THE sport of knights will be on display at Kryal Castle this weekend with the return of the Keith Ryall Memorial Jousting Tournament.<\/p>\n
The annual tradition celebrates the eponymous founder of Kryal Castle and will see nine jousters competing throughout four rounds and a finale match on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Kryal Castle CEO Bart Hamilton said the event has been a popular occasion since 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe invite jousters from all across the country and internationally,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very A Knight\u2019s Tale.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have medieval fight clubs from throughout Australia. They\u2019ll fight in a foot combat tournament which ends with a male, female and group victory at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeith Ryall was obviously a visionary. There wouldn\u2019t be this giant castle without him. His widow Joyce will be presenting the awards on the Sunday so it\u2019s a great reminder of his legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeith was a jouster himself and loved it so there\u2019s no better way to honour him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the competing jousters, two will be from the Order of Kryal Castle while four are from the Order of the Star teams.<\/p>\n
The two-day event will also include face painting, axe throwing, live performance, archery and potion making.<\/p>\n
With an expected 1500 to 2000 people taking part in this weekend\u2019s event, Mr Hamilton said the memorial jousting comp is getting bigger every year.<\/p>\n
\u201cFoot combat is the big new one,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be like a medieval boxing match with armour and swords.<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from that there\u2019s the medieval pantomime, meat-tasting experience. It\u2019s kind of an extension of what we do but we really hammer home the historical accuracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Keith Ryall Memorial Jousting Tournament will take place on Saturday, 27 and Sunday, 28 May.<\/p>\n
Tickets range from free passes to up to $104 and can be booked at the Kryal Castle website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE sport of knights will be on display at Kryal Castle this weekend with the return of the Keith Ryall Memorial Jousting Tournament. The annual tradition celebrates the eponymous founder of Kryal Castle and will see nine jousters competing throughout four rounds and a finale match on Sunday. Kryal Castle CEO Bart Hamilton said the […]<\/p>\n