Slitherine

Dear all please note update to details for the event (BOLD highlights)

Rules for the 2019 Rounds of the Oxford FOG R Southern League
Wolvercote Village Hall, Wolvercote Green, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 8BD
The number of entries is limited, first come first served, by email to t.elsworth@btopenworld.com

Please send all army lists to t.elsworth@btopenworld.com not later than 2 weeks before the event

The events remaining in 2019 are:-

September, Sunday 8th FOGR 15mm event – Late European Armies

October, Sunday 6th FOGR 25mm open event - Any army from any list

Format of the day and the games.

The 15mm events will be 650 points on a 5ft x3 ft table.

The 25mm event will be 650 points on a 7.5ft x 4.5ft table with the MU at 40mm

3x2.5hour battles

Deployment zones:
Flank zone will be 10MU wide for 15mm and 12MU for 25mm, rear zone will be 4 MU deep.
Deployment depth will be 10MU for battle troops and 15MU for light troops

Terrain:
Players create terrain using the normal rules but number of extra pieces is reduced to a maximum of 3.
25mm terrain pieces are 15mm game size.

Note that for 25mm the depth of baggage is reduced by half (i.e. use 3 baggage elements)


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Timetable for the games: -
1st Round 9.00am to 11.30am
30-minute break
2nd Round 12.00 am to 2.30pm
30 -minute break
3rd Round 3.00 pm to 5.30pm (we only have the hall until 6.00pm)

Fees
These meetings are being held on regular Oxford club Sundays (hence limited spaces). Price for the day, to include tea, coffee etc and to fund prizes is £10

Regards

Tom

Have the date in my diary, so should be Ok.

Don

Definitely an opportunity for this link then...

Any visibility on entrants?

I will be there

Keith

Dear all,

thanks Don, Tim, Keith, for support. Unfortunately Bob and maybe Ben will not be able to join us for this comp but I am expecting Paddy and Jerry and perhaps David B to join us from Oxford. Of course I shall be there so nobody will be short of a victim.

Anyone else? Dene? Ray?

Tom

Hi Tom,

Yes, Ray and I will be there.

regards Dene

Cool. Will get on with the list building then...

(If we look like having odd numbers however I woudl be willing to step out, as there's another event on the same day I could go to instead)

Thanks all. Looks like we have 8 to play:
Tim
Don
Keith
Ray
Dene
Paddy
Jerry
Tom

Any more?

Lists as soon as now please.

Tom

List sent this morning in between the Rugby

Don

Received thanks Don

Final version of the draw

25 mm October 6th

Draw for round 1

Player Army Vs Player Army
Tim Wickens Bavarians 1690 Paddy Bray French 1690
Chris Beesley Louis 14 French 1670 to 1690 Don McHugh Later Royalist 1644
Ray Boyle Cornish Royalist 1643 Jerry Bray French 1640
Dene Green Ottoman 1631 Tim Porter Huguenot 1578
Tom Elsworth Italian Wars French 1500 Keith Spedding Early Danish 1575

A great day had by all zip think.

Thanks to everyone for taking part.

The results are:

First Paddy Bray 52 points ( on count back)
Second Keith Spedding 52 points
Equal third Chris Beesley, Tim Wickens, Ray Bowles 40 points
Sixth Don McHugh 39 points
Seventh Tom Elsworth 34 points
Equal 8th Tim Porter, Dene Green 22 points
Tenth Jerry Bray 9 points

Please see my next post on a new topic, for an invitation to contribute to our thinking for next year.

Regards

Tom

Just wanted to say a very big thanks to Tom for organising all these one day competition, I have very much enjoyed the four I came to and will do my best to support them next year.

Thanks again

Don

Dear all


Should of course be Ray Boyle in my previous.

Tom