Saturday 19th Sept. 10am - 11pmSunday 20th Sept. 10am - 5pm

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ST IVES MEDIEVAL FAIRE

PROGRAM 2015

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PROGRAM - SAT & SUN

Trebuchet Firing Historical Archery Demonstration Kingdom of Heaven TournamentPike and Musket DrillTrebuchet Firing

11:00am 11:40am

2:00pm 2:45pm 3:30pm

TREBUCHET FIELD

Knattleikr - The Viking Ball Game14th Century Armoured Combat with Chivalric Weapons Pas d’armes - Formal 14th Century ‘Deed of Arms’ Tournament 15th Century Masters from the Lichtenauer Tradition: Displays in Longsword, Messer (German fighting knife) and Wrestling15th Century Dagger Combat from the combined traditions of Fiore and LiechtenauerKnattleikr - The Viking Ball GameEarly Medieval Weapons and How They Were Used17th Century Polish Sabre Duelling

11:00am11:30am 12:00pm12:30pm

2:30pm

3:00pm3:30pm4:00pm

VILLAGE GREEN

The Face of Beauty - Cosmetics in the Medieval period (14thC Village)Wearable Currency - Viking jewellery and decorative adornment (Early Village) Sext Liturgy - Midday Prayers, Blessing of the Pilgrims and Gregorian Chants (Templar Camp)Tie This Up - Learn finger-loop cord braiding (15thC Village) God Heals and the Doctor Takes The Fee - Medieval Medicine and Surgery (14thC Village)Fastenings Most Fashionable - Making Medieval cloth buttons (14thC village)Testing the Waters - Byzantine urinalysis and medical diagnosis (Early Village)None Liturgy - Afternoon Prayers, Blessing of the Pilgrims and Gregorian Chants (Templar camp)To Dine Like a King - Food and Feasting in the Medieval Period (14thC Village)Medieval Village Closes

11:00am11:30am 12:00pm

12:30pm1:00pm

2:00pm 2:30pm3:00pm

3:30pm5:00pm

MEDIEVAL VILLAGE TALKS

Grand Parade Jousting Tournament Birds of Prey ShowViking Battle Best Dressed Parade Knights TournamentBirds of Prey ShowKnight Hunt - (Saturday only), Mounted Melee (Sunday only) Jousting TournamentJousting Tournament - Medallion Presentation (Sunday only)Head to Tavern for Live Entertainment – Open until 11:00pm

10:00am 11:00am12:00pm 12:45pm

1:30pm2:00pm 2:45pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:50pm5:00pm

MAIN ARENA

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CASTLE COURT ENTERTAINMENT

Black Joak Morris Medieval DancingJohn Flanagan – Book LaunchIrish Dancing (Spreagadh Na rince)Medieval Dance LessonsCircus Trapeze ShowLive Music from Pastance

11:10am 12:00pm 12:20pm 12:50pm

1:20pm2:10pm

SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER

Black Joak Morris Medieval DancingIrish Dancing (Spreagadh Na rince)John Flanagan – Book Launch Circus Trapeze ShowLive Music from PastanceMedieval Dance Lessons

10:40am 11:20am 12:10pm 12:20pm

1:20pm2:10pm

SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

KIDS’ PROGRAM

MEDIEVAL MARKET

Knights Academy 10:00am - 5:00pm Sat & Sun

Animal Petting Zoo 10:00am - 5:00pm Sat & Sun

Black Grail Comedy Show

10:30am - 4:30pm Sat & Sunday

Main Execution Show 1:30pm Sat and Sun

Broadsword Championships

10:30am - 4:30pm Saturday

Championship Sunday 12:30pm

Medieval Stories, Arts and Crafts

10:00am - 5:00pm Sat and Sunday

FOOD COURT AREA

Traditional Puppet Show 10:30am,

12:45pm, & 3:30pm Sat and Sunday

John Flanagan Rangers

Apprentice Book Launch

12:00pm Sat and 12:10pm Sunday

Book signing each day

until 2:30pm

ARCHERY FIELD Children over 8 - Traditional Archery Range

with longbows and realistic targets

Children all ages Archery Lessons with foam bows and arrows

10:00am - 5:00pm Sat and Sunday

PONY AND CAMEL RIDESPony Rides 10:30am - 2:30pm & 3:15pm - 4:45pm Sat and SundayCamel Rides 10:30pm - 1:00pm

and 2:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday and Sunday

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MEDIEVAL FAIRE SOUVENIRS

MEDIEVAL FAIRE SPONSORS

Get some souvenirs to remember the day,available from the Information Kiosk.

