Slitherine

From Maurya to Alaric Div B

In the game 6. Arab City (300-633 AD) v Arab Bedouin (300-636 AD)

between IMC & batesmotel 

IMC has beaten batesmotel 44% v 16%

Thanks for the game
Ian

Div C
Fighting Poultry -Romano British beat Ulysisgrunt - Indian 50-19

Nervous Elephants were The Indians Undoing - couple of well placed flank attacks set off a chain reaction of panicking pacyderms and turned a once formidable indian host into a mob fleeing for their lives. Romano British were very lucky with some good defensive terrain that blunted initial indian attacks, and fair play to Ulysis for gamely attacking despite the terrain being against him.

Division B

Trogilus (Ostragoths) beat paulmcneil (Gepid) 61-37

Weekly round-up
In Division A two more wins for ruskicanuk (Ptolemaics) this week means that he is now the champion of Classical Antiquity this season. pantherboy (Indians) has finished second and hidde (Gallics) secured third place this week with an emphatic win over klayeckles (Persians). Sennacherib (Indo-Greeks) is relegated. We are still waiting for the outcome of the match between dkalenda (Macedonians) and rbodleyscott (Lysimachids) to decide the winner of Division B. At the bottom either rexhurley (Hannibal in Italy) or FlawlessCorn42 (Ptolemaic) will be relegated. Two wins for Morbio (Jewish) this week has confirmed him in second place behind promoted IMC (Galatians) in Division C. At the bottom of the table, Bluefin (Pyrrhic) will be relegated unless he can win his match against fellow struggler Peterabb (Macedonian). If he does win it then MikeMUC (Indo-Greeks) will also needs points to avoid a possible relegation. Division D is almost completed now with just one match remaining.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
ruskicanuk (Division A) 6 matches and finished
dkalenda (Division B) 8 matches
rbodleyscott (Division B) 4 matches
Morbio (Division C) 3 matches
XLegione (Division C) 4 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 42 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 37 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 36 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 44 out of 45 matches completed

These are very good match completion rates.

Player of the week
ruskicanuk (Division A) again with 2 more wins this week making him the champion of Classical Antiquity this season.

Weekly round-up
ruskicanuk (Romano-British) closed the gap on pantherboy (Spanish, Sertorius) at the top of Division A with another win this week and now just needs one more victory from his remaining two matches to become this season's champion of Late Antiquity. dkalenda (Ptolemaic) also registered another win which should see him finish a very creditable third in his first season in the top flight. At the bottom shadowblack (Romans) has lost 3 matches this week, but he did register a victory in the all important relegation battle with shawkhan2 (Sassanids). rexhurley (Palmyran) is still bottom though and has yet to win a point this season. Only the minor places are still up for grabs in Division B following harveylh's (Jewish Revolt) commanding performance this season. Ulysisgrunt (Sassanids) has been relegated. Division C is Bluefin's (Visigoths) to lose as he has 4 straight wins so far and no-one else looks likely to win 5 matches this season. At the bottom either Doyley50 (Welsh) or MikeMUC (Germanic Horse Tribes) will finish with the wooden spoon this season.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
ruskicanuk (Division A) 7 matches
GDod (Division B) 4 matches
harveylh (Division B) 8 matches
Bluefin (Division C) 4 matches
Stimovsky (Division C) 4 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 41 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 34 out of 45 matches completed

Divisions A and B have very good match completion rates, Division C is OK.

Player of the week
No-one this week.

Weekly round-up
Everything is pretty much decided in Division A already. ianiow (Byzantines) has finished fourth with 6 straight wins after losing his first 3 matches. Division B will now depend on the outcome of the match between dkalenda (Sassanids) and harveylh (Indians) while, by way of contrast in Division C, there are still 7 players who can finish top. FightingPoultry (Romano-British) is the latest player to hit the front and now has 5 wins from 7 matches. Barrold713 (Byzantines) will finish with the wooden spoon unless Bluefin (Gepids) loses his last 5 matches.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
ianiow (Division A) 6 matches and finished
dkalenda (Division B) 7 matches
harveylh (Division B) 7 matches
youngr (Division C) 4 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 41 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 39 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 32 out of 45 matches completed

These are very good match completion rates for Divisions A and B. Division C is OK.

Player of the week
ianiow (Division A) again with another 2 wins this week.

Weekly round-up
klayeckles looks strong favourite now to win Division A although it is mathematically possible for one of Ludendorf, Nijis or hidde to overtake him. Former champion Breogan is still languishing at the bottom of the table following his sixth consecutive defeat. IMC has won Division B with 7 wins from his 9 matches following his victory against batesmotel this week and ahuyton's loss to nyczar. At the bottom iandavidsmith needs at least a win and a draw from his last 3 matches to overtake Hendricus and avoid the wooden spoon.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
klayeckles (Division A) 3 matches
Ludendorf (Division A) 3 matches
Nijis (Division A) 3 matches
IMC (Division B) 3 matches and finished

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 29 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 39 out of 45 matches completed

Division A is slow and Division B is very good.

Player of the week
IMC (Division B) with 3 wins this week that gains him automatic promotion to Division a next season!

With 7 wins from 9 matches IMC has secured promotion to Division A this week. Well played Ian!

Congrats IMC.

Yes, well played Ian

Division B

ahuyton (Franks 496-599AD) won against iandavidsmith (Visigoths 419-621AD): 61-44

A close game where it looked for a long time as if Ian's lancers would win the day, but in the end my infantry held up well and scraped home with a lucky victory in the last turn.

Division B

harveylh (Jewish Revolt 66-135AD) defeats GDod (Arab, City 300-633AD) 43-2