The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is a worldwide organisation for the recreation of the skills, chivalry and combat of medieval Europe.

The SCA is perhaps most famous for full contact, uncoreagraphed combat between armoured fighters using rattan weapons with the weight and balance, but not the killing capability, of the real thing. Combat is not usually held in public and is conducted as a full-contact sport rather than a re-enacted display.

West Dragonshire is an SCA Shire based in Basingstoke and with members from across the South of England, and is the oldest SCA group in the UK. The Shire was once known as Insula Draconis in days past - that name is now borne by the Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis which encompasses the entirety of the UK and Ireland. The Crown Principality is a territory of the Kingdom of Drachenwald which includes Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

More information on the activities of the Shire and the SCA can be found by following the links on the left, by contacting to the Seneschal or by coming along to the fighter practice on Tuesday in Basingstoke (it is rarely cancelled but it would be worth checking with the Marshal or Seneschal beforehand just in case).