advanced squad leader [Updated October 2003]  

 2003 WBC Report    

 2004 Status: pending 2004 GM commitment

J. R. Tracy, NY

2003 Champion

2nd: Gary Mei, NJ

3rd: Kevin Valerien, MD

4th: Jim Mehl, VA

5th: Jim Stahler, VA

6th: Vincent Alonso, VA

Event History
1991    Mike McGrath        91
1992    Perry Cocke      112
1993    Mike McGrath      120
1994    Gary Fortenberry      130
1995    Gary Fortenberry      130
1996    Tom Morin      110
1997    Jeff Coyle        81
1998    Bret Hildebran        81
1999   Steve Pleva        43
2000   Bret Hildebran      42
2001   Paul Sidhu      32
2002   Paul Sidhu      35
2003   J. R. Tracy   

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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Paul Sidhu

NJ

02
168
 2. JR Tracy

NY

03
108
 3. Steve Pleva

OH

01
  96
 4. Brett Hildebran

OH

00
  96
 5. Kevin Valerian

MD

03
  84
 6. Gary Mei

NJ

03
  72
 7. Jim Stahler

VA

03
  48
 8. John Stadick

VA

00
  24
 9. Aaron Cleavin

PA

99
  24
10. Jim Mehl

VA

03
  18
11. Tom Ruta

MA

01
  12
12. Rich Summers

WI

00
  12
13. Vincent Alonso

VA

03
    6
14. Ray Woloszyn

NC

02
    6
15. Andrew Robin

NY

00
    6

Past Winners

Perry Cocke - MD
1992

91, '93: Mike McGrath - VA
1999: Steve Pleva - CT

Gary Fortenberry, TX
1994-1995

Tom Morin - MA
1996

Jeff Coyle, VA
1997

Bret Hildebran, OH
1998, 2000

Paul Sidhu, NJ
2001-2002
 

"He said not to worry about the Sturmtigers; they wouldn't hit anything!"

ASL at the 2003 WBC has come and gone. Only 24 ASLers participated this year. Next year ASL may be one of the three pre-con events in an attempt to bring back the attendance numbers we used to have by freeing up players from schedule conflicts.

After three rounds we had only three players at 3-0: Jim Stahler, J.R. Tracy, and Kevin Valerien. In round 4 the spoiler, Gary Mei (2-1), defeated Kevin Valerien (3-0), meaning the winner of the Jim Stahler vs. J.R. Tracy match would be the tournament winner. Both games were, by coincidence, J35 Siam Sambal. J.R. Tracy won the tournament when his French defeated Jim's Siamese.

Vincent Alonso and Tom Ruta brought some eye-catching miniatures and micro-armor for their ASL games. Chris Schulz, John Dober and Timothy Tilch played about half of scenario ABTF8, "God Save the King!", but had to call it a draw when it got too late. Combined with MMP's double-sized set that they were using to give lessons nearby, ASL games caught many players' eyes! We had two people play their first-ever ASL game at the tournament and one of them also won his first game, so the learning curve can't be as steep as some say! Other people stopped by to ask questions about ASL. Like all gamers, ASL players are always willing to talk about their game, so the players were more than willing to answer any questions they had.

The rest of the top six couldn't be resolved until Sunday afternoon as half a dozen played in the quiet of the last day of WBC. The last game to finish determined the order of the Jims for 4th and 5th places! Using the standard ASL WBC tie-breakers, the final results are:

1 J.R. Tracy
2 Gary Mei (6 wins)
3 Kevin Valerien (5 wins)
4 Jim Mehl (4)
5 Jim Stahler (4)
6 Vincent Alonso (3)
7 Mike O'Leary (3)
8 Mark Pitcavage (3)
9 Tom Morin (2)
10 Scott Romanowski (2)
11 Sumner Clarren (2)
12 Tom Ruta (2)
13 Michael Rodgers (2)
14 Ralph McDonald (2)
15 Chris Schulz (1.5)
16 John Dober (1.5)
17 Timothy Tilch (1.5)
18 Kurt Kurtz (1)
19 Dan Dolan (1)
20 Art Davis (1)
21 Ken Dunn (1)
22 Cliff A. Smith (0)
23 tie between Carrington Ward (0) and Thomas Shaw, Jr. (0)

Congratulations to all the players, and thank you for playing! Jeff Evich takes over the GM duties in 2004 with an eye towards moving the event into the Pre-Con in an attempt to reverse the attendance slide of recent years.

 GM       Scott Romanowski  [1st Year]    NA
    s-romanowski-@attbi.com     NA 

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