Cancon 2000

ACC Report
22nd Australian Ancients Championships

by Scott Nicholas

Top: The winning DBM 15mm. trio: (from left) Mike Walsh - 2nd, Brad Del-Munns - 1st, Nick Wade - 3rd.

Middle: South Pacific Championship winners , the Victorian team: (from left) Martin Morgan, Nick Wade, Mark Robins and Marcus Watson. The Vics defeated all states again for the fifth year running!

Bottom: Winner of the Teams event: "League of Ancients" (from left) Mark Robins, Martin Ossa-Bordes and Marcus Watson.

It would be safe to say Victorian dominance of the DBM event has truly ended. Despite taking out the State and Individual teams events (both relying on DBR's Mark Robins as a finch pin), only a couple actually made it into the top ten this year.

All states charged home for a piece of the action, including a rogue band of Western Australians making their debut appearance. They made their presence felt by defeating both tournament favourites Marcus Watson and Martin Morgan, clearing the way for colleague Mike Walsh to seize second place. Other favorites such as NSW's Troy Adlington came close (sixth), while QLD's Nick Ashby struggled for wins using a "terrain heavy" army.

DBM Winner Brad DelMunns displays the Conqueror's Shield, the highest ACC award.

Nick Wade played consistantly, entering Round 6 on a comfortable 7 point lead from his nearest rival. Needing only a mere draw to secure first place, he was matched against "darkhorse" Brad Del-Munns. The ensuing battle between the Hsiung-Nu and Patrician Romans proved decisive for the latter (9- 1), giving Brad first place and his "first" tournament placing ever! (to our knowledge?) Congratulations Brad. All three tournaments (DBM, DBR & 7th Ed) were organised and umpired by the highly capable Craig McGarty and side-kick Noel Bugia. Craig has vowed to compete next year as a player with Troy Adlington volunteering to replace him as umpire/organiser. Army sizes for DBM next year have been rumoured at 400 points.

Top: Geoff Frost (E Samurai) vs Bob Richie (0yyoman Turks). Geoff setup defensively over a traversed river to stave off determined Ottoman assaults. Result: 5-5

Bottom: Cosmos Conrroneos (on the left) pits his Later Sargonids against previous ACC winner Martin Morgan's Palmyrian Romans. Result: 7-3 in favour of the Romans.

Place Name Year State Army Score Team

1 Del-Munns, Brad 455AD NSW Patrician Romans 49 Piketchu
2 Walsh, Mike 1435AD WA Lithuanian 48 2Ws
3 Wade, Nick 313AD Vic Hsiung-Nu 48 NWA "A"
4 Watson, Marcus 1385AD Vic Portuguese 47 League Of Ancients
5 Phillips, Michael 969AD ACT Khotan 47 We Cheat
6 Adlington, Troy 155OBC ACT N K Egyptian 46 3 Cs
7 Frost, Geoffrey 1095AD Vic E. Samurai 41 WA "B"
8 Duncan, Dugald 100CAD QLD Central Asian City 41 North Qld Warriors
9 Montgomery, Tim IOIAD ACT Hatrene (Arabo-aram) 41 We Cheat
10 Mumford,john 7AD WA Later Hungarian 40 Duck, Dive and Weave
I I Ritchie, Robert 1362AD NSW Ottoman 40 70 3 Cs
12 Filewood, Alex 322BC NSW Classical Indian 40 Piketchu
13 Melville, Doug 1101AD Vic Communal Italians 39 Sauron's Auxilia Slingers
14 Stubbs, Richard 1191AD Vic Later Crusader 39 Forloen Hope LOA
15 Russell, Greg 1444AD QLD L. Hungarian 39 North Old Warriors
16 Gray, Jason 639BC NSW L. Sargonicb, 39 Sauron's Auxiliary Slingers
17 Breadner, Shaun 1151AD NSW E. Hungarian 38
18 Parker, Stephanie 163BC ACT Seleucid 38
19 Morgan, Martin 203BC Vic Polybian Roman 38 NWA
20 Heath, Rodney 220BC WA Seleucid 38 BAR
21 Phillips, David 815AD ACT Abbasid Arab 37 Victorians
22 Stone, Peter 50IBC Vic Early Carthaginians 37 NWA
23 Ashby, Nick 275BC QLD Hellenistic Greek 37 BIG "A"
24 Bedlington, Dean 1050AD ACT Muslim North Africa 36 Tang Tiri Hards
25 Baxenciell, Ian 618AD QLD Sui/ E. Tang 36 BIG "B"
26 Rosetti, Peter 472AD NSW Burgundian Ordonnance 35 I Spy
27 Nicholas, Scott 160OBC Vic Mitanni 35 NNVA "B"
28 Atkins, Robert 202BC WA L. Carthaginian 34 BAR
29 Woodcock, David 90CAD NSW E. Samurai 34 3 Bs
30 Pagano, Carlo 1418AD WA Med French 34 2 Ws
31 McKenzie, Neil 1066AD ACT Norman 34 PLM Strehlitz Dragoons
32 Williams,jason 1470AD NSW Tupi 33 B,
33 Barrett, Peter 1361AD ACT Trap. Byzantine 33
34 Simcic, Peter 1385AD NSW Portuguese 32
35 Bradley, Philip 180AD Abyssinian 31 BIG "B"
36 Ossa-Bordes, Martin 1066AD Vic Normans 31 League of Ancients
37 Roe,Timothy 105BC NSW Marian Roman 31 North Sydney Wargamers
38 White, Sheldon 60BC ACT Dacians 30 PLM Strehlitz Dragoons
39 Hamlyn, Karl 1427AD ACT L. Med. German 30
40 Thatcher, Peter 388AD Vic L.Imp Roman 30 Forlorn Hope LOA B
41 Bismire, Peter 1214AD NSW Mongol Conquest 30 Last Minuters
42 Collins, Bruce 200AD Alans 30
43 Armstrong, James 43AD NSWE. Imp. Roman 29 Tang Tri Hards
44 Rutherford, Michael 50OBC NSW Classical Indian 29
45 Elaurant, Scott 395BC QLD L Hoplite Greek 29 North Qld Warriors
46 Smith, Russell 359AD NSW Sassanids 29 North Sydney Wargamers
47 Macauley, J ason 200AD Vic S.I.L. R. Sarmatians 28 I Spy
48 Mclean, Jim 686BC NSW Lydian 28 3 Bs
49 Pinto-Lope., Hernan 1293AD NSW Yuan Chinese 27 Last Minuters
50 Kroonenburg, Johannes 25OBC WA Warring States 27 Duck, Dive and Weave
51 Dayrnond, Lyle 1151AD Vic Feudal French 27 Forlorn Hope - LOA(B)
52 Geer, John 60BC NSW Marian Romans 27
53 Sommerville, Rodney 1595BC QLD Kassite and L. Babyl 26 BIG "B"
54 McCallum, Mark 322BC Alexandrian Imperial 26
55 Maloney, Mark 645BC QLD Later Sargonid 26 BIG "C"
56 Thorpe, Steven 665AD ACT E. Tang 24 Tang Tri Hards
57 Falzarano, Tony 406AD ACT Ostrogoths 24 PLM Strelitz Dragoons
58 Hills, Darryl 1066AD NSW Vikings
60 Stanton, Paul 1018AD NSW Rus 23
61 Willacyjon 1281AD Ilkhanid 23
62 Sutton, Steve 389AD NSW L. Imp. Roman 22 North Sydney Wargamers;
63 Meilak, Paul 86CAD Vic Central Asian Turks 22
64 Card, Andrew 211AD Pictish 22 BAR
65 Bristo%ve, Wal 1201AD Vic Feudal Spanish 22 I Spy
66 Corroneos, Cosmos 660BC NSW Later Sargonid 21 3 Cs
67 Pooley, Damian 42BC Marian Romans 21
68 Kroonenburg, Douglas 369AD WA Hsien-pi etc 20 Duck, Dive and Weave
69 Shaw,john 1292AD Vic Sicilian 20 NWA "B"
70 Rodgers, Nicholas 25OBC L. Carthaginian 20
71 Williams' Joel 101AD NSW E. 1. Romans 20 Last Minuters
72 McCartney, John 110BC Vic Mithradatic 16 NWA "C"
73 Cook, Brad 927AD QLD Dailami 15 BIG "C"
74 Schrader, Mark 95BC NSWSuren Indo-Parthian 15
75 Harvey, Glenn 1128AD Vic Early Crusader 15 NWA "C"
76 Ware, Peter 322BC WA Classical Indian 14 2 Ws
77 Christie, John 1086AD NSW Fanatic Berber 13
78 Smith,G, Geoff 391AD Vic Kushan I I NWA "C"
79 Misso, Dennis 43AD QLDAncient Britons 5 BIG "C"

