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Author Topic: Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.  (Read 6568 times)

Thorsteinn

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Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.
« on: 2012-07-03, 19:21:24 »
Looks like some Brits are going to Poland next year:

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Battle of the Nations is missing one vital element; a team from the United Kingdom to show the rest of the world just how hard British steel is. Europe’s foremost, full contact medieval tournament currently has no entry from our great nation and it is our aim to rectify this for 2013.
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Re: Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.
« Reply #1 on: 2012-07-04, 16:41:52 »
That`s great news.....Although I can tell you now, you won`t hear of me putting my name forward. I value my fingers far too much  ;)

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Re: Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.
« Reply #2 on: 2012-07-06, 18:06:09 »
From Hal Therion via the Armour Archive.

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Re: Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.
« Reply #3 on: 2012-07-06, 19:30:56 »
Is this where we say "French weapons and armor for sale. Never used in combat, and weapons only dropped once." ? 8)
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Re: Brits to field a team for BOTN 2013.
« Reply #4 on: 2012-07-07, 02:48:08 »
i looked at that Sir James, but I did not like the yellow stripe on the backplates