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GODENDAG 2015



15mm ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE DOUBLES COMPETITIONS

17th & 18th JANUARY 2015

Venue: Glen-yr-Afon Hotel, Usk, Monmouthshire, UK, NP15 1SY

Glen-yr-Afon Hotel

Field of Glory Competitions:

1) Field of Glory: Ancient/Medieval

When Knights were Bold

Any army 1150-1500 AD.
Not to exceed 900 points
The list submitted must not exceed 900 points.

http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/Godendag_FoG_Rules.htm

2) Field of Glory: Renaissance

Last Gasp of the Arquebus

Any army worldwide 1570-1609.
No more than one BG with Muskets.
At least 16 bases of mounted battle troops. No more than half of all mounted battle troops can be Superior or Elite.
No more than half of all foot battle troops can be Superior or Elite.
Army must have at least 6 bases of foot battle troops per heavy or medium artillery base.

Not to exceed 900 points.

http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/Godendag_FoGR_Rules.htm

Cost: £58 per team of 2. (This includes lunch on both days – see example menu below).

CONTACT: Richard Bodley Scott, 28 Priory Gardens, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP5 1AJ (rbs@byzant.demon.co.uk)

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GODENDAG 2015
VENUE: Glen-yr-Afon Hotel, Pontypool Rd, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1SY

TIME: 8.30 - 9.00 - Registration time on Saturday

Games will be:

Saturday: 9.30 - 1.00 and 2.00 - 5.30

Sunday: 9.00 - 12.30 and 1.30 - 5.00

ENTRANCE: £58 per team of 2. This includes Lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

SAMPLE BAR LUNCH MENU

Chicken curry ½ rice ½ chips
Lasagne and chips
Breaded plaice and chips
Filled baguettes: chicken tikka, BLT, ham and cranberry, beef and horseradish, cheese and tomato - all served with chips and coleslaw
Door-step sandwiches: ham and cranberry, ham salad, cheese salad, tuna mayonnaise, chicken, sweet corn and mayonnaise - all served with chips and coleslaw
Jacket potatoes: cheese and onion, baked beans, tuna and sweet corn, chicken curry, prawn mayonnaise - all served with side salad and coleslaw
Hot baps - bacon or sausage, bacon and egg, beef and onion - all serve with chips
Chilli and rice or ½ rice ½ chips
Scampi, chips and peas

CATERING & ACCOMMODATION:
The hotel will provide refreshments at competitive rates. No food or drink purchased elsewhere is to be brought into the hotel. Accommodation is available in the Glen-yr-Afon Hotel. Please make your own bookings with the hotel. If you intend to stay on Friday and Saturday nights, please book as soon as possible. Telephone 01291 672302/673202 (Fax 01291 672597).

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS:

If you are able to make a long weekend of it, there are numerous local historical attractions relevant to our period. These include the Roman Legionary Fortress and Museum at Caerleon and the Roman walled city of Caerwent. Among the many local castles, the best are Chepstow, Raglan, White Castle (at Llantilio Croesenny) and Caerphilly. Caerphilly castle has a permanent exhibition of full size working medieval siege engines including ballista, mangonel, trebuchet and perrier. The Welsh Folk Museum at St. Fagans is worth a visit. The Brecon Beacons National Park and the picturesque Wye Valley are also nearby.

CHEQUES: Payable to R. Bodley Scott

QUERIES: Richard Bodley Scott, 28, Priory Gardens, Usk, Gwent, NP5 1AJ. (rbs@byzant.demon.co.uk)

See also: http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/godendag.htm

Hi Guys

If anybody needs a player for FOG anc. I will be able to make it and at very short notice.

Cheers


Eric

Hi Richard

Will the new umpires clarifications (on the BHGS site) be in use at Godendag?

titanu wrote:Hi Richard

Will the new umpires clarifications (on the BHGS site) be in use at Godendag?

Yes Bob

are the runners and riders hiding somewhere? Dave.

davesaunders23 wrote:are the runners and riders hiding somewhere? Dave.

No. I haven't had all the lists in yet.

rbodleyscott wrote:

davesaunders23 wrote:are the runners and riders hiding somewhere? Dave.

No. I haven't had all the lists in yet.

Ah! Thanks. Dave.

Here are the Runners and Riders



If we still have 11 teams on the day, John Patrick will kindly play single using Italian Condotta.

Results:



Thanks to all for coming.

Thanks for organising

Thanks Richard for the show.

Thanks to Dave and John, Dino, Jon and Paul and Phil and Ian. Great weekends gaming.

Congratulations to Dave and David cracking performance.

Winners: Dave and Dave



Runners up - Phil and Ian

titanu wrote:Winners: Dave and Dave

Just before David marches Dave off to the cells.

philqw78 wrote:Just before David marches Dave off to the cells.

He already had one arm behind my back.

And well done to bob for waiting until my eyes were shut before taking the photograph.

dave_r wrote:And well done to bob for waiting until my eyes were shut before taking the photograph.

That was just after somebody asking if you could see your way to the bar

Just noticed - Phil looks like he's going to put a nipple clamp on Ian

titanu wrote:Just noticed - Phil looks like he's going to put a nipple clamp on Ian

What a vivid imagination you have, or is it just experience talking?

titanu wrote:Just noticed - Phil looks like he's going to put a nipple clamp on Ian

Tit-a-new

titanu wrote:Just noticed - Phil looks like he's going to put a nipple clamp on Ian

That's why he's smiling