Now that A.S. LX is behind us, I am delighted to be able to announce the A.S. LXI Arts and Sciences Champion for Lochac.
Each year, the championship is awarded to the person with the highest cumulative score across the four competitions of the previous year. If they enter a competition more than once, their highest score for that round is counted. Thus, the championship rewards both excellence and enthusiasm.
The token of the Championship is a blue pouch, embroidered with the insignia of the Arts and Sciences. Each Champion is encouraged to obtain a pouch suitable to their needs and persona.
Before we get to the announcement, however, I would like to mention some of the many entrants who lit up the competitions in A.S. 60.
Our judging rubric is designed to challenge even Laurels in their areas of expertise, so a score above seventy (out of one hundred) is always worthy of acclaim. A score above eighty is truly impressive.
Over the past four competitions, these were the gentles who achieved scores above eighty on any single entry:
Baron Llewellyn de Guerre
Lord Giovaninno da Vidor
Maestra Gabriella Borromei
Lord Thorbjorn Bjarnjlr of Southron Gaard
THL Jeneur le Geline
Magnifica Ooonagh O’Neill
Lady Rose le Taillor
Lady Rhianna verch y Koedwr
Master Lorcan Ruadh
Signora Euphemia di Nicolo Ziani
Master Padraig Lowther
Noble Sesenco Florius
Mistress Gwen Verch David
Master Crispin Sexi
Mestrez Ysabeau Chanteuse
THL Adeline de Montfort,
THL Melissa Wijffels
Huzzah to all of these artisans!
An honourable mention must go to Master Crispin Sexi, who entered every round and earned a total of 306 points. This was more than thirty points above any of the remaining entrants, but not enough to earn a placing…
The third-highest total score, this past year, was achieved by Mestrez Ysabeau Chanteuse, who gained 348 points across all four rounds.
The second-highest achievement was THL Adeline de Montfort, who earned 364 points, also entering every round.
…and now we come to the Arts and Sciences Champion for the year A.S 61. The next-highest scores are not many points behind, so it has been a hard-fought challenge again this year.
The incoming Champion has entered every competition round held in the last twelve months, and most of them from a great distance – a mighty effort.
With a score totalling 369 points, our new Champion is THL Melissa Wijffels, of Ildhafn, in the Crescent Isles!
Good gentles, I call for three cheers, for our Arts and Sciences Champion for Anno Societatis 61, for all our other outstanding entrants, and for each of the entrants, judges, and coordinators who contributed to our Arts and Sciences Competitions in the past year!
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
In service,
Dame Joan Sutton, KMoAS Lochac
Coppergate Sling by Melissa Wijffels
Ceramic Sippy Cup by Melissa Wijffels
Beads by Melissa Wijffels
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