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32 players combined to break the record for previous
GLADBAG DBA Tournaments
9th Anuual ATC 15mm DBA Open Tournament
Wow! Thirty-two players -- the most ever for a GLADBAG tournament. In
the first year of John Lawitzke and John Loy taking over the annual Advance
the Colors Saturday morning open tournament, they broke the record. They
also ran a "DBA School" beforehand, which netted a few new players
(or let others refresh their skills).
With 32 players, John and John split the players evenly into Early and
Later Brackets. Here are the results, forwarded by John Loy.
Early Bracket:
- 1) Keith Finn, 4-0, Kushite Egyptian, 27 points
- 2) Tom Graves, 3-1, Etruscan League, 22 points
- 3) Rich Kurman, 3-1 ,Later Achaemenid Persian, 21 points
- 4) Mike Demana, 3-1, Sea Peoples, 21 points
- 5) Bruce Woodworth, 2-2, Sumerian ,17 points
- 6) Eric Luczaj, 2-2, Chin Chinese, 16 points
- 7) Marc Sheleton, 1-3, Early Asiatic Successor, 15pts.
- 8) Mike Stelzer, 2-1, Phisitine,15 points*
- 9) Dylan Fraser, 2-2, Early Macedonian, 14 points
- 10)Kim Young, 1-2-1, Pyrric, 13 points
- 11)Steve Sattler, 2-2, Ancient British, 13 points
- 12)Jenny Torbett, 1-2-1, Hop;ite Greek ,12 points
- 13)Dick Keyel ,1-3, New Kingdom Egyptian, 12 points
- 14)Bud Hunter, 1-3, Polybian Roman, 10 points
- 15)Heidi Bender, 1-3, Kassite, 9 points
- 16)Steve Smith , 1-2, Trojan, 7 points*
- * played in 3 rounds only
Later Bracket:
- 1) Dave Zecchini, 4-0, Tuareg 26 points
- 2) Jon Crane, 3-1, Medieval French, 26 points
- 3) Jason Stelzer, 3-1, Anglo Norman, 23 points
- 4) Eric Vang, 3-1, Samanids, 21 points
- 5) Tim Ryan, 3-1, Visigoths, 20 points
- 6) Greg Crane, 2-2, Early Samurai, 17 points
- 7) Ted Bender, 2-2, Anglo Norman, 16 points
- 8) Steve Cole, 2-2, Hindu Indian, 16 points
- 9) Jamie Williamson, 2-2, Early Crusader, 15 points
- 10) Nick Gillispie, 2-2, Early Imperial Roman, 14 points
- 11) John Holcomb, 2-2, Avar, 13 points
- 12) Darren Buxbaum, 2-2, Papal Italian, 13 points
- 13) Dennis Frank, 1-3, Wallachian, 11 points
- 14) Chuckk Bledsoe, 1-3, Viking, 9 points
- 15) Mike Cole, 0-4, Low Countries, 8 points
- 16) Jeff Chattin, 0-4, Early Visigoth, 6 points
Round One matchps underway -- lots of familiar and some
new faces!
Friendly banter is an integral part of GLADBAG tournies.
Here Greg Crane and Mike Cole square off while Jon Crane looks on. Notice
Mike's usual roll of the dice: A one!
Two stalwarts of the DBA community -- Darren Buxbaum,
left, and Dennis Frank manuever their armies among tightly constricting
terrain. Note Dennis' unusual roll: A six!
Clockwise from left: Jeff Chattin, Mike Cole, Steve
Smith, John Holcomb, Dennis Frank and Nick Gillispie deploy their armies
at the start of a new round of action.