Nigel Kavanagh
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Gaelcon 2010
Aug 11th
Gaelcon 2010 takes place in the D4 Hotel, Ballsbridge on October 22nd-25th. Included in this weekend of gaming is a Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament and a Warhammer 40k tournament. Both of these events are six round affairs, with Fantasy using 2500 points and 40k using 1750 points.The rulespacks are available here - http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=733
Open Mail from Rankings HQ
Aug 4th
I would like to congratulate everyone behind the launch of the Wargaming Ireland web site. It is a fantastic tribute to both them and all war-gamers in Ireland that such a quality site exists for the community.It is through web sites such as this one that gaming communities are built and prosper and I encourage all Irish players to get behind and use the site as much as they can. It is only through the support and contributions of the players that Wargaming Ireland will reach its true potential.
I will be watching with keen interest over the coming months how the Wargaming Ireland web site develops and look forward to working with you guys to cross promote the Irish war gaming and tournament scene via the Rankings HQ channels.
Regards,
Andrew Galea
Rankings HQ
European Team Championship 2010
Aug 4th
This is the big one. The best players from over thirty countries representing their nation and playing for the honour of the best Warhammer Fantasy country and the best Warhammer 40k country. For many, this is the pinnacle of gaming. Playing for your country as part of a team in a foreign land…gaming doesn’t get much more fun or at a higher standard than this.
Team Ireland WHFB are attending for the second year in succession, with Team Ireland 40k making their debut. Northern Ireland are also represented by teams for both systems. The Irish 40k team have set the bar high, by winning the 2010 Six Nations event in Cardiff – beating England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Barbarians along the way. They have to be considered one of the contenders for the overall title, but the competition will be tougher in Germany. Team WHFB finished last in the 2009 Four Nations, last in the 2009 ETC and last in the 2010 Six Nations. However, they are optimistic that they can break this run in Germany.
Qualification for the Irish 40k team began in autumn 2009 when I entered a team in the competition. All I needed now was, well, a team. I approached as many people as I knew and, taking advice on board, approached four clubs to ask them to each put forward one player who would be automatically on the team – earning a “golden ticket”. Immediately, I asked the four “golden tickets” to commit to being part of Team Ireland 40k and to vote on a captain. The reason I chose four was to ensure that we had a team. Under ETC rules, you need four players from one country to make a team (the other four could be ringers). I chose four from different clubs for inclusivity. The remaining four would be chosen from the rankings system that I set up (based on the international RHQ system). So, way back in the depths of 2009 Paul was voted in as team captain and I took my leave – just helping with the rankings, advising and so on.
Later in 2009, Declan withdrew and appointed Stuart from the Drogs in his place. The team were happy enough with this. Unfortunately, Stuart asked to be removed from the team a couple of months ago. There appeared to be no Drog to take his place, leaving the team in a bit of a sticky patch. The three remaining “golden tickets” agreed to try sort this asap and Richard Flood was brought on board.
The Irish Warhammer 40k team is Paul Quigley (Captain), Joe Cullen, Jimmy Murphy, Richard Flood, Darragh Cullen, Paraic O’Confhaola, Cian O’Dowd and Barra Macniocaill.
The Irish Warhammer team was chosen as follows. I automatically qualified as I was voted Team Captain 2010 by the 2009 team. Mal Cooney automatically qualified as Vice-Captain as he was the 2009 captain. Brian Leonard, Alan Woods-Conway and Ciarán Dunne qualified by being part of the 2009 team and finishing in the top eight of the rankings. Dave Leahy and Ken Chambers qualified directly through the rankings and Halaigh Whelan-McManus qualified as the wild-card, voted on by the seven players.
Regardless, everyone is looking forward to competing in Munster, and we hope that we can continue the development and progression of wargaming in Ireland!
Title: The European Team Championships
Location: Munster, Germany
Discuss on our Forum: Click here
Description: The international team event for Warhammer and Warhammer 40k.
Date: 7/8th August 2010
Start Time: 9am
End Time: 6pm
Wargaming Ireland
Jul 26th
Well, we finally made it and we hope it was worth the wait.
