Articles about the SCA

Link: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/mar/10/cover/

The King and Queen of San Diego
By Matthew Lickona | Published Wednesday, March 10, 2010

November 21, 2009 — A gold-rimmed sea serpent undulates around a trident along the end of the narrow blue flag as it ripples in the morning breeze that blows across the gopher-pocked green of Lakeside’s El Monte Park, which spreads out below the brown face of El Cajon Mountain. And if that sentence sounds high-flown, well, there’s a reason why. The flag is only one of maybe a hundred ringing the field that will see today’s combat — armored, unarmored, and rapier — and the serpent is only one of four symbols on that flag, but it is the symbol of the Barony of Calafia. The barony covers San Diego and Imperial Counties, and today is its anniversary tournament. It’s an event grand enough to command the presence of King Patrick O’Malley and Queen Kara the Twin of Kelton, the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of Caid, the sixth kingdom in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a region that encompasses southern California, southern Nevada, and Hawaii. (Yes, it helps that their majesties are locals, but still.)

King Patrick won the crown in August of ’09 at the Caid Crown Tourney in Fresno (you can see the deciding blow, uploaded via iPhone, on YouTube), after a three-way final with Sir Valrik and Sir Ragnar. Watch along with me, won’t you?

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Link: http://www.vnews.com/09202009/6019815.htm

Published 9/20/09

James Tazelaar of Brookfield, Vt., right, takes part in a long-distance shooting competition yesterday as Brian Campbell of Wilder looks on at the Lost Tip Archers gathering in Randolph yesterday. (Valley News — Catalin Abagiu)

Archers Aim in Randolph
Re-enactors Fascinated By Days of Kings, Castles
By Katie Beth Ryan
Valley News Staff Writer

Randolph -- Goodrich Castle on The Feast Day of St. Morgan -- translation: Bob Goodrich's Randolph home -- was the setting yesterday for the sixth annual Lost Tip Archers Gathering for the members of the PantherVale branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

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