Youth Armoured Combat Draft:Change Log

Changes from Society Youth Combat Marshal's Handbook July 2024

The Society Youth Combat Marshal's Handbook can be found here - https://www.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Youth-Combat-Handbook-July-2024.pdf

Overview

Mission and Goals

Our version of this section is virtually identical, but refers to youth armoured combat only. Youth rapier combat is dealt with in another handbook. As at November 2024, the Youth Rapier Handbook has not been approved by the Board of SCA Ltd or Committee of SCANZ.

General Conventions

Society rules allow kingdoms to establish procedures for youth combatant authorisations and warranting of marshals, and separate youth armoured combat and youth rapier combat into separate disciplines.

Our version includes the authorisations for particpants and marshals that we have established.

We have included definitions in this section that are I.A and I.B in Society rules, and added some terms, such as Nominated caregiver that are specific to Lochac.

Parent Section

We've called this section "Information for parents"

I. Definitions

Moved to Overview as the terms aren't specific to things that parents need to know.

II. Participation

We have linked to the relevant policies relating to the particpation of minors at SCA events in Lochac. We have some differences in how minors are