My tournament year
Posted by Ben Curry on December 11, 2009
After a slow start to the year i managed to turn it round and have had the best year in gaming since i started.
I played Dark Elves all year and it really showed. After bad results at the first 1 day event in Jan, The Sheffield Slaughter, 6th at the Masters then an unimpressive 38th at the GT final i really got into the swing of things by the time The Merseyside Meltdown hit. I took 2nd place in a strong field and another 2nd place a month later at the South Coast GT.
The summer was fairly quiet with other than the ETC and a few practice events but i was soon back into it with the Warlords GT in september, i went into this event in 1st place of the UK rankings and lost my first game to Tom Mawdsley who was in 2nd. After 4 back to back wins i found myself in 3rd overall, i also took best Dark Elf, and helped The Bad Dice All Stars take best team!.
Going into the GW GT Heats i was defending a big points score which dropped off when i didn’t attend heat 1. At heat 2 i knew if i wanted to take back 1ts place in the rankings i would have to play well and get at least top 10. I ended up going 6-0-0 and winning my first Thron of Skulls trophy!
Since the GT in october i have bee playing a few practice weekends and run the Destruction Derby, the Next event is the UK Masters in Jan.
All in all its been a very good year, the Warhammer tournament scene is better than ever and i am looking forwards to next year