Don’t have a costume? Don’t worry, we have you covered. Get yourself a Medieval Faire t-shirt, poster and flag. Have a flag ready to barrack for your favourite knight at the joust tournament.

Available in your favourite knight flag colours. Many posters and all sizes of t-shirts.

T-SHIRTS, FLAGS AND POSTERS

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AccessibleBus Stop

ArrowCourt

Tavern

Medieval Feast Hall

Petting Zoo

CastleCourt

Knights of St Ives Tournament

ARNE KOETS – NETHERLANDSArne began sword fighting when he was 16 and was one of the founding members of Stichting Historisch Educatief Initiatief, a foundation promoting education through living history. He has worked professionally at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, the Royal Dutch Army Museum and Fürstliche Hofreitschule in Bückeburg. He has won many awards including the Queens Golden Jubilee Trophy as well as the Arundel Sword of Chivalry. He has held the American Sword of Chivalry since 2008. Others awards include the Ironfest St Georges Day Tournament joust in Lithgow. He has ridden in over 750 shows in fifteen countries on three continents in his career and broken well over 1500 lances. He looks forward to breaking more at St Ives!

BERTUS BROKAMP – NETHERLANDSBertus came from an historical background, having received his Master of Science degree by writing a thesis on Landweren, the late Medieval defence lines in the Netherlands and Holy Roman Empire. In 2010, Bertus became chairman of Foundation HEI and one of the regular and professional knights jousting for the foundation and the historical open air museum Archeon in the Netherlands. In 2013, Bertus broke his first solid lance and competed in the Great White Bear Tournament in Nyborg, Denmark. By 2015, he will have jousted in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Germany, and Switzerland.

ROD WALKER – AUSTRALIARod is the most experienced jouster in the Southern Hemisphere. Rod is a founding member of the International Jousting Association and has competed all over the world including the toughest jousting circuit in the world, the full contact North American circuit. Some highlights of Rod’s jousting achievements: 2003 IJA Australian Jousting Champion, 2004 IJA World Jousting Champion, 2005 IJA World Jousting, Champion, 2005 IJA World Skill at Arms Champion, 2006 IJA Teams, Champion, 2006 Oslo International Tournament Norway 4th Joust, 2006, Uppsala International Tournament, Sweden – 2nd Joust and 2nd Skill at Arms, 2007 St George’s Day Tournament 3rd Joust, 1st Skill at Arms

LUKE BINKS – AUSTRALIALuke Binks is Australian born and bred with a lifelong passion for knights and the chivalric culture of the Middle Ages. Luke started to make armour, learn to fight and ride horses in 2002. The next year, Luke was competing in his first international joust. Since then Luke has competed in tournaments in roughly a dozen countries across the globe and lived on three different continents, all in search of like-minded people making “the ultimate pass with a lance, or a skilled clash of a sword.” Luke has competed success-fully on three continents and has made armour for several internationally recognised jousters.

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Knights of St Ives Tournament

ANDREW MCKINNON – AUSTRALIAAndrew McKinnon hails from Seaforth in Sydney’s northern beaches. In 2007, After training with Rod Walker and despite having never ridden a horse prior to his 40th birthday, in his debut in Australia at the 2010 St George’s Day Joust Tournament Andrew placed fourth, beating some of the world’s best. Andrew was a member of the Australian Jousting Team in 2010 that defeated New Zealand at the Taupo Knights Challenge and was placed 3rd at the Australian Jousting Championships in 2012. He was also a member of the winning New World Team over the Old World European Team, Neauphle le Chateau, France in June 2012 and was second in the joust at the 2012 Winterfest Tournament in Sydney.

