Blackwell Short Sword Tournament 10-26-24

In memorial of Don Govanan Blackwell, a short sword tournament was held at the event "Sworded Knocks," hosted by the Barony of al-Barran (local Albuquerque, NM branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism) on Saturday October 26th, 2024. In this tournament, each participate could only use a single blade, with a maximum length of 38 inches from the shoulder to the tip, and no secondaries. Participants came from the The Barony of al-Barran, the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (local El Paso, Tx branch), the Barony of Dragonspine (local Colorado Springs, Co branch), the Shire of Drygestan (local Santa Fe, NM branch), the College of Blaiddwyn (local University of New Mexico branch), the College of St Golias (local New Mexico Tech and Socorro, NM branch) Website for The SCA: https://www.sca.org/ Website for The Kingdom of the Outlands: https://www.outlands.org/ Website for The Barony of al-Barran https://www.al-barran.outlands.org/ Website for the College of Blaiddwyn https://blaiddwyn.unm.edu/#:~:text=We.... Website for the Shire of Black Water Keep https://blackwaterkeep.outlands.org/?... Website for the Barony of the Citadel of the Southern Pass https://citadel.outlands.org/ Website for the Shire of Nahrun Kabirun https://www.nahrunkabirun.org/ Website for the Barony of Dragonspine https://dragonsspine.outlands.org/ All of the above groups have Discord as well Edited with Clipchamp Video recorded with GoPro Hero 8 Black Music credits: Tudor / Bonnie Grace / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com My Soul Delights / Bonnie Grace / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com 0:00 intro 0:10 Mass Salutes 0:51 Start of tournament 18:36 Appreciation of the List-mistress 20:28 Round 2 43:18 Round 3 59:35 Round 4 1:11:16 Round 5 1:18:51 Round 6 1:24:17 Finals