Burton Doubles 2011

[Tim Child]

The Runners are Riders are (fanfare please...)

Team

DBMM 1   Stuart Whigham and Gordon Harrow  Central Asian Turkish
DBMM 2   Keith Nathan and Thom Richardson  Siamese
DBMM 3   Tim Child and John Hickman        Italian Condotta
DBMM 4   Mike Pickering and Jim Gibson     Ottoman
DBMM 5   Mike Bennett and Colin Sharpe     Later Hungarian
DBMM 6   Phil and Sue Barker               Middle Anglo-Saxon
DBMM 7   Steve Bainbridge and Ian Sims     Teutonic Orders
DBMM 8   Peter Kershaw and David Durant    Feudal English
DBMM 9   John Fletcher*                    Navarrese
DBMM 10  Andy Parkin and Tim Kohler        Sung Chinese

* I don't know whether John's flying solo, or I just haven't been given full team details?

In case there's a drop-out (or a late entry!?) I will also be bringing a second army (Later Muslim Indian, because it's new - so new that so far I haven't actually played with it  )  ) and John and I can split if need be to avoid any byes.


Looks like a good mix.  We have armies from the west of Europe through to China, and from the 7th century to the very end of the 15th.  We have players from the North, and players from the South, and players from the Midlands.  10 teams is a fantastic turnout for the first year's revival (for DBMM) of this great competition.  See you all next weekend!

Tim Child

[Tim Child]

Teams:

1 Stuart Whigham and Gordon Harrow - Central Asian Turkish (Turgesh)
2 Keith Nathan and Thom Richardson - Siamese
3 Tim Child and John Hickman - Italian Condotta (VI)
4 Jim Gibson and Mike Pickering - Ottoman
5 Mike Bennett and Colin Sharpe - Later Hungarian
6 Phil and Sue Barker - Middle Anglo-Saxon (Mercian)
7 Steve Bainbridge and Ian Sims - Teutonics
8 Peter Kershaw - Feudal English
9 John Fletcher (and John Saunders on Sunday) - Navarrese
10 Andy Parkin and Tim Kohler - Sung Chinese

Round 1

Whigham/Harrow (cool CATs) - 13 vs Child/Hickman (Serenissima Republic) - 12
Nathan/Richardson (Siamese twins) - 23 vs Parkin/Kohler (Sung, out of tune that morning) - 2
Gibson/Pickering (Ottomen) - 15 vs Bennett/Sharpe (Well Hungarian) - 10
Barker/Barker (Mercians, but no mercy from the dice) 10 vs Kershaw (Futile English) - 15
Bainbridge/Sims (distinct lack of Teutonic efficiency) - 3 vs Fletcher (Navvies) - 22

Round 2

Nathan/Richardson - 0 (23) vs Fletcher - 25 (47)
Gibson/Pickering - 15 (30) vs Kershaw - 10 (25)
Whigham/Harrow - 13 (26) vs Bennett/Sharpe - 12 (22)
Child/Hickman - 25 (37) vs Barker/Barker - 0 (10)
Bainbridge/Sims - 0 (3) vs Parkin/Kohler - 25 (27)

Round 3

Fletcher/Saunders - 10 (57) vs Child/Hickman 15 (52)
Gibson/Pickering - 14 (44) vs Parkin/Kohler 11 (38)
Whigham/Harrow - 14 (40) vs Kershaw 11 (36)
Nathan/Richardson - 13 (36) vs Bennett/Sharpe - 12 (34)
Barker/Barker - 0 (10) vs Bainbridge/Sims - 25 (28)

Round 4

Fletcher/Saunders - 4 (61) vs Gibson/Pickering - 21 (65)
Child/Hickman 14 (66) vs Parkin/Kohler 11 (49)
Whigham/Harrow - 22 (62) vs Nathan/Richardson - 3 (39)
Kershaw 0 (36) vs Bainbridge/Sims - 25 (53)
Bennett/Sharpe - 25 (59) vs Barker/Barker - 0 (10)

Final placings:

1. Tim Child & John Hickman - 66
2. Jim Gibson & Mike Pickering - 65
3. Stuart Whigham and Gordon Harrow - 62
4. John Fletcher and John Saunders - 61
5. Mike Bennett and Colin Sharpe - 59
6. Steve Bainbridge and Ian Sims - 53 (50 points on day 2!!)
7. Andy Parkin and Tim Kohler - 49
8. Keith Nathan and Thom Richardson - 39
9. Peter Kershaw - 36
10. Phil and Sue Barker - 10


Apologies to anyone if my maths isn't right - all the results are transcribed from being copied down hurriedly while Andy and Tim were deploying on Sunday afternoon.  Also apologies in advance if posting the results seems rather hubristic!   

Tim Child