PHILLIP LEITCH – AUSTRALIAPhillip Leitch is a former Special Forces soldier with experience in martial arts and sword fighting. Phillip participated in his first International Joust at the prestigious St George’s Day Joust Tournament in Australia in 2010. Since then Phil has competed in tournaments all over Australia including the inaugural Burnie Wynyard Festival Joust in Tasmania in 2013. Phil has also appeared as the Assistant Black Coach on A&E’s Full Metal Jousting highly successful reality series in the US. More recently, Phil is the joust team manager at Ballarat’s iconic tourist attraction ‘Kryal Castle’ where he jousts several times a week. He is one of only a handful of people in the world who solely make their income as a professional jouster.

WOUTER NICOLAI – NETHERLANDSWouter is a very popular jouster who joined us last year. As a member of Stichting HEI, the premier Dutch display team for medieval mounted soldiery, Wouter is one of the Netherlands’ top historical jousters and a highly active international competitor. This year he participated at almost every major tournament with historical solid lances, such as st Halvarts turnering (Norway), the White Bear tournament in Nyborg (Denmark) and the Schaffhausen tournament (Switzerland). Wouter is also active in researching and reconstructing historical horse equipment such as medieval and roman saddles.

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EVENT INFORMATIONTILT AND COUNTER TAVERNThe Tilt and Counter Tavern located on the Main Arena, will be serving delicious meals on Saturday from 12:00pm to 11:00pm and on Sunday from 12:00pm to 6:00pm. Feast on a selection of tasty meats, spiced and flavoured on rolls suitable for the whole family. Manly’s 4 Pines Brewery will be at the Tavern serving two brews specially created for the St Ives Medieval Faire. ‘Gruit’ is a flavoursome beer that’s brewed with herbs for a uniquely different taste. ‘Mead’ is an alcoholic drink from the Middle Ages, a winning combination of fermented honey, water and herbs that will transport you back to the era! Soft drinks are also avail-able at the Tavern, along with ginger beer, pale ale and kolsch. Open Saturday from 12:00pm - 11:00pm and Sunday 12:00pm – 6:00pm

TREBUCHET FIRINGThe Trebuchet is a Medieval siege attack weapon, similar to a cata-pult, which was used for hurling heavy stones to smash castle or city walls during sieges. The Juvenis of Accendo Sarcalogos re-enactment group have meticulously reconstructed a trebuchet and will demonstrate how these massive war machines were used in battle. This is a must-see demonstration which you can see on both Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 3:30pm.

VIKING BATTLEVikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans have flocked to the Demetria Fair at Thessalonica, in modern day Macedonia. Part of the Byzantine Empire, the city is tightly policed by the Emperor’s mercenaries, the Varangian Guard. The proud western warriors are not at ease with strict imperial rule however, and the more fiercely the guards crack down, the greater the backlash. Do the Western travellers have what it takes to defend themselves and their families from imperial oppression? Will the guard be able to enforce order and keep the local citizens safe from these aggressive foreigners? Find out as these guys hit the main arena at 12:45pm on Saturday and Sunday to battle it out.

BIRDS OF PREY SHOWFull Flight will recreate medieval hunting and falconry to demonstrate how birds of prey were used to hunt in the 15th century. There is also a display throughout the two days of the Faire, where staff will talk to the crowd and explain the finer points of their art. See a unique recreation of a 15th century mounted hunt, where birds will be flown from horse-back at ‘prey’. Look out for the robot rabbit! To marvel at the Birds of Prey Show, make sure you are on the Main Arena at 12:00pm or 2:45pm on Saturday or Sunday.

MEDIEVAL MARKETWant your very own body armour, shields, swords, axes, jewellery, horns or medieval kit? Explore our stalls where there will be a wide range of authentic souvenirs for you to take home. Look out for the live demonstrations too. You will find spinners, hand weavers, blacksmiths and the Leura Bodger, the heritage wood turner, who uses his medieval lathe to create beautiful pieces of art. The Stalls will be open from 10:00am - 5:00pm on Saturday and Sunday.

EVENT INFORMATIONKINGDOM OF HEAVEN TOURNAMENTTo celebrate his impending ascension, and new peace with the Saracens in the Holy Land, in 1229 the heir to the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Jerusalem has invited the Christian Knights of the Holy Lands to a Round Table and foot joust. The Round Table is an early form of tournament, symbolic of the legendary round table of King Arthur, in which Knights compete in single combat and mass melee. They risk life and limb for the honour of being seated with the King at the celebratory feast and to prove their worth to their new lord. Come watch it all unfold on the Trebuchet Field at 2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday.

