Queen of Hearts 9 Tournaments and War Maneuvers

August 24 - August 25, 2002

Site was Swift River Sportsman's Club - Belchertown, MA.

Event Holders were Amy Johnson, Stephen Johnson.

Event Description

Come join us for the 9th annual Queen of Hearts Tournaments
and War Maneuvers.

To compete in tournaments you must be supporting someone
who is running for the honorific title of "Queen of Hearts". You
can come to the event not supporting anyone and then offer your
services to someone on Saturday morning if you want to.

Please go to [
Rhiassa](http://www.rhiassa.com/) for notes, site rules, tourney lists, past winners and
more information!

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Event Wrap-up

Many thanks to all those who helped to make this year's Queen 
of Hearts possible. We especially appreciate the efforts of those 
who stayed late to help clean up inside and around the tavern, 
and those who made sure their camping sites were spotless 
when they left.

Our deepest appreciation is saved for Seth Flagg and Joe 
Piepora. Seth took the jobs of Head Marshal and Champions 
Marshal and did both exceptionally well. Joe worked hard for the 
entire weekend to create, run and clean up one of the best night 
quests Queen of Hearts has seen in its 9 year run. 

Seth assembled a great marshalling squad, including the 
talents of Kathy Horn, Cheech, Ian Pushee, Tim Bonci, Kelly, 
Keith Gerrard, Sean Anderson, Sean Veale, Marianne & Steve 
Matulewicz, Alex Kelley, Adam Saris and others I am surely 
forgetting. You guys ran a great tourney event!


Thanks to all of those who NPCed the nightquest. You endured 
some of the wettest and chilliest weather we've had for a Queen 
of Hearts nightquest.

We also want to thank Marianne for taking on the enourmous 
task of shopping on Friday night so the Tavern would have lots of 
food for you all. Without Marianne, Amber, Alex Kelley, Jen 
Zimmerman and others keeping the Tavern running, Amy and I 
would never have seen the light of day this weekend!

Thanks to everyone who helped clean up after the event - your 
help was invaluable. Collecting trash and sweeping and 
mopping floors are not glamorous jobs, so we're grateful to 
those of you who stuck around long enough to help out.

We hope you all enjoyed Queen of Hearts 9, and without any 
further ado - here are this year's winners:

War Maneuvers

Bood Bowl - Radstar's Team
Bridge Battle - Radstar's Team
Capture the Flag - Radstar's Team
Field Battle - Radstar's Team
Folkestone Challenge - Radstar's Team
Kill the Queen - Radstar's Team
Fetch - Artex's Team
Man Hunt - Radstar's Team
Monster Chess - Radstar's Team
Rhiassan Live Chess - Radstar's Team
Wizard War - Radstar's Team
Team Grand Melee - Radstar's Team
Queen's War - Radstar's Team

Non-Boffer Competitions

Live Archery - Croythar
Live Knife Throw - Samuel Raeth
Strongman - Magnus
Running - Tivadar
Jesters - Gryph
Foamsmith - Shakra
Armourer - Blade
Scavenger - Kyomi
Trapper - Tetch
Bardic - Cody
Dance - Shalindra
Cartography - Tiara
Best Garb - Tiara
Banner/Heraldry - Tiara
Tent Site - Radstar

Tournaments

Dicky Weapons of Doom - Zula
Daggers - Artex
Single Short - Killian
Florentine - Lysis
Sword & Shield - Zebo
Hand & a Half - Steel
Duncan's Challenge - Barrett
5-Person - Blade, Stryker, Callin, Steel & Kwartz
Newbies - Gaidin
Boff Archery - Jarrod
Rangers - Qualoch
RATs - Stryker
Mages - Baba
Squires - Mestoph
Knights - Radstar
Couples - Katasha & Damion
One Man - Kwartz
One Woman - Sapphire

Night Quest MVP - Lucas

Best General - Lucas

Best Seneschal - Myrddin

Best Castellan - Savyne

Best Champion - Blade

Queen of Hearts - Radstar

One final note. This year had the best attitudes and team 
morales I have seen at a Queen of Hearts so far. Everyone kept 
their heads on straight, didn't get upset and did a good job of 
talking with us when they had or saw a problem. Thanks to you 
all for making the weekend a great one!

   - Steve & Amy Johnson

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