Results from the 2017 BHGS Challenge.

For the first time ever the BHGS Challenge moved north to the NEC in Birmingham to run alongside the gaming phenomenon that is UK Games Expo in June 2017.

This put our 100+ gamers in a hall which must have had over 1,000 people playing miniatures and card games at some points over the weekend, with excellent lighting and ventilation, right next to proper loos, a bar, hot-food restaurant and its own branch of Subway!!

Overall more than 100 players took part this year, representing a year-on-year increase in player numbers across those periods and systems we are running this year - so we were certainly putting on a good showcase for the tabletop gaming side of the hobby for the UKGE audience too.

​Full results for the periods where we have been sent them are below, along with some pictures from the event:

15mm FoGAM

			Round					Army
1	Graham Briggs	Reigate	12	22	18	19	71	Early Achaemenid Persian
2	Paul Bartlett	Plymouth	24	10	21	12	67	Medieval Castillian
3	Dave Ruddock	MAWS	25	10	25	6	66	Early Ottoman Turk
4	Graeme Caroll	Durham	22	9	9	25	65	Late Ottoman Turk
5	Paul Longmore	MAWS	7	25	14	14	60	Late Ottoman Turk
6	Graham Evans	Pinner	9	25	2	22	58	Western Han Chinese
7	Andy Ellis	Impalers	13	12	24	8	57	Feudal Castillian
8	Dino Monticoli	October	9	0	25	22	56	Medieval Crown of Aragon
9	Pete Dalby	Hampshire Hogs	9	23	6	14	52	Medieval Portugese
10	Derek Bartlett	Plymouth	3	25	1	22	51	Mayan
11	Steve Brown	Plymouth	13	8	21	6	48	Later Macedonian
12	David Putt	Plymouth	13	13	11	6	43	Later Macedonian
12	Roger Pitfield	Mercenary	12	3	17	11	43	Western Han Chinese
14	David Fairhurst	Oxford	11	3	19	9	42	Early Achaemenid Persian
15	Dave Morrison	Gloucester	8	11	22	0	41	Early Successor
16	John Patrick	Gloucester	8	2	6	24	40	Free Company
16	Terry Shaw	Reigate	11	22	4	3	40	Late Ottoman Turk
18	Steve Murton	Reigate	24	11	0	3	38	Late Ottoman Turk
18	Phil Jelley	Oxford	16	7	4	11	38	Yuan Chinese
20	Chad Pillinger	Nottingham	0	6	24	3	33	Han Chinese
21	Jon Akers	Plymouth	1	19	3	9	32	Kofun Nara
22	Peter Card	Oxford	1	0	1	23	25	Imperial German
23	Lynda Fairhurst	Oxford	7	9	3	1	20	Han Chinese
24	Malcolm Gordon	Durham	7	0	0	2	9	Carolingian

15mm DBMM

			Round					Army
1	Jim Gibson	MKWS	10	25	13	25	73	Malay
2	Thom Richardson	Leeds	15	19	23	14	71	Later Muslim Indian
3	Richard Foxon	Essex	14	25	14	11	64	Feudal Spanish
4	Ian Austin	Ivanhoe	12	23	12	13	60	Sung Chinese
5	Greg Mann	Essex	13	9	11	25	58	Khitan Liao
6	Gordon Harrow	October	11	16	13	12	52	Seljuk Turk
7	John Fletcher	MAWS	10	2	14	25**	51	Feudal English
8	Peter Kershaw	Independent	15	6	12	17	50	Feudal Spanish
9	Keith Nathan	Leeds	22	16	11	0	49	Sicilian
10	Roy Loach	October	3	0	23*	11	37	Early Serbian or Croatian
11	Chris Jolley	Gateshead	25	9	2	0	36	Feudal English
12	John Saunders	October	0	3*	10	14	27	Pre-Feudal Scots
13	Stuart Whigham	October	0**	0	15	8	23	Central Asian Turkish
*	Bye score - result of game against the umpire (using Alan)
**	Bye score - scored as result of next game, or 25VP in final round

