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Ladies and gentlemen,

Once more Venta Belgarum will be held at Winchester, at Badgers Farm Community centre on the weekend of the 25th and 26th February 2017.

This will be a version 2 FOG AM competition in 15mm and will be 850 points strong. It will be played on 60 inch by 40 Inch tables.

The period will be 450 AD to 1500 AD.

More details to follow.

Please register interest and questions with dcbannister@aol.com

Cheers

David Bannister

VENTA BELGARUM 2015 will be held at Badger Farm Community Centre in Winchester on the Saturday 26th February and Sunday 27th February 2015. Entry is £20.

It will be a FOG AM Version 2, OPEN Tournament , with 850 points on a 60 by 40 inch tables.

We are particularly keen to encourage players who may not have played in many tournaments to take part or indeed any overseas players wishing to enjoy the ancient capitol of King Alfreds Wessex.

Please contact Alan on dsfl2000@yahoo.com re payment and entry. Any questions on the tournament please contact David Bannister on dcbannister@aol.com.

Situated just off the M3 at Winchester, the venue has a BAR , with a Starbucks and Sainsbury next door. There is sufficient parking for an armoured division and is free. The nearest airport is fifteen minutes away at Southampton and you can proceed to winchester easily from there by train or taxi - again let us know if you are coming and we will do our best to collect from the train or airport. ayment details:

Book your place my contacting Alan on bigalwejane@hotmail.com.

Payment for the £20 tournament entrance fee can be made by cheque to A McFarlane 6 Broadchalke Down, Badger Farm, Winchester SO22 4LR
or by paypal to bigalwejane@hotmail.com


Kind regards

Wessex Wargamers at Winchester

If you are travelling by train please let David know as we are happy to arrange pickups on the Saturday etc. It is planned to reserve a restaurant for the Saturday evening next to the Cathedral.

lakedaimon wrote:VENTA BELGARUM 2015 will be held at Badger Farm Community Centre in Winchester on the Saturday 26th February and Sunday 27th February 2015. Entry is £20...

Hallo David,

may be Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th 2016 ?

I like the style you write the invitation... if I had a an armoured division I surely came to park it for free !

See you

List checker?

List checker?

David Bannister - lists due in by 1st February to dcbannister@aol.com

List sent

Alan was in bright and early but the deadline for lists has now come and gone. Hopefully Runners & Riders will follow soon? With such a wide period I'm expecting a huge amount of variety - or will they all be Swiss?

If David (my son) hasn't sent his list yet let me know and I'll kick his arse. I've already given him the figures so I know he has the list ready.

AlanCutner wrote:If David (my son) hasn't sent his list yet let me know and I'll kick his arse. I've already given him the figures so I know he has the list ready.

Really Alan, he's a lot bigger than you remember

Taller maybe. Bigger - no. I have bulk in my favour.

How close to publishing R&R?

Very close

Runners and riders

Peter Dalby Tartar
Paul Bartlett Swiss
David Bannister Muromachi.
Richard Jeffrey Cook Latin Greece
Steve Brown dailami
David Putt Swiss
Martyn Simpson mediaeval Portuguese
David Fairhurst later Anglo Irish
Linda Fairhurst mediaeval Malay
Derek Bartlett Mayan
John Akers French ordinance
Alan cutner early mediaeval Irish
John Patrick Free company
Lance Flynt Hanseatic German
Richard Lindley Arab conquest
David Fairbrother Swiss
Ian newell war of the roses Yorkist pretender
Alan McFarlane Norman
David cutner Dalami
King Alfred Colin Boulain on Saturday, Ian CARBUTT Sunday.


So twenty competitors ( king Alfred is split between the two days) so ten tacles

so ten tacles

King Alfred was an octopus?

Tables. Ha ha

Fabulous variety! Looking forward to it - although the smaller tables may be a problem.

Yes, small tables make the variety, plus it leads to quicker results.

I am also impressed with twenty players signing up, a week after Burton where a different twenty players are doing fog am as well!

CleArly demand for more tournament spaces....


David

Just to clarify,

Doors open 0830 to set up tables.

0900 tea, co fee, registration.

0930 game one starts. Each game is 3 hrs 15 minutes plus variable up to 12 minutes more.

1400 game two.

Sunday 0915 start.

Last game 1330 start.

David

And so the results are in .

First place Paul Bartlett 101 points

second place David banister 91 points :

third-place David Fairbrother 89 points

Joint Fourth-place Pete Dalby 78 points ,Richard Jeffrey Cook 78 points.

Fifth place Derek Bartlett 76 points

Sixth-place Linda Fairhurst 68 points

Seventh place John Aikers 67 points

Eighth place Ian Newell 66 points

Ninth place David cutner 62 points

10th place Martyn Simpson 61 points

11th place Lance Flynt 61 points

12th place Steve Brown 60 points

13th place Alan cutner 58 points

14th place David Putt 55 points

15th place David Fairhurst 53 points

16thh place Alfred , King 42 points

17h place Richard Lindley 37 points

18th place John Patrick 26 points

19th place Alan McFarlane 24 points

S so the team tournament was won by Plymouth with 237 points second were Sauers be green with 233 points third will Wessex with 185 four were Farmborough with 145 and last but not least Oxford with 121

A big thanks to Colin Allen and Martin doing so much to bring it all together before and during the competition see you all next year when it will again be small tables but any earlier period with 700 points .

Thanks to all those who came so far I hope to catch up with you all at the next tournament

David Bannister/Wessex

Thanks very much to David & the rest of the Winchester team for laying this on for us. It's a great venue and I was even able to pick up some groceries for the wife!

Thanks to my opponents, Colin, David, David & Martyn for 4 very enjoyable games - all played in an excellent spirit. Hope to be there again next year.