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donm wrote:Forecast is for rain this afternoon.

Stopped snowing here south of Bristol and main roads all OK.

Don

Stopped snowing here in Usk and streets clear.

Oxfordshires ground to a halt , snow everywhere that said Paddy and I will attempt it in the morning so hopefully see you all there

Cheers

Alasdair

Latest update. I have just (at 3.30pm) driven out from Usk to the A449 (the dual carriageway from the M4 to Usk). The road from Usk to the A449 is completely clear apart from a tiny bit of slush in the middle of each carriageway where no car wheels have been. This is turn suggests that the A449 has been well travelled and should hence currently be clear - unless there is another major fall of snow.

There is currently no snow falling.

The Usk weather forecast is for Light Snow between 8pm and 1am tonight, and maybe some more Light Snow tomorrow afternoon.

Richard

Well the venue looks the part

Lovely!

SELWG have arrived from London without difficulty.

Hope all goes well Richard - wish I was there!

Don

One positive from a day at home, you get to finish your army without staying up all night

Looking forward to a good weekend.

Don

I've got to our hotel near Newport with no problem. Just have to hope the A449 is still clear tomorrow morning...

No new snow in Usk overnight. Watch out for ice guys.

Half time scores?

Don

quackstheking wrote:Half time scores?

Don

Team List Date Rnd 2 Total
Simon Clarke & Simon Green LoA Anglo-Dutch 1689 34
Jonathan Phipps & Pete Gregory Habsburg Austrian Imperial 1690 33
Richard Young & Charles Masefield West Sudanese (Hausa) 1690 31
Lynette Maxim Later Swedish 1696 31
Alasdair Harley & Andy Scott Later Imperial Spanish 1658 30
Kevin Johnson & Richard Bodley Scott Qing Chinese 1650 29
Tim Porter & Adam Worsdale Later Louis XIV French 1678 28
Chris Richards & Bryan Edwards Later Swedish 1695 28
Ric Davey & Mike Watkins Later Russian 1650 27
Paddy Bray & Simon Le Mayer Later Louis XIV French 1695 22
Mark Fry Later Ottoman 1650 20
Dene Green & Paul Freeman Later Venetian Colonial 1660 20
Steve Tanner & Clay Smith Habsburg Austrian Imperial 1689 20
Steve Hacker & Don McHugh Later Ottoman Turkish 1650 19
Andy Whitby & Brian O'Dea Habsburg Austrian Imperial 1690 16
Ray Boyles & Keith Spedding Later Ottoman Turk 1650 14
Steve Holt & Andy McCafferty Later Louis XIV French 1691 14
Wayne Charlton LoA Anglo-Dutch 1695 11
Tony Rodwell and Paul Greenwood Later Swedish 1681 9
Andy Claxton & Steve Taylor Later Swedish 1675 4

Wow- looking close! Any one of the top 9 teams can win it and I wouldn't discount Simon/Paddy or Steve/The Don Too as well!

If the 3rd round draw is as they lie, then Alasdair/Andy vs Richard/Kevin looks the pick of the ties - they both risk knocking each other off the podium.

My bet - Charles and Richard (if Richard's dice stay OK!) or Tim/Adam or Simon x 2!!!

Have a great day tomorrow and safe journey home for all involved!

Don

Thanks to all of those who managed to make it to Usk despite the weather. (And commiserations to those who didn't).

Here are the results.

So the "Unstoppable one" wins again and makes my predictions look pants!!

Well done Alasdair (and Andy - I'm sure he gave gave you a couple of BG's to play with!) for yet another win - including ties, that's 3 years in a row, all with different partners - awesome!!

The difference between others and Alasdair, isn't that he loses but that when he wins, he wins big!! He goes for it and is prepared to lose to win!

Great to see Simon x 2 grab second but they did avoid Alasdair but what fantastically painted figures and also to Andy and Brian for a well deserved 3rd, thanks (by the look of the results) to a great submarining performance on Sunday!!!

I'll defo be there for next year to stop Alasdair making it 4 in a row (unles of course I'm his 4th partner in 4 years!).

Don

Don

If you are Alisdair's partner next year that should ensure that he is stopped from making it 4 years in a row...

ooo - fighting talk Timmy

However, if I was Alasdair's partner, I suspect I'd get the usual two BG's and if I lost those Alasdair would use the other 11/12 to rack up a big win

Don

Big thanks to Richard for organising this great annual competition.

Looking forward to next year.

Don

Thanks again to Richard for organising a splendid competition - with help from Kevin to sort out those tricky draws.

Myself and Charles had a great run with the Hausa. A thrilling game on top table Sunday afternoon versus Alasdair and Simon. We pushed hard across the table in the face of massed heavy artillery but were finally crushed.

Cheers

Richard

To be fair to Richard and Charles if their army had survived one more go I think they would have broken 3 more of our units but a great and scarey game

cheers

Alasdair