BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5@wessexleague.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230916T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230917T180000 DTSTAMP:20230914T061530Z URL:https://wessexleague.org/events/wessex-league-2023-winnersh/ SUMMARY:Wessex League 2023 - Winnersh DESCRIPTION:Booking opens Tuesday August 8th at 12pm and closes Friday Sept ember 8th at 6pm\nThe UK's first HEMA Tournament League returns for 2023.  Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year\, The Renaissance Sword Club will be hosting the first leg of the 2023 Wessex League. The Renaissance S word Club specialises in Rapier and Sword &\; Buckler techniques with c lasses held in Surrey and Berkshire. For more information about RSC\, head over to their website at: https://www.renaissanceswordclub.com/\nWe will be running 8 competitions (4 Open\, 2 women's &\; 2 beginners)\n\n Ope n Longsword\n Open Rapier &\; Dagger\n Open Sabre\n Open Sword &\ ; Buckler\n Women's+ Longsword\n Women's+ Sword &\; Buckler\n Beginn ers' Longsword\n Beginners' Sword &\; Buckler\n\nIf you miss out on ti ckets for a particular tournament there is a waiting list which we will of fer tickets to as and when they drop out. We recommend registering for any other tournaments you are interested in\, and then filling out this form: Wessex Winnersh Waiting List Form\n\nNote: The beginners and women's tour naments run alongside each other with opposite weapons\, and you cannot co mpete in two events running at the same time\, so please take care when bo oking not to choose the two that clash. Please see below for entry criteri a.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\nRules &\; Equipment\nPlease be sure to re ad the tournament rules and minimum required equipment requirements. It is your responsibility to make sure you have the correct equipment for the e vent - if you do not have sufficient or appropriate equipment you will not be allowed to fence in the tournament. If you are missing particular item s please contact us and we may be able to arrange something to be borrowed .\n\nWomen's+ Tournament Entries\nThe women’s category in HEMA tournamen ts was originally created to provide meaningful challenges for women. The ultimate aim of providing them has been to: allow fencers to test their sk ills in a situation without routine physical disadvantages\; understand th eir progress relative to their peers year on year\; give greater access to tournaments to an under-represented gender in our sport\; ensure people r ealise that their gender does not prevent them from participating in HEMA. \n\nWhile the primary intent in the past has been to support women\, we re cognise that many of considerations above apply equally to many non-binary fencers as well. Therefore\, this tournament is open to:\n  a) Women (fo r the avoidance of doubt: cis or trans)\n  b) Any non-binary fencers who feel the issues above also apply to them\, and that their presence in the tournament wouldn’t detract from the aims in regards to women\n\nWe reco gnise that there are a wide range of non-binary genders\, and not all of t hem will feel comfortable participating in the women’s tournament. It is entirely up to the fencer in question whether they think the Women's+ is suitable for them. The Open tournaments are all open to any gender. \n\nB eginners' Tournament Entries\n\n\nWhen Wessex was first created\, there wa s a limited competitive scene in the UK\, and most of the competitors were relatively new.  Every year we have seen a higher standard of fencing fr om our regulars and more people come from further away to participate in o ur events. This is fantastic\, but has meant that it is harder for new fen cers who have never competed to join in with the event and participate. Fo r this reason we have decided to include 2 small beginners tournaments thi s year.\n\nThe beginners' tournaments are open to any gender. While we are not putting strict rules on "beginners"\, as a rule of thumb if you have less than 2 years HEMA experience and have never made it out of the pools\ , the beginners should be perfect for you. Some fencers may still consider themselves a beginner even after this point - if you are unsure\, speak t o your instructor or the Wessex team.\n\nIf you are a regular competitor\, instructor\, and/or have multiple years of martial arts &\; HEMA exper ience\, likely the Opens are a better fit for you.\n\nYou may not book bot h the beginner tournament and the open tournaments of the same weapon. Yo u may book the women's tournaments and the beginners' tournaments of the s ame weapon\, as long as you are not booking two tournaments running at the same time.\nVenue:\nThe Forest School\nRobin Hood Lane\, Winnersh\,\nWoki ngham\, Berkshire\, RG41 5NE\nThe school is walking distance from Winnersh train station which has a direct line from Waterloo\, or via Reading. If driving it's off Junction 10 on the M4 and there is parking available on s ite. Changing facilities are available on site.\nMeals and refreshments:\n Friday Social\n\nTBC\n\nSaturday Social:\n\n\nTBC\n\n\nVolunteering:\n\n Competitors who would like to help us as volunteers receive a free lunch a nd a discount on your ticket \n Please state what kind of work you are i nterested in in the following questionnaire. \n After deciding on the num ber of shifts please use the following discount code before checkout - VOL UNTEER5 for 1 shift and £5 discount\, VOLUNTEER10 for 2 shifts and £10 d iscount\, VOLUNTEER15 for 3+ shifts and £15 discount.   \n ONLY volun teering as an official\, without participating in any tournaments – FRE E of charge. We will pay up to £50 towards your travel costs and will pr ovide lunch on a day of volunteering.\n\nCost to attend: \n• ONLY vol unteering as an official\, without participating in any tournaments – F REE of charge.\n\n £25 per open competition entry\n £20 for beginners '/women's+ tournaments\n\nDisclaimer: By registering you agree to the foll owing statement:\n\n“I understand that whilst every care will be taken t o give safe instruction\, I accept full responsibility and consider myself fit to participate. I have answered all questions correctly and all medic al and health considerations are noted below.”\n\nHow we use your data: We will only use your data for managing our events. By registering you agr ee to share the data from your matches with HEMA Ratings and HEMA Scorecar d\,. We cannot accept your registration if you do not agree to this as the se are necessary to run the event. Your results will also be posted on our website.\n\nIf you don't want to appear in HEMA Ratings\, you can contact HEMA Ratings directly and ask for your record to be anonymised. Your data will still be submitted\, but it will not appear in any public page.\nPLE ASE NOTE: If an event does not appear in the list below it is because it i s sold out. Use this form to get on the waiting list: Wessex Winnersh Wait ing List Form LOCATION:The Forest School\, Robin Hood Lane\, Winnersh\, Wokingham\, RG41 5NE\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Robin Hood Lane\, Winnersh\ , Wokingham\, RG41 5NE\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The For est School:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR