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The Belegarth Medieval Combat Society, or just Belegarth, is a foam medieval combat organization

About
Commonly called 'Belegarth' the Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is a "not for profit" corporation in Bloomington,  Illinois. The organization advertises itself as one of the many boffer foam medieval combat sports organizations supporting multiple chapters and clubs across America. These Realms as the organization refers to them as, compete at regional events every year.

The organization initially formed from a set of loosely organized clubs and franchises starting in December of 2001. In July of 2002 the group was organized enough to incorporate in the State of Illinois. .

Weapons
There are many types and sizes of weapons used in Belegarth. A sample of these weapons can be seen at this link: http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/trixster_87/Weapons/.

External News Articles

 * 1) Magazine Article 12/07/2006 Weekly Buzz


 * 1) News Article 10/25/2006 Daily Chronicle


 * 1) News Article 10/23/06 Daily Illini


 * 1) News Article 08/2006 College News


 * 1) News Article 05/04/2006 Arbiter Online


 * 1) April Fool's Day Feature 3/31/2006 Student Life


 * 1) News Article 06/30/2006 Den News


 * 1) News article? 05/24/06 San Diego CityBeat


 * 1) News Article 08/03/2005 Minnesota Daily


 * 1) News article 08/30/05 Daily Iowan


 * 1) News Article 05/15/2005 Fox News
 * 2) News Article 03/04/2005 Northern Star


 * 1) News Article 10/08/2004 Daily Vidette


 * 1) Magazine Article 9/22/2004 Versus Magazine


 * 1) News Article 09/18/2002 Daily Iowan