Article III: CROWN TOURNAMENT REQUIREMENTS III-100 - Entrants in this section of Law is defined as the combatant and consort entering Crown Tournament. III-200 -All entrants in the Crown Tournament must be members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. III-300 - All entrants in the Crown Tournament must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of Crown Tournament. III-400 - The withdrawal of either entrant from the Crown Lists shall automatically eliminate both from that Tournament, except as provided below in paragraph III-1100. Either may withdraw at any point in the Tournament by notifying the Minister of the Lists. The Laws of the Kingdom of AEthelmearc 4 - October AS XLIII (2008) III-500 - In order to be eligible to fight or be fought for in Crown Tournament, a person must be a subject (as defined in Corpora) of AEthelmearc for one year immediately prior to Crown Tournament and be able to demonstrate a reasonable level of participation in AEthelmearc during that period. The Crown may waive the above requirements if the entrants are subjects of the Kingdom and able to demonstrate to the Crown's satisfaction by their own words or by recommendation of peers of the Kingdom that they have sufficient familiarity with Kingdom Law and customs and an acceptable level of participation. III-600 - Letters of intent must be sent to the Crown. They must include the following elements for both entrants:
To facilitate complete letters of intent, a form is available on the Kingdom website as well as from the Crown and the Seneschal on request. Prospective entrants are encouraged but not required to use this form to ensure a complete letter. Letters of intent must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Crown no later than 30 days prior to the Crown Tournament. Electronic or e-mailed letters are not acceptable. The Kingdom Seneschal shall verify eligibility as defined in the Bylaws and Corpora. III-700 - No person shall enter the Crown Tournament without intending an honorable attempt to compete for the Crown. III-800 - The entrants must be acceptable to the Crown or Their representatives. III-900 - No person fighting in or being fought for in Crown Tournament may administer the Crown Tournament. III-1000 - Any lord and lady may champion each other in the Crown Lists (hereinafter referred to as a combatant couple) so long as neither is championed by any other person. III-1100 - If one member of a combatant couple is removed from the Crown Lists for marshallate infractions or any infractions of the Rules of the Lists, both members are ineligible to continue in that Crown Tournament. If one member of a combatant couple voluntarily withdraws as a combatant in the Lists, the MOL and Marshal will confer with the withdrawing member to determine if they are also withdrawing as consort or if the other member may continue in the Lists. If the participant withdraws both as fighter andconsort, both shall be ineligible to continue in that Crown Tournament. III-1200 -The Crown Tournament will be run in a double-elimination format. The Crown may modify the format of Crown Tournament if there are 16 or fewer fighters in the Lists. III-1300 -The winner of the Crown Tournament and the winner's consort become the new Crown Prince and Princess. |
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