battleline [Updated October 2006]
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2006 WBC Report |
2007 Status: pending December Membership Vote |
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Thomas Browne, PA |
2006 Champion |
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Event History |
2001 |
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Peter Staab |
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54 |
2002 |
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Kevin Youells |
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2003 |
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Ken Gutermuth |
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2004 |
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Arthur Field |
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2005 |
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Arthur Field |
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2006 |
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Thomas Browne |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Arthur Field SC 05 40
2. Aaron Fuegi MA 06 38
3. Ken Gutermuth TX 05 36
4. Kevin Yuells FL 02 30
5. Peter Staab PA 01 30
6. Sean McCulloch OH 05 22
7. Thomas Browne PA 06 20
8. Barrington Beavis UK 03 18
9. Jonathan Miller DC 02 18
10. John Leggat CA 01 18
11. Bruce Reiff OH 03 15
12. James Tyne NJ 06 12
13. Mike Nagel NJ 05 12
14. Andrew Cummins UK 01 12
15. Cliff Ackman PA 01 9
16. Keith Schoose CA 05 8
17. Jason Levine NY 04 8
18. Andy Latto MA 06 6
19. Richard Irving CA 04 6
20. Carol Caler PA 03 6
21. Kaarin Engelmann VA 01 6
22. Alan Kaiser OH 06 4
23. Stuart Tucker MD 04 4
24. Lance Fogel PA 03 3
25. Gordon Elgart CA 01 3
26. Mike Stanley OH 06 2
27. Tom Powell-Bullock OH 05 2
28. Laurie Wojtaszcyk NY 04 2
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2006 Laurelists |
James Tyne, NJ
2nd
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Aaron Fuegi, MA
3rd
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Andy Latto, MA
4th
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Alan Kaiser, OH
5th
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Mike Stanley, OH
6th
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Past Winners |
Peter Staab, PA
2001
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Kevin Youells, FL
2002
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Ken Gutermuth, TX
2003
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Arthur Field, SC
2004, 2005
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Andy Latto (right) en route
to a 3-0 record in the preliminary round. |
Chris Palermo (right) advances
over Dave Gantt in Round 1. |
Kate Taillon was one of five
ladies entered. Only one advanced out of pool play. |
Five New Laurelists
Once again we ended up with a divisible-by-four number of
players so everyone was quickly and randomly (unless former champs,
family or teammates ended up together) assigned to 13 groups
of four for pool play. The assignments ended up with a couple
of interesting matchups.
In group 1 Chris Palermo (2-1) advanced to single elimination
play for the second year in a row and, this year, he decided
to stay. Group 2 had former champ Kevin Youells going undefeated
to advance. In group 3 your GM want 3-0 with the final game
coming down to the wire over previous champ Pete Staab. I
was going to lose except for the breakthrough. Aaron Fuegi
(2-1) won his group (4) on a tie breaker.
In group 5 Richard Irving dominated with a 3-0 finish but elected
not to advance to single elimination play. Greg Kulp won
group 6 with an undefeated record. Andy Latto defeated Manly
Man David Meztger to advance (3-0) out of group 7. Tom (ask
me again and I'll knock you down) Browne went 3-0 to advance
from group 8.
Group 9 featured a rematch of the 2004 Final but this time Arthur
Field was defeated by Cabbie Sean "The Hammer" McCulloch
who won the group by going 3-0. Two Cabbies Bud Sauer
and James Tyne battled it out in group 10 with James advancing
at 3-0. Group 11 was dubbed the "battle of the board"
when Kaarin Engleman advanced at 2-1 over former champ Ken Gutermuth
on tiebreakers.
In group 12 Cabbie Mike Stanley won two games 5-4 en route to
going undefeated on his way to the single elim portion. And
finally Cabbie Alan Kaiser 'Wilhelm' went 3-0 to put four current
Cabbies into the single elim portion. A full 1/3rd chance
that a Cabbie would win the plaque. Not looking good for
Caabbie chances, is it?
The single elim portion of the event was seeded with the 2-1
players unable to play each other and the following pairings
were set: Aaron Fuegi defeated Bruce Reiff (for my 4th straight
year of going 3-0 in pool play and then falling in the first
playoff round), former champ Kevin Youells losing to Mike Stanley
'Tools'. Alan Kaiser defeated Chris Palermo to put two Cabbies
through to the second round. Former Cabbie James Tyne defeated
current Cabbie Sean McCulloch to advance. Tom Browne defeated
Kaarin Engleman and Andy Latto took out Greg Kulp.
In the second round Fuegi defeated Stanly, Tyne ended Cabbie
hopes everywhere by knocking out Kaiser and Browne defeated Latto. Since
all former champs were out and only Tyne and Browne were
undefeated, they flipped for the bye with Browne calling it correctly. Tyne
then defeated Fuegi to set up the Tyne-Browne Final.
"Tyne scored a phalanx of natural 10s and on the next turn
Browne did the same. In another battle Browne completed
a 5 high wedge. Tyne 'redeployed' a 6 to make an 8 high
wedge. Browne responded by having the 7 'desert' but to
no avail as Darius came to the rescue letting Tyne claim the
flag.
In the pivotal battle (iwith the score 4-4 ), Browne started
a skirmish line against Tynes two cards of a phalanx 6's from
which the 6 was redeployed allowing Tyne to build a stronger
skirmish line. The 'fog' rolled in from Browne's side to
hide some chariots (9) which then got stuck in the 'mud'
swamp on Tyne's' field which protected his chariots. Fortunately
for Browne, 'Alexander' rode to the front to rally the troops
for a 26-24 victory giving him a 5-4 victory and the plaque!
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