BHGS Challenge 2023

The 2023 BHGS Challenge took place at a fabulously busy UK Games Expo at the start of June 2023

This year we expanded players numbers in both Ancients sets being played, with DBMM in 15mm and a 28mm ADLG event both running over 2 days, plus aa 1-day Epic tournament on the Saturday. 

The DBMM competition was played for the inaugural BHGS Keith Nathan Memorial Challenge Shield, awarded in memory of this beloved stalwart of the DBMM circuit who sadly passed away earlier in the year.  

Various other historical figures games were also being played near us in the hall, with a decent sized Bolt Ation tournament the most viable. 

The results are below: 

25mm ADLG

Place	ID	First Name	Surname	Club	Points	Army	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result
1	1006	Kevin	Johnson	Warlords	376	Aztec	nul	Victoire	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
2	747	Richard	Walker	Alumwell	339	Hundred Years War English	Victoire	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
3	752	Mark	Clarke	Alumwell	339	Samurai	Victoire	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire	Nul
4	712	Tim	Porter	CLWC	312	Lombard	Nul	Défaite	Nul	Victoire	Victoire
5	1014	Keith	Martin-Smith	Hexwar	299	Hundred Years War English	nul	Victoire	Victoire	Défaite	Nul
6	715	Gordon	Jamieson	CLWC	296	Taifa Kingdoms	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire
7	1067	Ian	Speed	Alumwell	267	Nanzhao and Dali	Victoire	Défaite	Nul	Victoire	Défaite
8	769	Richard	Case	CLWC	265	Medieval Anglo-Irish	nul	Victoire	Défaite	Nul	Nul
9	857	Simon	LeRay-Meyer	CLWC	264	Kingdom of Sicily	nul	Nul	Victoire	Défaite	Nul
10	858	Mike	Bennett	Carnforth	257	Viking and Leidang	Nul	Nul	Nul	Nul	Nul
11	485	Jesse	Schoor	WAR	255	Khurasanian	Victoire	Victoire	Défaite	Défaite	Nul
12	710	Dave	Saunders	CLWC	243	Feudal Spanish	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire	Victoire
13	800	Ian	MacKay	CLWC	240	Hundred Years War English	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire
14	910	Dave	Allen	CLWC	205	Hundred Years War English	nul	Victoire	Défaite	Défaite	Défaite
15	1122	Jason	Scott	Bristol	185	Hundred Years War English	Défaite	Défaite	Victoire	Défaite	Défaite
16	1634	Dave	Everett	Bristol	172	Samurai	nul	Défaite	Nul	Défaite	Défaite

15mm DBMM

Position	Name	No	Team	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Ian Austin	3	Hittite Empire '	21	14	14	14	63
1	Thom Richardson	10	Massagetae	14	25	13	11	63
3	John Fletcher	4	Kyrenean Greek	25	11	12	11	59
4	Jurgen Bohn	6	Neo Babylonian	15	15	11	14	55
5	Steve Rathgay	1	Aramaen	11	12	13	17	53
6	Peter Kershaw	9	Massagetae	14	10	13	14	51
6	Graham Evans	11	Akkadian	13	13	12	13	51
6	Jon Smith	16	Later Mycenaean	12	15	13	11	51
9	Dave Giles	8	Middle Assyrian	13	0	13	23	49
10	David Mather	2	EHG (Thessalian)	12	12	12	11	47
10	Oren Taylor	12	Early Hebrew	10	13	12	12	47
12	Mike Bowles	7	Massagetae	0	13	23	8	44
13	John Saunders	5	Early Japanese	4	12	12	14	42
14	Chad Pillinger	13	Hsia&Shang Chinese	11	10	2	2	25

​Ian Austin took the winners trophy by virtue of the better score in the head to head but the inaugural BHGS Keith Nathan Memorial Challenge Shield will be shared