Craitman
Craitman H. Pellegrino, commonly referred to solely as Craitman, is an English micronationalist who has been involved in online micronational communities since mid-2006, although his micronational experience dates back to late 2002, when he founded the Kingdom of Craitland. Since 2006, Craitman has been heavily involved in the simulationist sector, becoming Administrator General of the MCS in 2009, being FMF President since 2007, and holding citizenships in a number of different nations.
Selected citizenships
Craitman has held citizenships within the following nations at some point during his micronational lifetime. Only nations in which he considers his contributions noteworthy enough are listed, but he has also been involved in lesser positions in other nations.
Craitland
Amoria
Anterreich-Launderschnell
Bobalania
Bosworth
Jamzinia
Kavalos
Kyō-Jima
Livlandia
Mexihco
Reindeer Herders
Vanderveer
Victoria
Wachensburg
Personal life
Craitman was born Adám Perryman in Devon, in 1990, and lived in a small village near Totnes until 2010, when he left for university. He attended school at King Edward VI Community College in Totnes, and also remained at the school's sixth form centre for his A-levels. After studying for four years, he eventually successfully applied for university and went-on to study BA (Hons) Media Communications and Screen Studies at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, Wales.
Craitman founded Craitland in December 2002 as an extension to his love for different countries' cultures and languages, and a desire to start his own. Prior to 2006, when Craitland claimed on Micras, the nation's sole claim was Craitman's parental home; a region which remains as the Craitish Earth-based embassy today.
Craitman's passion for sport is well-known throughout both the simulationist and secessionist sectors, and he takes active roles within a number of virtual sports organisations; most notably the FMF. In his personal life, Craitman has played football, handball and cricket for different teams at different levels. Craitman was also a budding athlete in secondary school, specialising in high jump, where he broke the school record in two consecutive years, and also the 200 metres.
Football
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adám David Perryman | ||
| Place of birth | Torquay, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | KEVICC | ||
| 2001–03 | Ipplepen Athletic | ||
| 2004 | Stoke Gabriel Athletic | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls)* |
| 2008 | Unifix XI | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Glyndŵr Casuals | 4 | (5) |
| 2011–12 | Brickfield Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| * Appearances (Goals) Player has received at least one call-up for any emboldened national teams | |||
Despite not enjoying playing football until starting secondary school, Craitman has since played the sport casually very regularly. Although now playing primarily as a winger or a forward, Craitman was a goalkeeper in his younger years. After playing once for his school's Year 7 team as a winger in 2001, Craitman focused on goalkeeping for Ipplepen Athletic's youth sides for two seasons before leaving the team. In the summer of 2004, Craitman co-founded and captained his local Stoke Gabriel Athletic for a carnival competition, in which they finished second, with Craitman playing in midfield in all four matches and scoring one goal.
In summer 2008, Craitman appeared in a charity match for Unifix XI, playing in a number of positions as they beat Chard Rangers 2–1. In early 2011, after starting university, Craitman co-founded the Glyndŵr Casuals to take part in a six-a-side friendly tournament, where he played in all four matches and scored five goals as the team finished second on goal difference. Later in the year, Craitman began training, and signed a contract, with Brickfield Rangers, but failed to break into the reserve team before leaving to concentrate on his handball career.
Handball
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adám David Perryman | ||
| Place of birth | Torquay, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls)* |
| 2011– | Glyndŵr University | 1 | (0) |
| 2012– | Deva Wrexham | 2 | (0) |
| * Appearances (Goals) Player has received at least one call-up for any emboldened national teams | |||
Craitman's experience with handball dates back to only 2008, where he gained interest in the sport after seeing it being played at the Olympics that year. In 2011, after beginning his second year at university, he joined Glyndŵr University's handball team and became first-choice goalkeeper. The team has played one friendly match so far, beating Wirral Handball Club Reserves, with Craitman playing the whole game. In 2012, Craitman signed a contract with Super 8 team Deva Handball Club. He played his first games for the club's developmental Wrexham side in early November with two friendlies against Liverpool Handball Club Reserves..
Cricket
Craitman has also played for his local cricket team, Stoke Gabriel Cricket Club, at a number of different levels. Primarily a bowler, he has made many catches, but never taken any wickets himself, and has hit a total of 16 runs as a tail-ender batsman.
