VENTA ICENORUM 2023

This is the replacement 400 AP Singles Tournament for Caesaromagus which became a casualty of the Covid-19 Lockdown. Its being held in Hoveton near Wroxham in Norfolk. It is now in its 2nd year.

Oh Crap!

(C) = Cowards club, (E) = Essex Warriors

 

1.  Andy Brooker (C)               Makkan, 950 BC                                         DBM

2.  Richard Gill (C)                  Asiatic Early Successor, 320 BC                  DBMM

3.  Dean Astillberry (C)            Ch’in Chinese, 299 BC                               DBM

4.  Jeremy Morgan (E)             Marian Roman, 53 BC                                DBMM

5.  Ken Warren (C)                   Early T’ang Chinese, 660 AD                      DBMM

6.  Dave Madigan                     Early T’ang Chinese, 666 AD                      DBMM

7.  Duncan Thompson             Bavarian, 769 AD                                        DBMM

8.  Paul Holmes (C)                 Norman, 1061 AD                                       DBM

9.  Chris Smith                         Yuan Chinese, 1261 AD                                        DBM

10. Drew Jarman                      Yuan Chinese, 1276 AD                              DBMM

11. Andy Leeser (E)                 Medieval Portuguese, 1385 AD                   DBM

12. Brian Ash (E)                     Ottoman, 1458 AD                                      DBM

 

(R). John Vaughan (C)             Saitic Egyptian, 606 BC                              DBMM

 

 

Round 1

 

1.  Andy Brooker (C)               Makkan, 950 BC                                        DBM         

4.  Jer Morgan (E)                    Marian Roman, 53 BC                                DBMM

 

 

2.  Richard Gill (C)                  Asiatic Early Successor, 320 BC                  DBMM

6.  Dave Madigan                     Early T’ang Chinese, 666 AD                     DBMM

 

 

3.  Dean Astillberry + John Vaughan (C)

                                                Ch’in Chinese, 299 BC                               DBM

7.  Duncan Thompson             Bavarian, 769 AD                                        DBM

 

 

5.  Ken Warren (C)                   Early T’ang Chinese, 660 AD                     DBMM 

9.  Chris Smith                    Yuan Chinese, 1261 AD                               DBM

 

 

8.  Paul Holmes (C)                 Norman, 1061 AD                                      DBM

11. Andy Leeser (E)                 Medieval Portuguese, 1385 AD                            DBM

 

 

10. Drew Jarman                     Yuan Chinese, 1276 AD                             DBMM

12. Brian Ash (E)                     Ottoman, 1458 AD                                     DBM

The final results were as follows: I played against the 6th, 8th 10th & 12th placed players. My army struggled against these four & to be honest the mix of armies taken meant that the chances of bad match up was quite high.

1. Dave Madigan                                Early T’ang Chinese, 666 AD          94

2. Jer Morgan                                     Marian Roman, 53 BC                     85

3. Ken Warren                                    Early T’ang Chinese, 660 AD          80

4. Chris Smith                                     Yuan Chinese, 1261 AD                  80

5. Duncan Thompson                         Bavarian, 769 AD                            75

6. Dean Astillberry & John Vaughan   Ch’in Chinese, 299 BC                    69

7. Andy Leeser                                    Medieval Portuguese, 1385 AD      66

8. Andy Brooker                                  Makkan, 950 BC                             52

9. Drew Jarman                                  Yuan Chinese, 1276 AD                  51 

10. Brian Ash                                      Ottoman, 1458 AD                          48

11. Richard Gill                                   Asiatic Early Successor, 320 BC     38

12. Paul Holmes                                 Norman, 1061 AD                            30

 

3rd Times a Charm

 Covid-19 Again

Felt all snotty for the last 36 hours. Thought it was the usual hayfever symptoms due to the very high pollen count. But I decided to take a LFT just in case & bingo I now have my third case of Covid-19. It was 44 days after my Spring Booster dose [the 6th dose in all]. I guess that since it was October 2021 when I got my 1st covid-19 infection & July 2022 my second so I'm doing quite well. I literally went out socially for the first time in months in the last week & bingo I get it again. Means I will be fairly safe now for the next 6 months I guess.