For more information and up-to-the-minute details about online and in-person gatherings, please see the Hartwood Facebook forum, or contact the appropriate officer.
Archery is held outdoors for the spring, summer, and fall seasons, 4:30pm - 7pm on Tuesdays at 1765 Fern Rd, Courtenay. Practices on Denman Island are 5pm for youth, 6pm for Adults on Wednesdays at 10234 Green Hill Rd, Denman Island. Additional practices in the Duncan area are periodic. Please watch the discussion group for details announcements.
Armoured Combat (also know as Heavy Fighting) is an exciting full-contact sport that mimics the Knights of old, fighting in full armour with sword and shield. Heavy fighting can be broken down into two distinct forms, war fighting and tournament fighting. Both share the same skill set but are greatly different.
Practices are typically held outdoors during the spring, summer, and fall seasons, and indoors at the Nanoose Bay Pentecostal camp in winter. Covid-19 protocols are in place.
For practice notices and cancellations, see the Facebook event or the Hartwood discussion group. For more information contact the Minister of Stables.
Arts & Sciences meetings are typically hosted weekly in Campbell River, Courtenay, Parksville and Crofton. These social gatherings may invite you to bring your own project to work on, offer focused workshops on specific topics, or be an opportunity to get feedback and ask questions of our more experienced members.
Please email the Arts & Sciences officer, or see the Hartwood discussion group for scheduled activities.
The get togethers are very social and friendly, and many bring their own projects when there is no group project on the go. Attendees can number from 2 - 10, and the discussions are fun and informative.
You can imagine a medieval recreation group of 50,000 members takes a little coordination. Now our little Shire is only a portion of that number with just over 60 current members (though we continue to grow) but managing offices, events, reports, and Shire business takes a bit of effort. Council is where we review events gone by and plan for our future activities such as events and practices. All are always welcome.
We try to meet on a monthly basis, and we use the Zoom platform to meet online. If you would like to be notified of meetings and receive connection information, please email the Webminister and they will happily add you to the list!
Rapier combat is a full-contact sport emulating historical rennaisance sword techniques. Participants use rapiers and a wide variety of off-hand weapons to take part in war mele and/or tournament style fighting. This is a touch-sport, so light armour is worn to better sense when one has been hit.
Practices are typically held outdoors for the spring, summer, and fall seasons, and indoors at the Nanoose Bay Pentecostal Camp during winter. Covid-19 protocols are in place.
For practice notices and cancellations, see the Facebook event listing or the Hartwood discussion group. For more information, contact the Minister of Blades.
Thrown Weapons is typically held outdoors during the spring, summer, and fall seasons. Covid-19 protocols are in place.
For practice notices and cancellations, see the Facebook event listing or the Hartwood discussion group. For more information contact the Chief Chucker.