COMPETITION RULES

Practice to be held at the Tales in the Tavern on Saturday afternoon from 5pm.
Finals to be held after Saturday nights dinner. To be judged by public acclaim.

Wrestling

late night entertainment.

If anyone is interested in competing seriously, please contact the committee and we will attempt to organise it.

Hnefatafl, Kubb and Knattleikr

Will be round robin tournaments - time and place to be agreed by serious contenders.

The Knattleikr rules that were used are here.

Entrants will need to supply roughly 500mls for judging, and it is preferred that the brew be supplied in its original bottle (as opposed to jugs, barrels etc). Entries should be submitted to the marquee on Saturday before 2pm.
Categories:
beer and ale, mead, cider, and wine

Entries will be judged on:

Taste
Consistency
Colour
Authenticity - (please supply your documentation and recipe)

War craft and Hand craft Competitions

To be submitted to Cherilyn in the marquee after lunch on Saturday at the latest. Judging will commence after all the entries are logged and recorded.

Entries will be on view during the market - Saturday between 2:00pm – 3:30pm in the marquee and judging will commence at 2pm.

Competition categories

Arms
swords, knives etc.
Armour
body armour, helms, shields etc.
Domestic items
household, tableware, kitchen items
Jewellery
bracelets, brooches, pendants etc.
Accessories
belts and fittings, pouches, shoes etc.
Clothing
hand sewn; machine sewn, hand finished
Hand crafts
tablet weaving, spinning, weaving, naalbinding etc.

Juding Guidelines for the above categories

Judging to be carried out by a group of judges - ideally people who are displaying similar items in the fashion parade
The system to be a point demotion system - each entry taking part starts with 400 points and has points demoted for areas found to be incorrect or lacking.
Judging also to be divided up into sections - Documentation and sources; construction methods; materials used; overall appearance & presentation with each of these sections being worth 100 points out of the 400 points total.
Where an entrant doesn't enter a section (e.g. documentation) they forfeit that section's allotted 100 points.
Judging sheets to be given to the entrant at the end of judging to help them improve for the future.
Where there is only one individual item entered in a Class/category the item is to be remain in the same class, but two similar categories will be merged and judged jointly.

Judging criteria for the Sections: out of the total available 400 points with each of these sections being allotted 100 points.

Documentation and sources
Aim - to see if the item being reproduced has been accurately researched. Use of primary source materials e.g. manuscript illuminations, photos of original pieces etc.

Construction methods
Aim - to see how the item being reproduced has been done so. Use of appropriate techniques for the period in which the item was made originally e.g. forging not angle grinding.

Materials used
Aim - to ensure the materials used in the reproduction are as close as possible to those used in the original. Use of correct materials e.g. silk thread rather than polyester.

Overall appearance & presentation
Aim - that the overall appearance of the item be as close as possible to the original piece.

Living History Encampment Judging Information and Criteria

Groups or individuals wishing to participate should register at the Perky on Friday. Judging will commence Saturday after a meeting with Cherilyn.

Judging criteria

Judging to be carried out by a group of judges - one from every group taking part in the encampment competition as this will minimise personal conflicts
(Option: they might be split up and to only judge certain sections at certain times i.e. Cooking / Kitchen area at mealtimes)
The system to be a point demotion system - each encampment taking part starts with 500 points and has points demoted for items found not to be right.
Judging also to be divided up into sections - Inside of Tents, Outside of Tents, Cooking/Kitchen area, Outside Living area, Overall Encampment appearance & presentation with each of these sections being worth 100 points out of the 500 points total.
Where a group doesn't enter a section they forfeits that section's allotted 100 points.
Option : Groups - might want to have a nominated Closed Tent which will not be judged - except for the outside look of it - in which modern items which can be put in and kept.
Judging sheets to be given to the groups at the end of judging to help them improve for future encampment judging

Judging criteria for the Sections: out of the total available 500 points with each of these sections being allotted 100 points.

Inside of Tents

The aim is that the following items be consistent for time period being re-enacted, and that there be no obvious modern items visible or visibly used in the construction of the items used and displayed

Flooring
- note there might want to be allowances for an alternative to straw and hay with canvas or hessian for health reasons like asthma, hay fever etc.
Bed and Bedding
- note there might want to be allowances for an alternative to sleeping on straw and hay or the ground with beds made in the styles of the time. Or with camp stretchers that are suitably disguised with suitable coverings for health reasons like asthma, hay fever, back problems etc
Inside furniture/domestic items
Documentation
Overall presentation of the inside of the tent.

Outside of Tents

Style of tent
Tent construction
Tent pegs
Tent eyelet's
Tent ropes
Documentation
Overall presentation of the outside of the tent

Cooking/Kitchen area

Pots/cauldrons used for cooking
Fire stands/tripods etc.
Cooking utensils
Domestic furniture
Documentation
Overall presentation of the Cooking/Kitchen area

Outside Living area

Domestic furniture

Eating/Drinking/Domestic Utensils
Shade Awning/bath/toilet areas
Documentation
Overall presentation of the Outside Living areas

Overall Encampment appearance & presentation

Campsite Activities
Campsite Layout
Documentation
Overall presentation of the Encampment

Prepared by Wayne Robinson,
Gasmules Society (Formerly The Australasian Mediaeval Conference Association Incorporated)
Last Updated 4 April 2005

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