ye olde tournament

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on January 11, 2009

This weekend the family plus Granddad and Ngaire went to a jousting tournament held in Upper Hutt and run by The Order of the Boar (great name!).  There were joutsers from New Zealand, Belgium, Canada, Sweden and the US along with archery, sword fighting and siege machines.  The boys had a great time and loved all the events but were especially impressed by the pageantry and colour of the jousting.

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What else do you expect?

One rare thing that happened was that on one of the runs the competitors hit each other on the tips of their lances.  If you think about all the things that have to align for this to happen you can understand why it doesn’t happen very often.  Luckily I was shooting in high speed mode…

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One Response to “ye olde tournament”

  1. ngahuia says:

    Happy Birthday to Max.

    Big hugs and kisses from Ian, Ngahuia, Charlie bum popsy pants, Noodle and Sausage
    xoxoxoxo

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