Yule Toy Tourney VII
(2012-12-07 - 2012-12-09 - Site opens at 5:00 PM & Closes at 11:00)
Nottinghill Coill

The time for celebrating the Yule season grows near and the Barony of Nottinghill Coill wishes to invite everyone to celebrate in this joyous occasion at this year’s Yule Toy Tourney. We are proud to be sponsoring Country Santa again this year by gathering toys for the children and families of our Barony. The toys will be given out to children by the Country Santa organization to help make the Yule season bright for everyone! Check out countrysanta.org for more information about this worthy cause! This year the Yule Toy Tourney will be a celebrated as a German holiday. The A&S, martial activities and the feast will all be held with this in mind. The feast will be cooked by Lady Milicent Shiveley (hagatha819[AT]AOL.com) and promises to be a high point of the event! There is only room for 90 gentles to eat feast, so be sure to get your reservations in early! For our overnight guests we have rooms that come standard with bathrooms that have showers and heat or air conditioning as the weather permits. The rooms are dorm style and sleep from 4 to 12 gentles. Linens, blankets and towels must be provided by guests. There are only 64 beds available so get your reservations in early to Captain Brendan O’ Caiside (bcaiside[AT]yahoo.com)! Last year the generous folks attending this event donated over 400 toys to Country Santa. This year, a challenge has been issued: if we collect double that number -at least 800 toys-, Dame Morwenna Trevethan will contribute $100.00 to supplement our donation! Let\'s make the Yuletide happier for LOTS of youngsters! During the day Psaltery Dreams Merchants will be providing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and holiday treats for everyone! This will be on a donation basis, with all profits going to Country Santa. They will also be sponsoring a Gingerbread House raffle! Tickets will only be $1.00 and you have a chance to win a lovely and delicious gingerbread house (or village!) Again, all proceeds from the raffle will be given to Country Santa.

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Marshal Activities: There will be heavy, rapier and target archery activities at the Yule Toy Event. Rapier : There will be a thin ice tourney, a snowball tourney and a round robin tourney. As an added bonus, Lord Elphin Ap Daffyd will be sponsoring a German Longsword Tourney! For each tourney you wish to fight in, bring one new unwrapped toy to enter. Heavy : There are four fighting styles allowed; great weapon, weapon & shield, dual weapon, and polearm. You are allowed to fight in any style you are authorized in and you bring a new unwrapped toy for each. Every style will have a winner then the 4 winners fight a round robin to decide the overall winner. Archery : There will be a fun Yule themed archery target shoot. Each archer should bring one new unwrapped toy to enter the archery competition.

Arts and Sciences: For the Arts & Sciences there will be three different competitions. For each entry bring one new unwrapped toy to enter. 1) Handmade pre-17th century German toys. 2) German pre-17th century Yule decorations (such as Yule cards, ornaments, etc.) 3) Baking - German baked goods are to be encouraged! Documentation is required

Feast: Feast this year will be an authentic German Yule Feast! Feastcrat is Lady Milicent Shiveley (Hagatha819[AT]AOL.com) Please direct any food allergies to her attention.

Merchanting:  There is plenty of room for merchants to set up shop either inside the main hall or outside next to the fighting fields. Please contact Lord Savage Blackwolf (plague27[AT]yahoo.com) as he the merchantcrat for this event.

Cost:   

        Adult, Member:          $0.00 Day-Trip $10.00 Feast    $15.00 Camping
        Adult, Non-Member:  $0.00 Day-Trip $10.00 Feast    $15.00 Camping
        Youth (5-17):              $0.00 Day-Trip $10.00 Feast    $15.00 Camping
        Child (0-4):                 $0.00 Day-Trip $10.00 Feast    $15.00 Camping

Make Checks Payable To:  SCA, Inc., Barony of Nottinghill Coill

Cost Notes:  The event cost is one, new, unwrapped toy per person.

Site:  Table Rock Retreat and Conference Center Tabor Building 600 W. Gate Rd., Pickens, SC 29671. Site opens Friday 5pm, closes Sunday 11am.

Site Restrictions:  NO Alcohol NO pets No ground fires

Event Steward:  Lady Caitriona inghean Ghiolla Phadraig (Jennifer Dutschke), 308 Earle Road, Central, SC 29630, Phone: (864) 430-3929, E-mail: SCAGreyhound[AT]Yahoo.com

Reservations: Lord Brendan O\'Caiside (Brandon Cassady), 110 Southport Road, Apt. 103, Spartanburg, SC 29306, Phone: (864) 404-6796, E-mail: bcaiside[AT]yahoo.com

Directions:

From Northwest (Asheville, NC) -Best Route to Interstate 26 E -Take exit 54 to merge onto US-25 S toward US-176/N Carolina 225/Greenville Entering South Carolina (16.3 mi) -Take the exit on the left toward S Carolina 11 S/Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy (0.2 mi) -Turn left onto S Carolina 11 S/Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy (4.5 mi) -Turn right onto S Carolina 11 S/US-276 N/Geer Hwy Continue to follow S Carolina 11 S (12.2 mi) -Turn right onto W Gate Rd (1.0 mi) -Turn right onto Bethany Cove Dr Destination will be on the left

From the East (Columbia, SC) Best Route to Interstate 26 W -Slight left onto I-385 N (39.9 mi) -Take exit 40A to merge onto S Carolina 291 N/N Pleasantburg Dr (1.5 mi) -Turn left to stay on S Carolina 291 N/N Pleasantburg Dr (3.0 mi) -Continue onto S Carolina 253/Paris Mountain Rd/State Park Rd (0.1 mi) -Turn right onto US-276 N/Poinsett Hwy -Continue to follow US-276 N (20.8 mi) -Continue onto S Carolina 11 S/S Carolina 8 E/Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy -Continue to follow S Carolina 11 S (6.8 mi) -Turn right onto W Gate Rd (1.0 mi) -Turn right onto Bethany Cove Dr . Destination will be on the left

From the North (Charlotte, NC) Best Route to I-85 S Entering South Carolina -Take exit 72 for US-176 toward I-585/Inman/Spartanburg (0.3 mi) -Slight right onto US-176 W/N Pine St ,Continue to follow US-176 W (13.4 mi) -Slight left onto S Carolina 11 S/Pine S, Continue to follow S Carolina 11 S (22.6 mi) -Turn right onto S Carolina 11 S/US-276 N/Geer Hwy, Continue to follow S Carolina 11 S (12.2 mi) -Turn right onto W Gate Rd (1.0 mi) -Turn right onto Bethany Cove Dr. Destination will be on the left .

From the South (Atlanta, GA) Best Route to I-85 N Entering South Carolina -Take exit 1 for S Carolina 11 (0.4 mi) -Turn left onto S Carolina 11 N/Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy (50.3 mi) -Turn left onto W Gate Rd (0.5 mi) -Turn left onto Bethany Cove Dr Destination will be on the left