6mm DBMM

			Round					Army
1	Steve Bainbridge	MKWS	12	25	25	10	72	Early Byzantine
2	Mike Pickering	MKWS	11	17	10	22	60	Central Asian Turkish
3	Ian Sims	MKWS	13	8	13	23	57	West Frankish or Norman
4	Neil Sutherland	MKWS	14	12	12	15	53	Gallic
5	Pete Gillespy	MKWS	25	13	0	3	41	Ptolomeic
8	Mike Newnham	MKWS	0	0	15	2	17	Later Carthaginian

15mm L'Art de la Guerre

#	Name		Club	Score	Army		Size	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
769	Richard	Case	CLWC	401	109	Sassanid Persian	33	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
397	Hubert	Bretagne	CLWC	345	109	Sassanid Persian	32	Victoire	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
712	Tim	Porter	CLWC	290	109	Sassanid Persian	30	Victoire	nul	Victoire	Défaite	Nul
715	Gordon	Jamieson	CLWC	290	52	Camillan Roman	34	Victoire	nul	Défaite	Nul	Victoire
100	Herve	Caille	El Kreator	288	87	Patrician Roman	36	Défaite	nul	Victoire	Nul	Victoire
708	Peter	Webb	CLWC	255	43	Ptolemaic	34	nul	Victoire	Défaite	Nul	Nul
800	Ian	Mackay	CLWC	254	71	Armenians	32	nul	nul	Défaite	Nul	Victoire
772	Richard	Young	SoA	249	115	African Vandal	35	Défaite	nul	Victoire	Nul	Nul
710	Dave	Saunders	CLWC	239	40	Alexander the Great	33	Victoire	nul	Défaite	Nul	Nul
713	Darrell	Pearce	MKWS	231	46	Bactrians & Indo-Greek	30	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire	Nul	Nul
261	Lionel	Morvan	France	225	91	Dacians and Carpi	40	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite	Nul	Nul
1015	Nik	Sharp	Warlords	222	46	Bactrians & Indo-Greek	33	nul	nul	Victoire	Défaite	Défaite
1014	Keith	Martin-Smith	Hexwar	210	87	Patrician Roman	34	nul	nul	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite
720	Nigel	Poole	Gloucester	111	106	Palmyran	33	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite

25mm L'Art de la Guerre

ID	First Name	Surname	Club	Points	N°	Army	Units	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result
747	Richard	Walker	Alumwell	409	228	Medieval Spanish	22	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
768	Dave	Allen	CLWC	357	193	Ghaznavid	21	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Défaite	Victoire
1023	Gareth	Evans	MKWS	272	251	Ottoman Empire	24	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire	Défaite	Nul
857	Simon	LeRay-Meyer	CLWC	236	227	Medieval German	23	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire
1006	Kevin	Johnson	Derby	200	193	Ghaznavid	20	Nul	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite
752	Mark	Clarke	Alumwell	142	261	Indonesian & Malay	24	Nul	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite

15mm MeG

			Round					Army	Date
1	Alasdair Harley	Oxford	15	15	15	15	60	Gepid & Rugii Allies	454AD
2	Simon Elliott	Central London	15	8	15	15	53	Eastern Later Foederate Roman	466AD
3	Lance Flint	Farnborough	15	15	2	15	47	Norse Irish & Viking Allies	950AD
4	Dave Parish	Reigate	15	10	2	15	42	Later Carthaginian	215BC
5	Richard Jeffrey-Cook	Farnborough	4	15	15	4	38	Early Medieval French & Norman Allies	951AD
6	Lee Sanders	Independent	8	9	8	8	33	Ghaznavid	1000AD
7	Keith Spedding	October	4	15	6	4	29	Sassanid Persian	600AD
8	Peter Cross	Ilford	8	6	3	8	25	Numidians & Early Imperial Roman Allies	4AD
9	Stephen Stead	Oxford	6	10	2	6	24	Viking	1069AD
10	Neil Powell	Penarth	0	2	2	0	4	Mid Republican Roman & Numidian Allies	202BC

Bolt Action

Saturday

• Gary Betts
• Dave Redhead
• Jed Tales

Sunday

• Paul Walker 
• Kieran Burne
• Jed Tales

Saga

There were 11 players and the top 3 places were as follows

• 1st place - Mark Birch - 37.3 points using a Pagan Rus warband
• 2nd place - Tracy Beech - 30.7 points using a Norman warband
• 3rd Place - Richard Malpas - 30 points using a Scotti warband