Slitherine

Division D

Kerait - Kingdom of Sicily 1155-1193 AD with Italian (Ghibelline) 1155-1199 AD allies beat Blagrot - Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD 58% - 30%

This one seems to have slipped through the cracks, it finished a week ago

Div E
LindsayCole - Pictish 210-476 AD with Scots-Irish 50 BC-476 AD allies (1600)
olddog52 - Byzantine 579-599 AD (1600)
You know the PW.

Division C

Blagrot - Arab Conquest 638-684 AD beat Delbruck - Vikings (Ireland) 900-1049 AD with Scots allies 851-1051 AD 41% - 5%

A wall of Huscarls met a wall of Veteran Arabs, the vikings grabbed a small hill on the right but were stuck against rough terrain on the left, unfortunately the arab Dailami, archers and bedouin foot were quite happy with the terrain and the cheaper arab spears were able to flank the hill, once the first couple of Huscarl units broke the gap just kept widening. Thanks for the game

Division B

Kraff (Saka 300 BC-50 AD with Seleucid 166-125 BC allies) challenges batesmotel (Bosporan 84 BC-10 AD with Sarmatian 350 BC-24 AD allies).

Password: "batesmotel".

PM sent.

Division C

Kraff (Sword Brethren 1204-1237 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) challenges

General Shapur (Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD). Password is "shapur". PM sent.

lunecastle (Welsh (North) 1200-1319 AD with English 1155-1271 AD allies). Password is "lunecastle". PM sent.

Division B

kraff (Bulgar (Danube) 852-1018 AD with Pecheneg 850-1122 AD allies) challenges ulysisgrunt (German 888-932 AD with Magyar 830-1049 AD allies).

Password is "pecheneg".

PM has been sent.

Division B

nyczar - German Imperial 1200-1319 AD with Free Canton 1200-1319 AD allies defeats paulmcneil - Byzantine (Italy) 1040-1049 AD 63-36

Division C

Trogilus (Macedonian) beat snooky51 (Roman) 62-46

Division C

dim30 (Spartan) beat snooky51 (Roman) 50-19

Thank for the game Snooky.

Weekly round-up
ericdoman1 (Spartan) is the new champion of Classical Antiquity after klayeckles (Ptolemaic) suffered a third defeat in Division A this week. Either Geffalrus (Antigonid) or tyronec (Roman) will finish in second place. At the bottom Challenge1 (Hannibal in Africa) must get at least 3 points from his last match against klayeckles to avoid relegation at the expense of Morbio (Samnite). Nothing to report from Division B this week. Warg1 (Pyrrhic) has won automatic promotion from Division C after snooky51 (Roman) suffered 2 defeats this week. dim30 (Spartan) has finished second with the same number of points as Warg1, who he lost to right back at the beginning of the season. At the bottom TomoeGozen (Achaemenid Persians) must win his last match against Ironclad (Hannibal in Italy) to have any chance of avoiding relegation. He also must hope that fellow struggler ulysisgrunt (Thracian) loses his last match against snooky51. The relegation battle in Division D has seen a lot of action this week with ggarynorman (Lysimachid) and Blagrot (Roman) moving away from the bottom of the table leaving deeter (Seleucid) in the relegation place, just behind Conteshard (Armenian Tigranes). deeter needs to win his last match against tmac11 (Samnite) to avoid the drop, while tmac11 needs to finish with 6 points from 2 matches to take second place. Nothing to report in Division E other than a third win for Kroche (Seleucid) that keeps his slim promotion hopes alive. In Division F LindsayCole (Macedonian) needs 5 points from his last 3 matches to leave olddog52 (Thessalian) in the wooden spoon position.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
nyczar (Division A) 3 matches
tyronec (Division A) 4 matches
hidde (Division B) 5 matches
kraff (Division B) 4 matches
dim30 (Division C) 7 matches and finished
Delbruck (Division D) 8 matches
tmac11 (Division D) 3 matches
Kroche (Division E) 4 matches
ray552 (Division F) 8 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 41 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 37 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 39 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 41 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 40 out of 45 matches completed

These are very good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: Trogilus (Division C) with 2 wins to secure his Division C status for another season.

With 8 wins from his 9 matches, Warg1 and his Pyrrhic army has won promotion from Division C of Classical Antiquity, just pipping dim30 who finished with the same points total. Well played Warg1.

Weekly round-up
A fourth win for Nosy_Rat (Pictish) in Division A makes him most likely now to finish second in Division A, while batesmotel is facing relegation after a fourth straight defeat. In Division B a win for lydianed (Palmyran) has moved him off the bottom leaving kraff (Sassanid) in the relegation place. In Division C snooky51 (Parthian) kept his slim promotion hopes alive with a fourth win from 5 starts, while defeats for deeter (Roman), tmac11 (Palmyran) and Ironclad (Kingdom of Soissons) leaves them all very much in the relegation battle. A win and a draw for sarmation (Sassanid) this week moves him to within 6 points of Kerait (Moorish), the current leader of Division D. A lot depends now on the outcome of the match between sarmation and Blagrot (Germanic Horse Tribes), who also can catch Kerait. At the bottom ggarynorman (Roman) beat bomber23 (Dacian) in the crucial relegation match, which means bomber23 now needs 5 points from his last 2 matches to avoid the drop. In Division E there were wins for angel42052 (Roman) and Spacemonkey76 (Palmyran) which moved themaway from the bottom of the table. LindsayCole (Pictish) is currently in the wooden spoon position.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Nosy_Rat (Division A) 3 matches
Malabar26 (Division C) 8 matches
snooky51 (Division C) 3 matches
sarmation (Division D) 4 matches
angel42052 (Division E) 3 matches
Jack-3kBattery (Division E) 3 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 36 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 40 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 37 out of 45 matches completed

These are quite good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: no-one this week.

Weekly round-up
In Division A harveylh (Andalusian) secured second place with his eighth win of the season, tyronec (Anglo-Saxon) will finish third. At the bottom a fifth straight defeat for Questar17 (Byzantine) means his match with Challenge1 (Viking Ireland) will probably decide the relegation issue. In Division B a first win for paulmcneil (Dailami) against fellow struggler kraff (Bulgar Danube) has lifted him off the bottom. ulysisgrunt (German) and lunecastle (Scots) are also still in trouble. In Division C a first defeat for Blagrot (Arab Conquest) at the hands of challenger snooky51 (Rus) means he must win his last match against General Shapur (Norman) to be sure of winning automatic promotion. If he slips up snooky51 could take the top place if he is able to beat both deeter (Byzantine) and Ironclad (Frankish) decisively. In Division D a fifth win for ilpars (Turkish) increased his chances of taking third place.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
harveylh (Division A) 6 matches and finished
MorkinTheFree (Division A) 3 matches and finished
Blagrot (Division C) 5 matches
Morat (Division C) 4 matches
snooky51 (Division C) 5 matches
angel42052 (Division D) 3 matches
Barrold713 (Division D) 3 matches
Giacofa93 (Division D) 7 matches
ilpars (Division D) 3 matches

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

These are reasonable match completion rates.

Player of the Week: Blagrot (Division C) with 2 more wins this week.