Youth Armoured Combat Draft:Marshal's Section

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Structure

1. Sparring Partners/Assistant marshals?
2. Youth Armoured Combat Marshals
3. Youth Armoured Combat Authorising Marshals
4. Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshals
5. Kingdom Deputy Earl Marshal for Youth Armoured Combat/Kingdom Youth #Armoured Combat Marshal
6. Earl Marshal
7. Deputy Society Marshal for Youth Combat

General

1. There are three types of people that go by the name "marshal" in youth armoured combat:
   • authorised marshals
   • marshals who are group officers
   • marshals who have specific roles at events.
2. "Rostered marshal" is a general term for authorised youth armoured combat marshals and youth armoured combat authorising marshals who are current SCA members (subscribing members, not just event members). It doesn't include assistant marshals.

Types of authorised marshal

There are three types of authorised marshal in youth armoured combat:

• Assistant marshal
• Youth armoured combat marshal
• Youth armoured combat authorising marshal.

Marshals as officers

There are three levels of marshals as officers:

• Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshals for local groups (Baronies, Shires, Cantons and Colleges)
• the Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal/Deputy Earl Marshal for Youth Armoured Combat
• the Kingdom Earl Marshal.

Marshals for events and practices

There are three types of marshals for events and practices:

• Field marshals
• Responsible marshals for a field (e.g. a tournament list, war field or pick-up area)
• Marshal-in-Charge for an event or practice.

Ranks of authorised marshal

Table 2.2.1 Summary of roles

		Rostered marshals
	Assistant marshal	Youth armoured combat marshal	Youth armoured combat authorising marshal
Subscribing Membership required*	No	Yes	Yes
Inspect equipment	Only under supervision	Yes	Yes
Field marshal	Yes	Yes	Yes
Responsible marshal for a field	No	Yes	Yes
Marshal-in-Charge of an event or practice	No	Yes	Yes
Authorise fighters	No	No	Yes
Authorise marshals	No	No	Yes

* A marshal or authorising marshal whose Subscribing Membership has lapsed can act as an assistant marshal until their membership is renewed.

Assistant marshal

1. The purpose of the assistant marshal role is to create a large pool of people authorised to assist the responsible marshal with observing and controlling combat, and to allow a person to gain the training and marshalling experience required to become an authorised marshal while under the supervision and instruction of authorised marshals. An assistant marshal is a person who knows the basics of observing combat and how to move around safely on the combat field. They are not expected to be able to operate independently as a marshal.
2. If you are authorised as a youth sparring partnet combatant, you are automatically an assistant marshal (unless you are under 18). You can authorise as an assistant marshal without being a combatant; see Authorising as an assistant marshal.
3. Assistant marshals are not rostered marshals.
4. An assistant marshal may:
   • be a field marshal
   • inspect armour and weapons under the direct supervision of a rostered marshal. The supervising rostered marshal is still responsible for decisions.
5. An assistant marshal may not:
   • be responsible marshal for a field, or Marshal-in-Charge of an event or practice
   • inspect armour and weapons (except under the direct supervision of a rostered marshal)
   • make rulings on equipment, revoke authorisations, or act in any marshallate capacity not specifically allowed in the rule above.

Youth armoured combat marshal

A rostered youth armoured combat marshal can:

• inspect armour and weapons
• be responsible marshal for a field
• be Marshal-in-Charge of an event or practice
• be a field marshal.

Youth armoured combat authorising marshal

1. A youth armoured combat authorising marshal is a rostered youth armoured marshal who may authorise:
   • youth armoured combatants
   • youth sparring partners
   • youth armoured combat marshals.
2. A youth armoured combat authorising marshal may also become Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal.

Marshals as officers

Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshal

1. Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshals must be members.
2. Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshals do not have to be authorised youth armoured combat marshals, or authorised fighters in any combat form.
3. The Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshal is responsible for the administration of youth armoured combat in their group. They are not necessarily required to organise marshalling for any specific event (that is the responsibility of the Marshal-in-Charge for the event, who is appointed by the event steward).
4. Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshals report to the Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal (see Chain of Command and Reporting).
5. The Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshal has a role in the chain of appeals if they are an authorised youth armoured combat marshal (see Sanctions and Appeals).

Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal

A deputy of the Earl Marshal who is responsible for armoured combat.

1. They are appointed by the Kingdom Earl Marshal for a two-year term, as described in Lochac Law.
2. They must be a youth armoured combat authorising marshal, and must be a member of the SCA or its affiliates.

Kingdom Earl Marshal

1. The Kingdom Earl Marshal is responsible for overseeing all combat-related activities in Lochac.
2. They are appointed by the Crown.
3. They must be a member of the SCA or its affiliates.
4. They must be an authorising marshal (or equivalent) in at least one of the following fields: armoured combat, rapier, equestrian.
5. The Kingdom Earl Marshal must have deputies with responsibility for any combat-related activities for which they are not themselves an authorising marshal (or equivalent). They may have warranted deputies for other areas (e.g. a Kingdom Earl Marshal who is a senior marshal for both armoured combat and an authorising fencing marshal may still choose to have deputies for one, or both, of those areas).
6. In addition to their warranted deputies, the Kingdom Earl Marshal may appoint other deputies, for various purposes as they see fit, e.g. running test programs, maintaining the combat handbook, or maintaining the marshallate website.
7. The Kingdom Earl Marshal must appoint a deputy within six months of assuming office, capable of assuming the office in case of emergency.

Marshals for events and practices

Roles

One person may fill several of the roles listed below. For example, it is common for the Marshal-in-Charge for the event, responsible marshal for a field of combat, and one of the field marshals to be the same person.

