Ashby de la Zouch Castle Tournament Videos

So, a little treat for you all. At our recent Tournament at Ashby De La Zouche castle, we had a friendly camera in the crowd on the Sunday and we have a few videos of the rounds for you!

INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS

In these, each team selects a representative to contest a weapon type. The team lying in last place gets to choose their opponent, the remainder then fight – with the winners then deciding the day..

LONGSWORD

Woodhall was lying in last place and had the first choice. They chose to fight the black of Harrington.

Qualifier Round 1 – Woodhall (Gold) vs Harrington (Black)

The remaining two teams then fought..

Qualifier Round 2- Pilkington (White) vs Mortimer (Blue)

The Final – Mortimer (Blue) vs Harrington (Black)

SWORD & BUCKLER

Woodhall was lying in last place and had the first choice. They chose to fight the white of Pilkington.

Qualifier Round 1 – Woodhall (Gold) v Pilkington (White)

The remaining two teams then fought..

Qualifier Round 2 – Harrington (Black) v Mortimer (Blue)

The Final – Pilkington (White) vs Mortimer (Blue)

 AXE & SHIELD

Qualifier Round 1 – Woodhall (Gold) v Mortimer (Blue)

Qualifier Round 2 – Pilkington (White) v Harrington(Black)

The Final – Pilkington (White) vs Mortimer (Blue)

POLEWEAPON

Qualifier Round 1 – Woodhall (Gold) v Harrington(Black)

Qualifier Round 2 – Pilkington (White) v Mortimer (Blue)

The Final – Pilkington (White) v Woodhall (Gold)

TEAM ROUNDS

Harrington (Black) vs Mortimer (Blue)

Woodhall (Gold) vs Pilkington (White)

Sadly, our friendly camerawoman had no battery left at this point so we have no video of the grand melee for you, nor the tie break between Sir William Harrington and John Mortimer Esquire.

However we hope you enjoyed these videos and they give you a flavour of what was a wonderful and highly competitive event.

Just listen to the roar of the crowd!

2016 Tournaments – Roll of Honour

And so, #tourneetime2016 comes to an end. The last of our summer Tournaments has drawn to a close.

We ran six this year, at Tutbury Castle, Delapre Abbey, and at Ashby De La Zouch castle. All were well received and great fun to stage. Those that came to support us were wonderful, and we really appreciate all your cheering (and booing..)

So, with all the score done and dusted.. let’s recap on the points!

TUTBURY CASTLE

Saturday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Harrington	20
2nd	Mortimer	19
3rd	Pilkington	17
4th	Woodhall	15

Sunday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Pilkington	20
2nd	Mortimer	19
3rd	Woodhall	18
4th	Harrington	15

 

DELAPRE ABBEY (BATTLE OF NORTHAMPTON)

Saturday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Pilkington	22
2nd	Mortimer	20
3rd	Woodhall	18
4th	Harrington	16

Sunday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Harrington	22
2nd	Woodhall	21
3rd	Pilkington	20
4th	Mortimer	16

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

Saturday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Pilkington	24
2nd	Mortimer	21
3rd	Woodhall	17
4th	Harrington	13

Sunday

Placing	Team	Points
1st	Harrington (Winner by tie break)	33
2nd	Mortimer	33
3rd	Pilkington	30
4th	Woodhall	14

 

 

TOURNAMENT VICTORIES

So, in terms of tournament victories, the 2016 table looks like this:

Placing	Team	Wins
1st	Harrington	3
1st	Pilkington	3
2nd	Mortimer	0
2nd	Woodhall	0

Joint honours for the brothers by marriage, namely Sir William Harrington and Sir Thomas Pilkington.

However the results are more interesting when looking at the consolidated scores from the full season:

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Placing	Team	Total Points
1st	Pilkington	133
2nd	Mortimer	128
3rd	Harrington	119
4th	Woodhall	103

It should be noted that some tournaments had more points on offer than others. Delapre and Ashby had the axe and shield round; and Ashby Day 1 did not run the Knight Knockout round.

Despite not winning a tournament, Mortimer’s overall consistency places them second this year and only four points behind the Pilkington team.

Mortimer – always the Bridesmaid and never the bride? Perhaps this will change in 2017.

Thanks to all those who took part, and all our fans out there who came along and watched us.