Southron Gaard

The Barony of Southron Gaard is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was officially recognised as a Shire of the Kingdom of Caid in A.S. XVIII. It became a Barony in A.S. XXXI, with Sigurd Hardrada and Eleanora van den Bogaerde as the first Baron and Baroness. In A.S. XXXVII the lands of Southron Gaard passed to the Kingdom of Lochac.

The Incipient College of St Kessog was formed as a sub-group of the Barony at the University of Otago in Dunedin towards the end of AS XL. The Barony also enjoys warm relations with a steel group based at the University of Canterbury, known as Ordo Cygni.

Southron Gaard's best-known event is Canterbury Faire, a 5-6 day camping event held around February 6th each year. Among those who have grown up with Festival, CF is frequently described as "Festival, the way it used to be". Locals add: "no mudde, no duste, no venymous fauna".

External Links

• Barony: http://sg.sca.org.nz/
• Canterbury Faire: http://sg.sca.org.nz/cf.htm
• St Kessog: http://kessog.sca.org.nz/
• Ordo Cygni http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/ordocygni/