Champions of Lough Devnaree
27-29 September 2024
Hosted By Dun in Mara, Ireland
Pray Attend! Lords , Ladies, Good Gentles All, Members of the Populace of Lough Devnaree and shores far and wide;
Will you bring your sword, your rapier, your bow, or your cunning art and science skills in pursuit of becoming one of the next Champions of Lough Devnaree!?
The Shire of Dun in Mara welcomes you to a weekend full of competition and fellowship. We will host tournaments for Armoured Combat, Fencing, Archery, and Arts and Sciences.
The event will occur from 18:00 on Friday 27 until 14:00 on Sunday 29 September. Dun in Mara cancellation policy applies.
Our kitchens will provide Traveler’s Fare on Friday evening. Breakfast, Lunch and Feast will be served on Saturday, and Breakfast on Sunday.
Site Address:
Jim Kirwan Scout Hall
Clara
Co. Offaly
R35 HT67
Site Information
The Site allows for camping and crash space. No bedding or sheets will be provided.
There might be dogs at this event. They are allowed outdoors and indoors if they are on a leash. We ask all dog owners to control their dog´s behaviour.
Schedule
To be determined.
Will include Armoured Combat, Archery, Fencing, and Arts and Sciences.
Arts and Sciences competition
The theme for this year´s Arts and Sciences competition is “Autumn”.
All the obvious things for such a theme will spring easily to mind - things that have autumn colours, items for Autumn pursuits, cookery using harvest fruits and so on - BUT if you’re worried that you can’t make something fit that you’ve been working on already, don’t worry, everything is possible! Working on armour? Another word for Autumn is Fall, and armour is good in a fall, right? A really clever way to make something fit with the theme will likely earn you brownie points with your judges, and I will have a special prize for the most inventive connection to the theme just to get you thinking.
If you have something already made that can be argued to fit the theme and hasn´t been entered in a competition before, we´d love to see it.
What can I enter
Anything made, created, researched, constructed, cooked, assembled, performed, written, composed, crafted or otherwise brought into existence. There will be a time set aside for performance pieces, short presentations of research etc. before closing of the competition, so that everyone gets a fair shot to get their work out to as big an audience as possible. (You can hire an extrovert for this as desired.) You can enter more than one item.
So that everybody gets to know your entry, we ask for a small amount of documentation, minimum a small index card with a line about what inspired the artist/scientist about their work, what period it could roughly be attributed to, and where in the world work like it was done.
Judging
Everyone coming to Champions will be issued with two special tokens, so you get two votes each. The boxes to vote for your favourites will be closed, so you can’t see who has voted for what already. There will also be a little section for each entry where you can add a little note or treat of your own for anyone you think did a great job. Feedback is awesome. And remember that all our Artists and Scientists want to know how they are progressing in their chosen areas of interest too, and we don’t get the more straightforward result of a fight or hitting a target.
Costs and food
Full weekend with meals and crash space or camping:
Full Event – Member ticket: €25
Day Trip – Member ticket: €20
Full Event – Non-Member: €37
Day Trip – Non-member: €24
Reservations
Event Staff
Event Steward: Alays de Lunel
Deputy Event Steward: Gwerful an Filí
Marshall in Charge: Aodhan dha Cheist
Head Cook: Erin Volya
Reservations: Mallymkun Rauði