Gleann Abhann

2019 Rules

The Tournament of Champions, TOC, is sponsored by the Order of Chivalry in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. These rules are created, changed, and maintained by the Order of Chivalry. Any suggestions or comments on the rules should be addressed to the Secretary of the Order or assigned TOC representative. Those individuals or groups needed to administer the tournament, rules, etc. will be appointed by the Order.

Tournament Entry

Entry into the tournament can be acheived:

• Peerage and Populace champions tournaments will be held to allocate the last 6 entrants into the tournament.(6)
• A Last Chance Tournament(1)




Points System

Points for season rankings will be calculated as follows:

For Tournaments with 5-15 Participants:
• 5 points for the winner of a tournament
• 4 points for a second place finish in a tournament
• 3 points for a third place finish in a tournament
• 1 point for entering a tournament
Tournaments with 16+ participants add 1 point per category
Group Champion Tournaments add 1 point per category


In the case of a tie for 3rd, each participant will receive 3 points.

Qualifying Tournaments

In order to count in the standings for the ToC circuit, a tournament must:

• Be held at any official Gleann Abhann event published in the Kingdom newsletter. No regional practices or day in the park type tourneys, unless said event that decides a Champion of a local group (Barony, Shire, Canton, etc).
• Be any tournament format in which all participants have an equal chance of victory can be used. If a format is in question, please seek the ToC\RToC coordinators’ approval.
• Be open to all authorized fighters. So, tournaments with specific entrance requirements (must be a member of Iron Ox, must have never won a tournament, Crown List, etc) are not eligible.
• Have at least 5 participants.
• Only one tournament per event is eligble as a fully ranked tournament. Other tournament held the same day will give a single point regardless of placement.
• Tournaments should be one-on-one combat (melee tournaments are not eligble).
• Tournaments held at Gulf Wars are not eligble.
• Have taken place after Beltaine 2019.
• All toc qualifier tournaments must provide a scroll and prize.
• Be one-on-one combat (melee tournaments are not eligible). Unless approved by the RToC coordinators.

Reporting

Event marshals are encouraged to get information on the participants in their tournaments to the ToC points administrator in a timely and acurate fashion. Several reporting assistants will be used throughout the season to assist in this regard. Ultimately it is the local marshal's responsibility to see that the correct information is delivered.

If you don't see your tournament on these pages, let the marshal know to send email to the address below with the information.

Errors in this page should be reported to Duke Caillin: scanfield@business.msstate.edu or Syr Axel: hooperaf@gmail.com