Geoff Frost (E. Samurai) plays Richard Stubbs' Later Crusader army with "Th' Man In Th' Hat" Umpire Craig McGarty, exercising his Solomon-like wisdom. Result: 6-4 in favour of the Samurai.

DBR

1 Robins, Mark 1644AD Vic ECW Royalist 60 League Of Ancients
2 Sandercock, John 1655AD QLD New Model Army 40 BIG "A"
3 McKay, Roger 1629AD ACT Polish-Lithuanian 35 Gentlemen Pensioners
4 Walsh, Doug 1683AD ACT Later Poles 35 Gentlemen en ione
5 Waldon, Geoff 1627AD NSW Early Gustavian Swedes 33
6 Clark, Phil 1688AD ACT Later Imperialist 31
7 Pocilujko, Vic 1622AD NSW Moldavian 31
8 Sisson, Richard 1607AD ACT Venetian 28
9 Tan, David 1520AD Vic Portuguese Colonial 26
10 O'Dwyer, Dominic 1632AD ACT Swedes (30YW) 22 Gentlemen Pensioners
11 Swain, Justin 1631AD Swedes (30YW) 19

7th Ed

1 Verhagen, David 30OBC NZ Mauryan 39
2 Holmes, Darren 300AD NSW Chin 39
3 Craig, Chris 1206AD NSW Mongols 38
4 Wilcox, Chris 300OBC QLD Sumerian 37
5 Dunn, Leigh 103CAD ACT Khmer 36
6 Hayes, Barry 1415AD NSW 100 YW English 34
7 Morgan, Mik 350BC NSW Gallic 33
8 Lawrence, David 1050AD ACT Prefeudal Scots 32
9 Ratray, Paul 183BC NSW Seleucid 32
10 Sheppard, Guy 650AD NSW Thematic By,antine 31
11 Poulton, Reg 319AD Vic Indian 31
12 Leonard, Brad 1100AD NSW Prefeudal Scots 30
13 Harris, John 396BC NSW Later Greek 29
14 Koschel, Paul 1300AD ACT Delhi Sultanate 28
15 Doel, Ian 378AD NZ Late Imp Roman 21
16 Hearn, Jerry 35SAD ACT L Imp Roman 20
17 Webster, Mark 192BC Later Seleucid 10

This report was sent in by Scott Nicholas, NWA's DBx "Webmaster" The full text of results etc, and plenly more great pictures can be found on the NWA site: www.alphalink.com.au/~nwa/dbx/

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