Tournament of the Golden Swan

Hosted in-person by
The Shire of Appledore (Oliver and Osoyoos, BC )

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Magdalen of Haphazard Manor
Event Date(s): October 10 , 2025 until October, 13 2025
Site opens at: 5:00 PM on October 10th 2025
Site closes at: 11:00 AM on October 13th 2025

Event site:
Cawston Hall
2119 Main Street Cawston, BC

This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event.

5:00 PM10:00 AM

Appledore’s own female persona challenge focussing on period recreation and research. This event harkens back to the early event of the SCA, with fighting, feasting, dancing, and singing, all played out neath the autumnal trees of Appledore.

For mor information, why not visit the official website, and learn about the categories and criteria of the contest! https://www.goldenswan.org

This event includes the following activities and/or services:
Royal Presence - Tir Righ
Has Classes
Has Heavy Fighting activities
Has Rapier and/or Cut & Thrust activities
Has Bardic activities
Has Arts & Sciences activities
Offers a feast or meal

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Site Fees

Fee Type	Cost*
Adults	$35
Youth 17 and under	Free

*SCA Members will receive a $10 member discount off the cost listed above.

Event Schedule

Time	Activity	Location
Friday Oct 10	Registration and gathering	Main Hall
Sat and Sunday 7:30-9 am	Peasants breakfast	kitchen
Sat 9:30 am	Opening Assembly	Main hall
Sat 10:00 am	Swan Round Table discussion	Main Hall or outside
10:00 am	Rapier Tourney	List Field
Sat and Sunday	Classes, times to be posted
Sat and Sunday	Games, as the whim demands
Sunday 10 am	Swan Round Table discussion
Sunday 2:30 pm	Swan contest assembly, tentative

Meal Information

Peasants Breakfast of porridge and warm applesauce available for $5 both Saturday and Sunday at the kitchen. Please bring your own feast gear

pot luck feasts both saturday and Sunday night! On a restricted diet? No problem, feel free to bring your own food instead of the pot luck, and join us for the social aspect of the feast.

Saturday night feast encourages period entertainments, so if you have a song, story, poem, riddle, or lay to share, please do so. You do not have to have it memorized. Instruments welcome!

Sunday night is a much more relaxed affair, and non-period entertainment is encouraged, as well as the traditional Frozen Mountain Songbook singalong!

Tournament Information

The Tournament of the Golden Swan is first and foremost a female persona creation contest.
This year’s candidate must remain in persona the whole time she is onsite, and participate in several round table discussions, and some private sessions with judges. All participants are welcome to participate in the persona creation, everyday life, food, and habitat round tables. If you have developed a persona and wish to talk about yourself, you are welcome to do so. You are also welcome to listen and enjoy other people’s stories!

Combat wise, there will be a Rapier Defender Tournament on Saturday, starting at 10 am. Followed by a Cut and Thrust Tournament, and heavy fighting if there are folks interested.

Tournament of the Golden Swan