Slitherine

Division B

desertedfox (Gallic, with Samnite allies) draws with Stew101 (Numidians). Score 8 - 0

(0-0)

Division B

BishUK - Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC beat Kraff Skythian 61-30

A close and well fought game, thanks.

Div D

Doomben - Gallic 300-101 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies
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Conteshard - Spanish (Sertorius) 80-70 BC

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Division B

kraff (Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC) defeated BishUK (Skythian 750-551 BC): 50-23.

Division B

Stew101 (Polish, with Viking allies) beat lydianed (Norman). Score 44 - 15.

Thanks very much for the game.

Division D

Bluefin (French) defeats carpenkm (Byzantine) 58-32

Thanks for the game.

Division A

ruskicanuk (Phoenicians) defeats XLegione (Urartian) 60-41.

Quite interesting dynamic, each flank was crushed by the other's army, so a second reformed line formed for the final assault, aestetic!

Division A

ruskicanuk (English) defeats Cunningcairn (Danish) 61-38.

After a protracted staring contest, the English left advanced in a stretched line triggering a Danish charge. Some hidden missile units made matters worse for the Danes on the other flank. The Center fell to the Danes but both flanks were overrun. Thanks for the game!

Pool A Semi final

LuciusSulla (Ptolemaic) beat Cunningcairn (Seleucid) 33-10 (by resignation)

LuciusSulla beat Cunningcairn 2-0 and goes through to the final.

Weekly round-up
Two wins for nyczar (Spartan) this week in Division A has seen him move alongside LuciusSulla (Achaemenid) in second place. Both players are 6 points behind the leader Questar17 (Etruscan) with 2 games in hand. nyczar and Questar17 still have to play each other. harveylh (Macedonian) is still in the hunt but proably needs to win his remaining 3 matches now. At the bottom, both Challenge1 (Roman) and lunecastle (Seleucid) are still looking for their first win of the season. In Division B there were 2 wins for leader tyronec (Syracusan) and 2 wins for second-placed Aetius39 (Pyrrhic), while Stew101's (Numidian) promising start was checked with a scoreless draw against desertedfox (Gallic). At the bottom, one of three players could go down with DzonVejn (Skythian), Trogilus (Thracian) and Swuul (Samnite) all desperately needing some points. SpeedyCM (Sertorius) took a big step towards winning Division C this week with a good win against his closest challenger toska (Syracusan). He now needs just 2 points from his last 2 matches to win automatic promotion. random27 (Seleucid) is the new leader in Division D, but he is likely to be overtaken by both carpenkm (Ptolemaic) and snooky51 (Indo-Skythian) who both have 4 wins from 5 matches and both have 3 games in hand over the leader. deeter (Roman) posted 2 wins this week and although currently eighth could still make a late challenge if he maintains his winning form. A seventh win for BobGanoush (Roman) has confirmed him in second place in Division E and he is well placed now to gain a discretionary promotion to a higher level next season. At the bottom it seems as if rs2excelsior (Latin) may have gone AWOL and I will try and sort this out over the next few days. In Division F there was another win for MarcoCato75 (Roman) in second place, while Malabar26 (Thracian) dropped his first points with a draw against ray552 (Seleucid), leaving him 12 points behind leader Delbruck (Achaemenid) with 3 games in hand.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
LuciusSulla (Division A) 5 matches
nyczar (Division A) 5 matches
Questar17 (Division A) 7 matches
Aetius39 (Division B) 5 matches
desertedfox (Division B) 4 matches
Stew101 (Division B) 3 matches
tyronec (Division B) 6 matches
SpeedyCM (Division C) 7 matches
BobGanoush (Division E) 4 matches
Darkwater247 (Division E) 4 matches
Delbruck (Division F) 7 matches
Malabar26 (Division F) 4 matches
MarcoCato75 (Division F) 4 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 35 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 26 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 31 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 32 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 33 out of 45 matches completed

These are generally good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: tyronec (Division B) with 2 wins this week extending his unbeaten run to 6 matches.

