Slitherine

Results following first round, hosted by Perth club on 18th Feb. Next round 29th April hosted by GDWS.

Well done to Hugh in topping that field which looks (on paper) to be quite strong. Are the Jocks planning to request an England vs Scotland Test Match at the Worlds...?

The third round of this years Scottish League will be held on 22nd September at the The Village Hall, Harburn, West Calder, EH55 8RF. Get your entries and army lists in asap. If you haven’t competed at a Scottish League event before, come along and give it a try.

This will be a 15mm FoG-AM tournament.
• There will be three games each lasting a maximum of 2hrs 20min, plus a random 0-10 minutes.
• Maximum army size is 650pts.
• Table size is 5'x3'.
• Scoring is the usual 0-25 system.
• Any published army list may be selected though competitors are encouraged to use different lists in each round.

Timetable
Game 1 09:00 – 11:30
Game 2 12:00 - 14:30
Game 3 15:00 - 17:30


Special rules -
• Terrain rules as normal except
o Each player’s choice is reduced to 2 or 3 optional pieces, no piece can be bigger than 9 inches in any direction
and no double size pieces may be used.
o No terrain piece can be placed (prior to adjustment) closer than 3MU’s to any other piece except as listed in the
rules on page 140.
o If a 5 or 6 is rolled for placing a terrain piece, the distance from the appropriate edge is reduced to 6inches
rather than 8.
• Deployment is at 8" and 12" inches rather than the usual 10" and 15".
• Play will stop at the end of the current bound being played, before the JAP, ie. an equal number of bounds is not guaranteed.

Team entries of up to three competitors will be accepted, competing for the overall team competition. Note that no individual may compete as a member of more than one team during the year.

Where possible team members will not be drawn against each other, members of the same club will not be drawn against each other in the first round, and for the first game in each round players will not be drawn against anyone they’ve played in a previous Scottish League 2012 event. Family members will not be drawn against each other in any round.

Entry fee is £12 including roll and soup.

List checker is Steve Caffrey (scsc18917@blueyonder.co.uk).

Current standings –

Overall Player Club Total
Position Points
1 Hugh Cameron GDWS 103
2 Alan Cutner GDWS 98
3 John Munro Perth 86
3 Hunter Hope Perth 86
5 Mark Taylor West Lothian 73
6 John Muir GDWS 71
7 Mike Kemp Elgin 60
8 Gary Lind Falkirk 51
9 Russell Simpson GDWS 45
10 George Dick GDWS 33
11 Dave Paterson West Lothian 28
12 John Conley GDWS 25
13 Neil Grant GDWS 24
14 Rob Pooley West Lothian 22
15 Robert Montgomery West Lothian 19
15 Guy Hunter West Lothian 19
17 Jim Copeland Perth 17

Overall Team Total
Position Points
1 GDWS A 272
2 Perth 222
3 West Lothian 111
4 Born Losers 71

Results of third round.
1 John Muir GDWS 68
2 Alan Cutner GDWS 58
3 Hunter Hope Perth 47
4 Hugh Cameron GDWS 45
5 Neil Grant GDWS 43
6 John Munro Perth 36
7 George Dick GDWS 26
8 Mike Kemp Elgin 22
9 John Conley GDWS 21
10 Scott Mentiply Perth 16
11 Mark Taylor West Lothian 14
11 Rob Pooley West Lothian 14

Overall standings:

Position Player Club Rnds Played Total Score

1 Alan Cutner GDWS 3 156
2 Hugh Cameron GDWS 3 148
3 John Muir GDWS 3 139
4 Hunter Hope Perth 3 133
5 John Munro Perth 3 122
6 Mark Taylor West Lothian 3 87
7 Mike Kemp Elgin 3 82
8 Neil Grant GDWS 2 67
9 George Dick GDWS 2 59
10 Gary Lind Falkirk 1 51
11 John Conley GDWS 3 46
12 Russell Simpson GDWS 2 45
13 Rob Pooley West Lothian 2 36
14 Dave Paterson West Lothian 1 28
15 Robert Montgomery West Lothian 1 19
15 Guy Hunter West Lothian 1 19
17 Jim Copeland Perth 1 17
18 Scott Mentiply Perth 1 16

Team standings:

Position Team Round Total
1 2 3
1 GDWS A 134 138 171 443
2 Perth 114 108 109 331
3 West Lothian 80 31 52 163
4 Born Losers 57 14 78 149