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COLOURS 1999Our 1999 report on the Colours show A large contingent from the club, plus a few club members now living in distant parts, recently attended the annual wargames show at Reading. Of the eight of us attending two are now living away (William Burton in High Wycombe and Neil Heron in St.Ives) and one lives in Durham (Chris Proudfoot, an "honorary" GOB since last year). Four entries were made in the ancient wargames competition with Gary Lyon gaining second place with the Kushan Indians (borrowed from Paul Hooper) after losing the lead in the last round. Chris Proudfoot won third prize after a late surge with his Eastern Germans saw him win his last two games. William Burton (Huns) and Paul Hooper (Han Chinese) also took part. Mention must be made of Gary's camp (a pitta bread) and Paul's attempt to submit his army list (decided by committee in the bar the previous night) on a take away menu! In the renaissance Paul Mileham (Ottoman Turks) somehow got second place. This was after only playing one game - and that a loss to Neil! His other game was a bye and his score was shared with another player whose two games were both wins. Neil Heron (last year's winner) saw his French grab third place. Mike Nursey (with hordes of Irish that covered the board) and Andy Cole (Swedish) also took part. In the team competition GOB were narrowly beaten into runners up position which was our highest ever finish (we normally come an honourable bottom). All in all a successful competition which we all enjoyed. Elsewhere the ACW competition was very popular with some 12 entries using Fire & Fury. The games were played as scenarios so each entrant had to turn up with troops for both armies. The 25mm medieval competition continued to struggle (once again there were only two entrants) and it is a mystery why this continues. The Dark ages period was also undersubscribed with two Reading players needed to make up the four required. Pike and shot was reasonably popular with six entries. The show itself was to its normal high standards with all the major traders in attendance but the bring-and-buy seemed a bit disappointing with less on offer than in previous years and with little in the way of bargains. Once again we stayed in the George hotel in Reading which is only a short walk away. A combined room, dinner & breakfast deal saw costs kept to a minimum enabling more cash to be spent on figures or over the bar. Perhaps next year even more of us could attend..... |