Weekly round-up
Nothing to report from Division A this week, but in Division B newcomer tyronec (Arab City) has won automatic promotion after defeating his only remaining challenger Aetius39 (Byzantine). At the bottom another defeat for paulmcneil (Gothic Horse) leaves him 5 points adrift of ninth-placed SLancaster (Scots-Irish) although he does have 4 games in hand. Still very close in Division C where the outcome is likely to be decided by the result of the match between Morat (Ostrogoth) and lunecastle (Pictish). Although these 2 players are currently sitting in fifth and sixth places they have games in hand over the other players above them who have all finished their matches. At the bottom Ironclad (Western Hunnic) continued his recovery with a second win leaving SawyerK (Frankish) in the relegation position. In Division D both Conteshard (Roman) and snooky51 (Sassanid) posted their fifth consecutive wins to maintain their 100% records and now look to have this division between them. The outcome of their match against each other is now absolutely crucial. Both players need a further 7 points from their last 4 matches to overtake the current leader ulysisgrunt (Roman). Division E remains very tight where another win for TomoeGozen (Sassanid) keeps him in the top position, but Darkwater247 (Bosporan), random27 (Germanic Horse), carpenkm (Roman) and Blagrot (Ancient British) still remain in the contest. Division F now looks to be between 2 players with 100% records. CyberHetman (Bosporan) leads with 7 wins from Malabar26 (Lombard) who has 5 wins, while previously unbeaten gjhabcvhj (Roman) lost to both players this week. Still with a very outside chance is MarcoCato75 (Sassanid) who has 3 wins from 4 starts.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
ericdoman1 (Division A) 5 matches
IMC (Division B) 4 matches and finished
tyronec (Division B) 9 matches and finished
Garokan (Division C) 6 matches and finished
lunecastle (Division C) 3 matches
Conteshard (Division D) 5 matches
Rob123 (Division D) 3 matches
snooky51 (Division D) 5 matches
TomoeGozen (Division E) 6 matches
CyberHetman (Division F) 7 matches
Malabar26 (Division F) 5 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 32 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 36 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 39 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 34 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 27 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 32 out of 45 matches completed

These are good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: tyronec (Division B) with an eighth win this week to gain automatic promotion and remain unbeaten in his 9 matches.

Division B

Aetius39 (Byzantine) defeats DzonVejn (Parthian) 65-56

Brutal pyrrhic victory; lots of arrows on both sides, along with flank routs and just plain whittling down units to autobreak. Was close and could have gone either way in the end, GG!

(3-1)

With 8 wins and a draw newcomer tyronec and his mighty Arab City army have won automatic promotion to the top level of Late Antiquity. Well played tyronec.

Div D

BishUK – Irish 900-1049 AD (1200)
challenges
Bluefin - French 888-1049 AD (1600)
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Weekly round-up
Another win for Nosy_Rat (Ghaznavid) consolidated his grip on Division A and he is now just 1 point behind harveylh (Ummayyad) with 2 games in hand. A second defeat for mr cholo (Dailami) in Division B has opened things up a bit at the top and both Stew101 (Polish) and Challenge1 (Arab Conquest) now have reasonable automatic promotion chances. Not much to report in Division C where the first 2 wins for IMC (Hindu North) has moved him away from the relegation zone. No developments at the top of Division D this week, but at the bottom wins for Rob123 (Arab Conquest) and Bluefin (French) has eased their relegation concerns somewhat. tmac11 (Polish) is still rooted to the bottom with 4 straight defeats. In Division E an important win for Barrold713 (Dailami) at the bottom leaves General Kostas (German) needing 6 points from his last 2 matches to have any chance of avoiding relegation. A narrow victory for Malabar26 (Indian Rajput) in the vital top of the table clash with leader Delbruck (Byzantine) means he needs to get 9 points from his last 4 matches to win automatic promotion.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Nosy_Rat (Division A) 5 matches
Garokan (Division D) 5 matches
BobGanoush (Division E) 4 matches
MadMaxBot (Division E) 3 matches
Malabar26 (Division F) 5 matches
Zawzgrzyt (Division F) 3 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 34 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 28 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 31 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 26 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 35 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 37 out of 45 matches completed

These are generally good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: IMC (Division C) with 2 wins to move away from the relegation zone.