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f THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, May 26, 20056 â€"3 _ Castl j t I third at nati 1 perennial champion Shane Protos ay Suzane AtkincoN Richard Element of Castleton was competing JoUsST IN TIME f fi)i:{‘;ggf”g’igi;]}filggSgi;‘;}%sw‘;g in the Canadian National Heavy Armour Jousting Impery y 37 uy ce es gob Coombes of Durham, i ine‘ lot Bew lt it . [o>. o e e e t Ontario. championships in Georgetown over the long weekend. & Ned o “’g‘f,"“’f"‘“s* ;f\& B ?‘%fi?«& es i i "A guy like Shane can collect it € I ~oite wl‘ lt e 2 l l f These photos are from Sunday‘s competition where he _ W J es â€" _ _ y vw*;“ifigm S ?ls s;aat and 1\/%{&%) his ltance on ini UE rkoanereseinss es .. OG El xq P _ / C amaiaiingee, target," says Mr. Element. finished fourth. The event was to wrap up Monday. N Ewady ""v NuyAF _ raltieetes .. (The hits are bie. Theyre nikseais 5. â€"<et aniy _ caale iEs® â€" shocking," says Mr. Element wh 1/4"â€"slot with the very real aim of ,,L.,.'..:,.;?, _ _ Kewies Sfal ‘”fi‘l 65'5*'( S Ee is now sIgJortirfgh cuts abovePEisV:ayg ic t ana ; fin‘.mkl,lrwl 3 }i{ls OIEESE;‘ ‘;}t]eo I;ffll;;: ‘m hh %Z ~<A" ?4 P Eie eaiala) â€" and a goosege on his forhead after Special to The Colborne Chronicle prst 1i 1P Eo anpl ced tee (n o k %‘ l commmunememmaseme] . DCiDS unborsed on Saturday. He gu‘s goal as well. 1 t e o e it T ale m ie o on a o â€" landed head first. Grorcztrown â€" Castleton‘s "It was for real. It was a pretty q ~|7 xc ;}.vj.:__'- Pime®s /.. . TL "You‘re trying to collect Richard Element finished third in good tournament," said Mr. / | "T_" . 5:. aâ€"»aul W . _ ______]. yourself right before," says Mr. the Canadian National heavy Element who was unhorsed & C _!____ / in ~ s ds N ie ..<t) â€" Element. "You know it (the hit) is armour jousting championship during Saturday‘s r_our_ld but :-_g!!“â€"' 5 J T. d j We e _ .8 coming and you‘re tz”ylng to keep over the past weekend. But hes _ came back to claim third in both &SISS" hP ns 3 ’;’@‘i m e . e g_s2! YOu lance on target." _ f hoping the lessons he learned at â€" the heavy armour joust and the ) T2 In heavy armour jousting i ' ivisi was the first .. diaine hi Sllk s Bs > ==S opponents gallop full speed with the four day tournament will help â€" games division. It was the first . Axiks iss 5 TX B uies 7 }_ & lances pointed at each other‘s him fare even better at the world real jousting competition he has ~A a w% ; _‘;L" ' 4 â€" _ _ L 4 breastplates. They score one point championships â€" in â€" London, â€" finished. Previously he has had to C o Cl uy ME h m/ ( 4 1 Ontario in two weeks. take at least one round off . { â€"oMMOCle, ;‘ m mgs hig IU[ a IH[ m[cc [U[ "When I get knocked back on because of injury. Canada‘s s â€" : o. No . U h , the saddle, I should just relax. I__ jousters also regularly compete in 5 . zx0 00 ,..a& moil n / ’ shouldn‘t iry to get up so fast. _ shows. 4 C | | should try to get my balance and e inaskan c oik. ce * C on on t TS T * 1 five points for a broken lance and let the horse bring me back up," engineer who. works on Candu s 3. > â€" Npee casu CA > eight points if they "unhorse" says the 42â€"year old who regularly reactors, got into realJoustn}g y3 , | o e h / 0 | thmg};)pponentb y reari i fter he was told â€" ies \. + 4_ Haaa O c he" CA "Shane was bang on against me gallops down a runway wearing . four years ago a h Af ho. ©~. Cns | 6. Vafi%’y all weekend. It,s exhausting almost 95 pounds of 14â€"18 gauge he 53 -too Old for'the gNSR. 5: ons o en 0. | e ‘k' . @ â€" enough when you have to take the steel armour, peering through a He is in his third season of MWM ~ymet " W t l es _ ) big hits. It sucks all the energy ie mc is C esn l lol oolc c ofi right out. of you. Yon get â€" . e esnz . BP _ ~o C o csw exhausted just staying in the C + : ie J ,â€":p ©Tan â€" vell n ee â€"A saddle going down the liZt,” says ; SA 3 m en oi o eagnanies o Element. "He (Adams) knows the j e en ainl s o e ie more he hits you the more likely M e in it ie ies he is to take you off." The moment of contact during jousting match. Next stop is the world heavy professional jousting, second in "Now that I‘ve been doing it for if)rlr;gg]rlj%fit;‘g;??;&"fi?gfig the heavy armour division and _ a while I,m starting to know who on Junel4-5 was up against five other does what," he said Tuesday from On June' 18 they will take part | competitors at the Canadian his farm just outside of Castleton. in a Show at thelglack Pfince championship at Georgetown _ "I watch the video to try to figure Winery in Prince Edward County Fair. He rides an 11â€"year old out what I did wrong. Usually it‘s which willbe 'a T ondtaiss: foi‘ Suffolk Punchâ€"Shire cross named _ subtle things," said Mr. Element. Northumberland‘s. Victori Henry. The event was won by 211 $Wigictorian Order of Nursing. d