Field marshals

Field marshals:

• may not be a sparring partner at the same time as they are marshalling.
• are appointed by the responsible marshal for the field.
• declare the beginning and end of a passage of combat.
• report to the responsible marshal, Marshal-in-Charge and/or up the reporting lines as required.
• must see that the results of combat are carried to the list keeper. (We expect results will be carried by an assistant or a herald, but the responsible marshal needs to make sure it happens.

Responsible marshal for a field of combat (any area where combat is taking place)

1. For every area where youth armoured combat is taking place (including pick-up fights), there must be a responsible marshal for that field who has overall responsibility for that combat.
2. The responsible marshal for a field may be a different person for different bouts or scenarios in the same tournament or war.
3. The responsible marshal for a field:
   • must be satisfied that there are sufficient field marshals.
   • may participate as a sparring parter for one-on-one pick-up fighting, as long as there are field marshals.

Marshal-in-Charge of an event or practice

1. Every youth armoured combat event or practice must have a designated Marshal-in-Charge.
2. They must be a rostered youth armoured combat marshal.
3. They organise marshalling of youth armoured combat at the event, and must make sure there are sufficient marshals to oversee whatever youth armoured combat takes place.
4. They report on all youth armoured combat activities at the event, as required by the event steward, Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshal, Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal or Earl Marshal.

Requirements to act as a marshal

1. You must be at least 18 years old.
2. You must have a current authorisation as a youth armoured combat marshal (or sparring partner for assistant marshal).
3. To act as a rostered youth armoured combat marshal you must also be a member. You don't need to be a current member to act as an assistant marshal.
4. You must show your authorisation card and proof of membership to the lists officer, responsible marshal or Marshal-in-Charge, if required.

1. You must meet all the standards for working with children in the country/state

Requirements to act as a rostered marshal

1. must be authorised as a marshal for the activity (and your authorisation must be current)
2. must be a current member for the SCA or its affiliates (not an event member).
3. must show proof of membership and authorisation to the lists officer or Marshal-in-Charge if required.

There are four levels of authorised marshals for Youth Combat:

Table 2.2.1 Summary of roles

			Rostered	Rostered
	Youth Sparring Partner	Assistant Marshal	Marshal	Authorising Marshal
Subscribing Membership required	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Inspect	No	No	Yes	Yes
Field Marshal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marshal in Charge (field)	No	No	Yes	Yes
Marshal in Charge (event)	No	No	Yes	Yes
Authorise fighters	No	No	Yes	Yes
Authorise Marshals	No	No	No	Yes

Assistant Marshal

1. An assistant marshal is a person who knows the basics of observing combat and how to move around safely on the youth combat field.
2. The assistant marshal role assists the responsible marshal of the field with observing and controlling combat, and helps gain the training and marshalling experience required to become an authorised marshal.
3. Authorising as a Youth Sparring partner authorises you as an assistant marshal as well.
4. You can authorise as an assistant marshal without being a combatant; see: Authorisation of assistant marshals.
5. assistant marshals are not rostered marshals.
6. An assistant marshal is allowed to:
   1. Be a field marshal
   2. Inspect armour and weapons under the direct supervision of a rostered marshal.
7. An assistant marshal is not allowed to:
   1. Be the responsible marshal of a field, or Marshal-in-Charge of an event
   2. Inspect armour and weapons (except under the supervision of a rostered marshal)
   3. Make rulings on equipment, revoke authorisations, or act in any other marshallate capacity not specifically allowed in the rules above

Marshal

A rostered marshal is allowed to:

1. Inspect armour and weapons
2. Be responsible marshal of a field
3. Marshal-in-Charge of an event
4. Be a field marshal
5. Authorise combatants

Senior Marshal needs a separate name - Authorising Youth Combat Marshal

A Senior Marshal is a rostered marshal who is also allowed to:

1. Authorise youth sparring partners
2. Authorise assistant marshals and youth combat marshals.
3. Be Kingdom Deputy Earl Marshal for Youth Armoured Combat/Kingdom Youth Armoured Combat Marshal.

Youth armoured combat Sparring Partner:Needs its own section as not marshals

1. These are adults who have been authorised to spar with youth combatants.
2. They must be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the weapons, armour, and calibration levels appropriate to all divisions.
3. All youth armoured combat Sparring Partners are authorised assistant marshals.check age limit - armoured must be over 18...

Group Youth Armoured Combat Marshal

1. This is an administrative role responsible for:
   1. promoting youth amoured combat within their group
   2. reporting on youth armoured combat activities
   3. organising events and equipment relevant to their group's needs

Marshal responsibilities

1. Monitor activities and behavior on the field and immediately stop all potentially hazardous or unchivalrous activities.
2. Marshals on the field are expected to take an active role in safety, sportsmanship and assistance in calibration.
   1. Youth Combat Marshals have a greater responsibility to intervene than their counterparts in adult martial activities.
   2. The younger the combatants, the more active the marshaling becomes.
3. Assist the assistant marshals as required
4. Marshals will remove any combatant who refuses to obey the commands of the marshals or other officials.
5. Supervise youth armoured combat training activities

Marshal-in-Charge responsibilities:

1. Only a rostered Youth Armoured Combat Marshal may be the marshal-in-charge of a youth armoured combat event or practice.
2. The marshal-in-charge at any official event, including practices, is responsible for:
   1. ensuring that all waiver and background check policies are complied with.
   2. preparing (or having prepared) and submitting all required reports and forms.
   3. ensuring that there are enough marshals and ?constables? to control the activity.
   4. checking that the field can be safely fought upon and an appropriate buffer zone is provided between the list or battlefield and spectators as necessary.
   5. Ensuring that prior to any combat (practice or tournament) all equipment be inspected and meets all safety and armor requirements pertaining to the appropriate division.