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Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017 - Itchen Wins

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:45 am
by Boneless
The Welsh Open will return for its 8th showing.


We will have a team to give away to a lucky Raffle winner at the Welsh open.

Malpas Court is a Tudor style mansion building built between 1836 and 1838 for Thomas Prothero, agent to the Morgan family of Tredegar House.

Malpas Court
Oliphant Circle
Malpas
Newport
NP20 6AD

so what are you getting for your money?

• Projector and screen that will display the current standings and round draws etc.

• Free WiFi access

• Disabled access

• Bus stop opposite – number 19 bus from City Centre (we are 2 miles walk from Newport Train Station)

• Refreshments and catering available

• Exclusive Car Parking for all Blood Bowl Coaches, safe away from the roads and public

• 6 Great games of Blood Bowl to kick Start your 2017 Blood Bowl calendars.


Dinner will be served as promised, on the Saturday we will feast on Curry, Chilli, Rice and Chips. and Sunday will see us enjoy your traditional Welsh Open Sunday Dinner.

Tea and Coffee for both days on arrival, and a Café / Bar next to the Main hall.


At a Cost of £25/£31 (depending on NAF registration) including food both days

Paypal nafwales@gmail.com with your Name, NAF Name and NAF Number

Introduction
Welcome to the Welsh Open! This is the player pack, which contains all the important information you require to compete at the Welsh Open. Important dates, tournament rules and other details can all be found in this document. I hope your entire experience with the Welsh Open is both enjoyable and successful. I look forward to the tournament immensely and hope we can all strive to make the Welsh Open a wonderful event.

History
Previous Winners
I. Hawca
II. Cracol
III. DiamondJoeQuimbey
IV. Headstrong
V. AndyDavo
VI. AndyDavo
VII. Straume

Previous Stunty Cup Winners
I. Sfisher91
II. Sfisher91
III. Sfisher91
IV. Loki
V. Itchen
VI. Itchen
VII. Hobnail




The Players
All the players that attend the Tournament are expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the tournament. That includes playing the game in the right spirit, making sure they have everything they need (dice, templates, clear team rosters and their team!) and in general contributing to a friendly environment where everyone can enjoy both their games and the time spent in between rounds with their peers. The tournament organizers will do their best to ensure that the tournament runs smoothly and everything is provided to enable the players to get as much enjoyment as possible from the event, and likewise the players should do their utmost to hold up their end of the bargain. Most important of all, enjoy yourself!

The Officials
The officials for the tournament are 100% committed to ensuring that your Welsh Open experience is the best it can possibly be. Our job is to make sure everything runs smoothly and that you can concentrate solely on your task at hand and that is to play the best you can for 2 days against likeminded people that share your love of the Bloodbowl hobby. We would like to state we are looking forward to the event as much as the players and pledge to do our best to run the event as smoothly and professionally as possible.

The Tournament
Tournament Officials: Hawca, Dapiranha
Head Referee: Dapiranha
When: 28th & 29th Jan 2017
Where: Malpus Court Manor House


General Format
Team Size: 110000 Rounds: 6
The Welsh Open is being run using the latest Bloodbowl competition rules.
All teams may be used including Slann, Chaos Pact & Underworld.
Coaches have a maximum of 1,100,000 to build their team and teams must consist of a minimum of 11 players. Star Players and Mercs are allowed only after the minimum 11 players has been purchased.
Your team must be painted with a minimum of three colours and based. The all models must be numbered as per the roster.
All models must be WYSIWYG and proxies are not allowed.

Players have 48 star player points to distribute to your players after your team has been bought. Stunty teams will get 52 spp

A maximum of 16 spp per player. Doubles are allowed, but only on the second skill a player has. No additional spp will be earned.

A maximum of 4 duplicate skills are permitted, i.e.: 4 players with block, 4 with guard, not 5 with block.
There will be a stunty cup for Ogres, Goblins, Halflings and Underworld with no Skaven.

Illegal procedures will not be called throughout the tournament.
The 4 minute turn limit will not be specifically enforced throughout the tournament. There is however a strict 2 hour time limit for each game. If an official believes that a game will not be completed within the allotted time they may enforce the 4 minute rule.
All inducements except for wizards and random cards can be used.
All players will be healed back to full starting strength before each match

Tournament Scoring
Points for the games will be awarded accordingly:
3 points for a win
1 points for a draw
0 point for a loss
-15 points for conceding

Head to Head result will be used in the event of a tiebreaker situation followed by the toughness of schedule and Touchdowns.

Prizes
Trophies/prizes will be awarded for the following:
Welsh Open Winner
Wesh Open Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties
Stunty Cup Winner

Ticket Prices
Ticket Price is £25 for NAF members and £31 for non-members for the weekend, this cost includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

Final Word
As we mentioned at the start we hope everybody has fun during our
tournament. If you have any further questions or queries, please don’t hesitate
to contact us

Saturday
9-30 Breakfast & Registration
10-00 Game 1
12.00 to 13-00 Lunch
13-00 Game 2
15-15 Game 3
17-30 Day 1 close

Sunday
9-30 Breakfast & Registration
10-00 Game 1
12.00 to 13-00 Lunch
13-00 Game 2
15-15 Game 3
17-30 Day 2 close

0. Twelfman (Media)

1. martinvanquish17
2. Dapiranha
3. Hawca
4. Ceetee
5. Allrdy
6. Angry Hobbit
7. Straume
8. MSJavaid
9. Glowworm
10. JBone
11. MAD
12. Zulu
13. Endalos
14. Kfoged
15. ploppy_mcploppy 16417
16. Itchen
17. 20phoenix
18. Cornish
19. Lycos
20. Mr_Frodo
21. NorthernKnight
22. Dionysian
23. Greatwhitehope
24. Besters
25. Gavin Biston
26 Martyn Forster
27. Camsbell1514 20638
28. Antipixi
29. DrDeath 20977
30. Knightly 22043
31. Canteloup 13763
32. Nightwing
33. Vulturesquadron 7192
34. scs.sam 17549
35. Merrick
36. Fluffythealien 17924
37. Hawk
38. nonumber
39. Verbal
40. Andy Davo
41. Landrover
42. Sfisher91
43. Rubic
44. Tribble
45. Nazgob
46. Dreamscreator

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:52 pm
by AllyRdr
Count me in again

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:55 am
by Hobnail
Yea me too

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:18 am
by frogboy
I'll be there too, thanks :)

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:57 am
by Itchen Masack
Slip me in please. Love the Welsh (Tournament that is, the people I'm not so sure about :p )

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:13 pm
by 20phoenix
Yes

Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:41 pm
by nazgob
Put me on the list.


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Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:39 pm
by nightwing
I am so there

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:49 pm
by Verbal_HM
Somebody has to promise to keep me away from the sambuca this year...

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:06 pm
by lunchmoney
Verbal_HM wrote:Somebody has to promise to keep me away from the sambuca this year...
If I make it I'm bringing shots for reroll counters. For me and my opponents. And I challenge Verbal for round 1. :lol:

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:53 pm
by Verbal_HM
For some reason I seem to think that I'd fair that challenge far better than you... :P

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:57 pm
by lunchmoney
Yeah, you're probably right :lol:

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:07 am
by AllyRdr
Verbal's an angry drunk though. This year he beat up a pavement with his face.

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:00 pm
by Boneless
Lunchmoney vs Verbal round 1 with Shots for RR.

that could happen

Re: Welsh Open VIII 28 & 29 Jan 2017

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:55 am
by RoterSternHochdahl
there are ways to level that out

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