Category: News

NOTE: event postponed due to fire danger. New date is Saturday 30 March. Join the Canton of Lightwood in celebrating our fifth annual Saint Sebastian’s Archery Tournament and Picnic. Held at the Surges Bay Recreation Ground, there will be an archery tourney, including a couples’ shoot, a supplemented pot luck picnic lunch and an Arts & Sciences competition on the theme of PIES! Location: Surges Bay Recreation Ground, Esperance Coast Road, Surges Bay. Date and time: Saturday 30 March 2019 from 10am to 4pm. Price: Adults and under 18: $5. Under 12: free. Non-members add $5 per person. Bookings: by …

We’re off to the Festival!  The Canton of Lightwood is supporting our good friends and friendly rivals the Loxley Archers at the Kempton Festival and Sheep-Racing Championships.  We’ll be there in garb to tell people about the SCA and invite them to come along and check us out.

According to legend, none may lie in the presence of the relics of the martyr Saint Canog ap Brychan. It’s definitely no lie that a Lightwood feast is the best way to spend a chilly October evening! Come along and bring a dish to share. Wear your warm garb and bring feasting gear. Any problems with any of that? Contact the Steward. The feast is $5 per person, plus the $5 insurance levy if you’re not a member. Invite your friends! 6pm-10pm Saturday, 6th October 2018 Geeveston Community Hall, Brady St, Geeveston Bookings to the steward, Karl Faustus von Aachen by …

Here are some dates for our upcoming events. 6th October – St Canog’s Eve Feast. Also stewarded by Karl Faustus von Aachen, this is another pot-luck feast. Event flyer available here (PDF). 24th November – Lightwood’s 7th Birthday. Stewarded by Lord Ranmor Argul, this will feature an archery competition (what else for the archery canton?). More details to come.  

The Canton will be holding a potluck feast at the Geeveston Community Hall, Brady St, from 6pm on Saturday August 25th. Saint Genesius is the patron saint of actors, clowns, comedians, comics… and lawyers! Who better to inspire a pot-luck feast in Lightwood? Come along, bring garb and feasting gear plus a dish to share. While you’re at it, why not come up with a suitably medieval joke or riddle in honour of the day: a prize may or may not be given for a particularly impressive example. A paltry $5 will get you in the door (plus the compulsory …

Regular A&S project nights are restarting on Friday this week – 7-9:30pm at Geeveston Community Centre (GeCo), School Road, Geeveston. The current plan is to hold them on the second and fourth Fridays of the month, but depending on interest we could go back to weekly in future. We may have a group project or two in the works soon, but otherwise come along and work on personal projects. Lady Morwenna learning how to do facings at a basic garb-making workshop As per previous arrangements, the cost is a $2 donation which goes towards venue hire, plus the compulsory $5 …

The Romans used to say IO SATURNALIA, which means something like “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” but with less shopping frenzy and more togas*.  So: io Saturnalia to you! Saturnalia will be held on Saturday 9 June at Glen Huon Hall, Glen Huon — see the map over there to the right. It will start at 2pm with a pot-luck afternoon tea and many imperial entertainments.  There will be games, for people who want to sit and relax! Dancing, taught by Baroness Jehanne, for people who want to get a bit of energy out! Songs and stories, performed by the …