland Downs (Southron Gaard) As Stewards and Marshals, it is often easy to overlook the matter of Listkeeping for tournaments. Someone volunteers and they just… do it. However, Listkeeping can be a very technical matter, and can be crucial to the running of an event with a tight schedule (“I’m sorry good gentles, dinner will be delayed due to the tourney running over time…”). It is also far too easy to mess it up if you’re not careful. In this class we will focus on the details of draw construction, how to estimate the time your tourney will take before it starts, and what actually happens during all that time between rounds when everyone is staring at the Lists Table and wondering: “What on earth are they doing over there?”. Bring a writing instrument and scratch paper for taking notes, and yes: there will (hopefully) be at least one exercise in constructing a tourney draw for participants.
Would you like to run a martial related A&S class? Have further enquiries?
Contact: IMA@ildhafn.lochac.sca.org
Proposed Event Timetable
Saturday
09:00 Doors open – Sign in – Armour inspection
Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate available
09:45 Opening address and housekeeping/safety notices
10:00 Class 1 commences in each of the three disciplines and A&S classes / Lunch prep
12:00 Lunch
12:15 Coifs (Eating during the class is permitted)
13:00 Class 2 commences in each of the three disciplines and A&S classes
15:00 Afternoon refreshment break
15:30 Sparring practice “pick-ups” / Meal prep, also Gambeson class in classroom
18:00 Dinner set up / Clean up time
18:30 Dinner
After dinner all are welcome to relax and converse as long as they wish,
Sunday
09:00 Doors open – Sign in – Armour inspection
Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate available
09:45 Opening address and housekeeping/safety notices
10:00 Class 3 commences in each of the three disciplines and A&S Classes / Lunch prep
12:00 Lunch
12:15 Lists class (Eating is permitted during the class)
13:00 Class 4 commences in each of the three disciplines and A&S Classes
15:00 Closing address/afternoon refreshments
15:30 Sparring practice “pick-ups” / Clean-up site
17:00 Leave site
Event Fees
If you are 18 years or over and not a member of the SCA, add $2 to your event fee.
If you are staying overnight in a campervan – the driver adds $20 to their event fee.
First time attending/viewing? – Up to 2 hours free
| Adult (18+) (SCA Member) | (16-17 years) | Child (5-15 years) | Pre-schooler(0-4 years) | |
| Full Event | $100 | $100 | $55 | Free |
| Full Event (Self catered) | $70 | $70 | $35 | Free |
| Sat Lunch & Dinner | $60 | $60 | $35 | Free |
| Sat OR Sun with Lunch OR Dinner | $50 | $50 | $30 | Free |
| Day only (Self catered) | $40 | $40 | $20 | Free |
Classes are currently subject to teacher confirmation and sufficient bookings.
You are welcome to wear a mask.
Please do not attend if you develop cold or flu-like symptoms or a contagious illness.