KNIGHTS TOURNAMENTIn this fourteenth century style foot tournament, knights in full plate armour will fight on foot, rather than horseback, for the honour and glory. They will take the field dressed in shining armour, identified by their coats of arms – colours and heraldry of their families worn on the chest and back. This is a tournament of peace, where the swords are blunted, and combatants fight to dominate their opponent, but not to kill them. Each comes to prove themselves the bravest and most skillful in the eyes of the assembled witnesses, so be sure to reward the best amongst them with your cheers. Make sure you head over to the Main arena at 2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday to see these brave knights dominate their opponents.

PIKE AND MUSKET DRILLThe Routiers are a band of seventeenth century mercenary pikemen and musketeers who have betrayed their nation to fight for the highest bidder. The latest in infantry tactics is the pike and shot formation – a tight grouping of long ‘pike’ spears and matchlock muskets. With proper training, the pike and shot formation was a fearsome combat unit, but without regular drill, the unwieldy weapons became more of a liability to friend than foe. See the Routiers demonstrate the precise and effective pike and shot drill that made them such valuable mercenaries. This is all happening at 2:45pm on Saturday and Sunday on the Trebuchet Field.

LIVE ARCHERY DEMONSTRATIONSArchery groups will be running archery practice and there will be a traditional archery range with longbow display. Come try your hand and relive the experience of shooting for wild game in forests of old Europe or pretend you’re at Agincourt and feel the thrill of firing your arrow. The live demonstration of archery will be happening right after the Trebuchet firing on Saturday and Sunday at 11:40am.

JOIN A MEDIEVAL RE-ENACTMENT GROUP Would you like to join a re-enactment group? Contacts for all of the Historic Village groups are available on our website.

BEST DRESSED COMPETITIONDressing up at the Faire is not compulsory but we encourage you to get involved as there will be so many opportunities to capture some great memories at the Faire. We have competitions for the best dressed adult and child with a parade, prizes and winners announced on the Main Arena at 1:30pm on Saturday and Sunday, so make sure you’re in the running!

FIRST AIDFirst Aid (St Johns Ambulance) is on site near the Faire entry near the Information Centre. If you of or anyone needs treatment for injury or illness please make contact with any of the Crowd Marshalls who will be in all areas. Alternatively make your way to the First Aid station and ask for assistance.

TOILETSThere are toilets at easily accessible areas around the Showground. Accessible toilets are at both ends of the Faire.

MOBILITY ACCESSThe Faire has an Accessible Bus route and viewing areas to assist visitors to access the entire Faire. The Bus will loop from near the Information Centre to the Main Arena, Archery Court, and Trebuchet Field. Check the program map for pick up stations.

LOST CHILDRENIf a c hild is lost, please report to the Lost Children’s Area at the Information Centre. Please let children know, that if they are lost, they go to the Information Center at the entry to the Faire.

ATM FACILITYThere is an ATM facility located near the Information Centre at the Faire. A $3 fee applies.

CROWD CONTROLThe Faire has security staff and NSW Police in attendance for your safety. Crowd Marshalls and staff are located throughout the Faire and will have a lanyard to be easily identified. Should you require their assistance just ask and they will direct you to the different activities and attractions. Please follow the directions of staff at all times to ensure safety.

LIQUOR LICENCENo alcohol may be brought on to the Showground. There are bar facilities provided at our Tavern. Any person deemed to be intoxicated will be removed from the Showground. It is illegal to provide alcohol to anyone under 18.

SAFETYPlease be sure that you follow any safety instructions from the Crowd Marshalls. The Joust Arena, Trebuchet Firing Field and Archery Field have safety fences around them with a 2m safety lane. Please ensure you and any members of your family or group stay on the outside of the safety fence. In the rare event of an issue, bushfire, evacuation staff will give three short blasts on the horn followed by an announcement – the Emergency Evacuation Point is at the Mona Vale Road exit.

SMOKINGThis is a smoke free event.

PARKINGIf you have parked your car over at Hart please be aware this car park closes at 6:00pm sharp. There will be no exit from this car park after this time. If you plan on staying later than 6:00pmto enjoy the tavern festivities please arrange to have your car moved out of this car park before this time.

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