Re: Crown Tourney

["Thorpe, John" <JThorpe@greenville.ClemsonSC.ATTGIS.COM>]

Greetings from Ellwood!

Scripsit Lord Leifr in response to Lady Rhiannon Ui Niall:

%Thank you for your excellent contribution to the Crown list.  Though I
%wonder how it was possible for Lord Osric Logan to lose nine fights in
%a double elimination tourney?  What ammazes me more is that, if I'm not
%wrong, all five of these contestants come from the same Barony (Sacred
%Stone, I believe) and further, all from the same canton (Guardians).
%Could it be possible that one southern Barony provided five unbelts for
%Crown, while all the north from Stierbach up provided a total of three
%fighters (Earl Dafydd, Lord Xenaphon, and myself)?  There is a definite
%imbalance of effort indicated here.

The Five:
%> Lord Bralluc (Bralos) Blackheart - Lady Gwynwulf - W0/L2
%> Lord Osric Logan - Lady Arielle of Shadowoulfe - W7/L9
%> Lord Connor of Tipperary - Lady Rhiannon Ui Niall - W2/L2 (?)
%> Lord Brandon of Tipperary - Lady Diana - W1/L2 (?)
%> Lord Keigan Matthis Broussard - Lady Orianna

A slight correction, if I may:  Lds Brandon and Connor are from the Barony
of Nottinghill Coill.  However, I would need to see the list again to make
sure whether your assessment of how many unbelted fighters were from
one Barony and canton--Johnathan Blackbow is from Sacred Stone the
last I heard.  So there were at least 4 from one barony--a definite
imbalance, as you say.

%> I *believe* the wins/losses for Connor and Brandon are correct,
%> but I am basing those on Logan's info and what round he says he
%> fought Connor.  I apologize for not remembering more.  You and I
%> were similarly distracted it seems.

%There were certainly a number of distractions at Crown.

Such as (aside from Curia)?  Some of us didn't make it, remember?

Ellwood