Loch Guardian: Ludi Florales

The Barony of Loch Soilleir invites you to celebrate the new year and a bountiful spring harvest. The time is upon us for Their Serpentine Excellencies to choose new champions in the fields of Archery, Thrown Weapons, Equestrian, Rapier Combat, & Chivalric Combat!

May 2-4, 2025
Site opens 5pm Friday & closes 12pm Sunday.


To be hosted at 16916 Brumbelow Rd, Needville, Tx 77461

5 pm – Site opens to public

8 am – Gate opens
9:30 am – Morning Court
10:00 am (or immediately after court) – Armored and Rapier armor inspections
10:30 am – Royal Lancer begins
10:30 am – Armored and Rapier tournaments begin
12:00 pm – Laurels and Royals Lunch open
12:30 pm – Lunch open for all
12:30 pm – Laurel circle (1 hour)
1:30 pm – Baronial equestrian begins
1:30 pm – Adult Archery begins
2:00 pm – Gate closes
2:00 pm – Thrown Weapons begins
2:30 pm – Youth Archery begins
4:00 pm – Golden Lance Circle (1 hour)
4:30 pm – All competitions concluded and fields closed
5:00 pm – Evening Court

Noon – Site closed

Registration Pricing:

  • Adult Registration: $30
  • Discounted Member Registration: $20
  • Youth 17 and under: FREE
  • Luncheon Feast included!

Please make checks payable to: SCA Inc., Barony of Loch Soilleir
Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. They may also attend with a 21 year old or older adult with a signed and notarized Minor Event Waiver from the parents.

Free Luncheon:

Join us for a masterful Roman meal prepared by Master WIlliam and Her Excellency Melessent! This free meal will include all your favorite foldable flatbread favorites! If the Romans had a Taco Bar – it’d likely look like this!
Shredded Italian Beef

Pulled pork

Pesto chicken

A vegetarian option

Tomato, onion, basil, oregano, parsley salsa with and without Calabrian chiles

Flour and corn tortillas 

Shredded cheese

Additional salsa TBD

Loch Soilleir Baronial Championships: Chivalric, Rapier, Equestrian, Archery, Thrown Weapons.

–Archer (Target Archery) Format
Maestro Diego has created a multi-round shoot that will test your precision and fortitude. Be prepared for standing targets, ground targets, and more!

A standard bullseye target, with the lines between point values widened for the ring of flowers. Point values to be assigned normally, but striking a line, and thus, a flower, loses points.

As the mongoose is one of the most recognizable predators of serpents, small mongoose-like forms will be set out as close range ground targets.
Concept is that they are invading to hunt serpents, and points will be awarded for each mongoose struck.

Vertical pillar target with two serpents (pool noodles) wrapped around, symbolizing the caduceus. Points will be scored for each shot that hits the staff of the caduceus, with loss for striking the snakes

Serpent protection campaign – hawk
In Rome, one of the most plentiful predators of serpents are large raptors, primarily hawks. Archery targets will have a spread of hawks (painted, sticker, or some other form) on them. Points for each individual hawk form struck

–Defender (Rapier) Format
Lord Rook wishes to please Flora with games of chance.  Be prepared for the dice of destiny to choose your weapon styles!

–Guardian (Armored) Format
Get ready to FIGHT!  Lord TERMUS promises plenty of opportunities to battle lakeside.  The tournament will be round robin style, bring your best.  Pools and exact format depending on the number of competitors.

–Rider (Equestrian) Format
Lady Aerin will have you appease Flora’s whims in a multistage quest as we try to capture an elusive unicorn!

–Warden (Thrown Weapons) Format
Lord Gilli presents 3 rounds to celebrate Flora testing your skill with thrown knives, spears, and axes. Be prepared for standing and ground targets!

• Theme: This event honors Flora, the goddess of flowers and spring, so our first round will focus on the vibrant energy of nature’s rebirth.

• Objective: Contestants will throw knives at targets designed to look like blooming flowers coming up in a garden

• Target Design: Various flowers have started to bloom in the lands of Loch Sollier. The center of the flowers will be worth 2 points, representing the heart of Flora’s bloom, each petal will be worth 1 point.

• Theme: Too many animals have been released on the fields of Loch and we welcome the opportunity to protect our crops and provide a feast for the people.

• Objective: Contestants will use spears to harvest the multitude of rabbits and birds that have helped themselves to the harvest.

• Target Design: The rabbits will be placed on the ground and made from foam. We will use print out of birds and have them against hay bales for standing targets. Each animal successfully hit will be worth 2 points.

• Theme: This round celebrates the abundance and fertility that Flora bring to the harvest, symbolizing the wide variety of fruits gathered during the festival.

• Objective: Contestants throw axes at a series of targets designed to represent various fruits. The rarer the fruit, the more points it is worth.

• Target Design: We will use a normal wooden backboard with various size and color rings to represent fruit. Purple = grapes, Red = strawberries, etc. The larger fruits will be worth 1 point and the smaller fruits will be worth 2 points.

Camping:

Camping is allowed, site is primitive.

Site Rules:

  • Merchants welcome!
  • Alcohol allowed in period containers.
  • Service animals only, this is a working ranch.
  • Horses must have proof of negative Coggins.
  • Police your trash (especially cigarette butts).

Directions:
Make your best way to the intersection of Hwy 69 & 36 south of Rosenberg, TX.

Go South on Tx-36.

Turn left at FM 361 Td/Long Point Rd.

Continue onto FM 1994/Guy-Long Point Rd (right curve).

Turn left onto Brumbelow Rd, follow for about 2.5 miles.

Destination is on your right.


For more information, please reach out to our Event Steward:
Drottin Kolli
mka: Sarah DeArmond
kollioxnamegin@gmail.com