Naseby Woodland Skirmish February 2024 – The Battle of Crosby’s Lake

Yeah.. it was wet. 

Following the New Years skirmish we were back in the woods once more. It had been raining a LOT in the week up to the event, with standing water in most of the fields. The woodland area acts a a natural sponge, however our usual skirmish area now had some interesting water features to give this session flavour of it’s own… partly due to to tactics, and mainly due to our Marshall deciding to plant the ‘Take and Hold’ objective in the middle of a newly formed lake. Common decency prevents us from writing exactly what we thought of him when we discovered this doing the battle (I didn’t think it was correct anyhow, I’ve met both his parents – Editor) .

Altogether now..

One two three four… Harrington marine corps!!

 

SKIRMISH RESULTS

Scoring was across nine games using the Harrington standard scoring system, with the Bomb Run, Take and Hold, Dispatch Runner  game types being played throughout the day.

GREATEST WARRIOR

Key Performance indicator: Accrued Tactical Points

Rank	Name	Household	Score
1	Tom	Harrington	15
2	David ‘Cardinal Nutcracker’	Harrington Theological College	14
3	Arthur ‘Pink Fizz’	Harrington	11
=4	Dan B	Harrington	10
=4	Oli K.	Harrington	10
=5	Ant	Harrington	8
=5	Alex C	Harrington	8
=5	Cheri S.	Harrington	8

Marshall Matt obtains 9 points for Marshalling, and for being an utter, utter, utter £$%^&*I(O)

DEADLIEST WARRIOR

Key Performance Indicator: Most Kills

Rank	Name	Household	Bodycount
1	David	Harrington	12
2	Tom C	Harrington	6
3	Ant F	Harrington	3
3	Dan B	Harrington	3
3	Alex C	Harrington	3
4	Oli	Harrington	2
5	Arthur	Harrington	1

KILLING SPREE (Most Kills in one game)

David H –  4, during a Take and Hold game type. The Cardinal had a great day..

SURVIVALIST (longest continuous number of games survived)
Cheri S & David H : 5 games. For once, this was not because Cheri got lost in the woods. 

A special shout must go for the the best dispatch run game we’ve had in ages!

Thanks to all those that took part, it was a great day, and in our opinion this stuff is the most difficult and authentic 15th C combat in re-enactment. Any kind of score on any of the Key Performance Indicators is something to be proud of🙂

Onwards to the Clout Archery Shoot!