When we started this adventure, we had an idea that we could try build up the Warhammer community in Ireland. Since then, we’ve had a lot of comments, suggestions, thoughts and ideas and things have expanded hugely. Now we cater for Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40k, Warmachine/Hordes plus others too.
Alongside the site, we’ve developed a forum for wargames and a place for clubs to meet, chat and arrange events. It’s the home of the Irish rankings system and our European Team Championship teams for Warhammer and Warhammer 40k. On top of that, you can enjoy our regular eZine – The Uplink – which is on Issue Four at present or listen to the North Wexford Gamers podcast too.
We hope you like our new website and forum layout. It’s taken a while to get everything arranged and laid out, but we’re happy we got there.
If you’d like to keep up-to-date with everything on the site you can follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the news feed in your favourite news client.
We hope you enjoy your stay with us.
Review: BroCon WHFB 2010
Jul 18th
Fourteen hardy souls arrived in University of Limerick on July 17th to compete in BroCon 2010 in an event that was practically guaranteed to bring about a new leader in the Irish Fantasy rankings. As well as the Limerick gamers, there was representation from WAC Cork, the Underground Gamers and the North Wexford Gamers. Amazingly, there was very few army duplications, with no fewer than twelve armies represented.
The tables were well put together, organisation was good and rule queries were answered promptly. There were few issues during play – the players played in a genuine good spirit of fair play and everyone seemed to have a good time at the tables. The event was at 1500 points and there were four rounds. Twenty battle points were available in each round, and a further five points were available for pre-registration.
Top place after four rounds went to Rob Gleasure, who follows up a win at Warpcon 2010, sixth place at BattleCry 2010, second place at Conclave 2010 with another win here. Rob brought a Wood Elf list and won with two maximum victories and two draws to earn 60 battle points. Second place went to Brian “Lenny” Leonard with his Dwarf army and Mick Wendel came in third with his Daemons of Chaos.
Overall, this puts Rob top of the Irish rankings and Lenny remains in second place – congratulations are indeed due! Special mention is needed for Mick Wendel and Andy Farrell who both made their Fantasy debuts in ranking events and finished impressively in second and fifth places respectively. I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of these guys over the coming events.
Final results:
- Rob Gleasure, Wood Elves – 65;
- Brian Leonard, Dwarfs – 64;
- Mick Wendel, Daemons of Chaos – 59;
- Nigel Kavanagh, High Elves – 56;
- Andy Farrell, Lizardmen – 51;
- Richard Flood, Dark Elves – 47;
- Tristram Hills, Empire – 46;
- Gary Griffin, Ogres – 43;
- Kevin Wren, High Elves – 38;
- Rowan McLaughlin, Bretonnians – 37;
- Dan Ahern, Empire – 34;
- Gearoid Madden, Skaven – 25;
- Colin Cullinane, Warriors of Chaos – 23;
- Jason Lane, Warriors of Chaos – 17.
BroCon 2010
Jul 13th
BroCon 2010 is the second ranking event being held in Limerick in a week. This time, the University of Limerick is playing host to both Warhammer and Warhammer 40k tournaments. Cleverly, the organisers have arranged that the WHFB takes place on the Saturday and the WH40k on the Sunday meaning that dedicated players can attend both events.
The Warhammer tournament is a 1500 point four round affair and is likely to generate quite a few rankings points. The rulespack is seventh edition, but with lots of restrictions to level the playing field. This should be a very interesting event, with 1500 points not a common points level.
For WH40k, the tournament is a three round 1750 event that uses three different scenarios and a scoring system very similar to the ETC.
A quick scan of the names attending the events throws up a veritable “who’s who” from the rankings. Some of the very best players will be attending this event from both systems, so pride will be on the line along with the rankings scores.
I hope to see you all there!
Title: BroCon 2010
Location: UL, Limerick
Discuss on our Forum: Click here
Description: BroCon 2010 is a WHFB (1500 point) and WH40k (1750 point) tournament
Date: 17th/18th July
Start Time: 9am
End Time: 6pm
