Spike! Magazine Tournament 2011

Random thoughts: Well this was a hell of a weekend. Dave O’Neill managed to go undefeated with his Dwarves, and he still found time to sneak in a Backyardigans concert. Way to go, DAD! Tyler Reeves somehow cracked the code for causing Casualties, once again proving that you can beat the hell out of your opponent and still lose games. Michael Green took home the Stunty Leeg trophy by winning 2 games with Halflings. You know he’s doing something right when flings are tied for TDs with a Lizardman team and a Human – and ahead of 7 other teams! Jason Weaver cinched the Sportsman award when, on realizing that he’d made a mistake on his roster (which we’d failed to catch), he accepted 3 losses without batting an eye – and was the one to point it out to his opponents, no less. Although Dan Armstrong was a contender for the same trophy: on earning “The Wall” for Best Defence, he tried to give it away to Chris Finger, since his one default win in Round 3 felt unfair to him. Way to go guys; Blood Bowl is a real gentleman’s sport. Well, that is, a gentleman’s sport with casualty and death.

Special thanks once more to the sponsors who made our door prize table such a hit. In addition to the coaches who donated items from their own supplies, we received great items from Craving For a Game, Imperial Hobbies, and AEG Games. AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group) broke the bank, sending a case with 13 items. Big hits there included Legend of the Five Rings cards, Thunderstone, Nightfall, Abandon Ship, Straw, Myth Pantheons, Rush and Crush and of course everyone’s favourite, Monkey Lab. Check them out when you have the chance:

• AEG:  http://www.alderac.com/
• Craving For a Game:  http://www.cravingforagame.ca/
• Imperial Hobbies:  http://www.imperialhobbies.ca/

We’d also like to thank all of the out-of-towners, including the boys from Alberta (Dave, it wouldn’t be a Spike! without you!), Mike and Rachel from Eastern Washington, the growing Ordo contingent, and a virtual mob of players from the Rat City club in Seattle. Special special thanks go to Andy from Rat City for helping out again with extra boards and also for helping us out with a last-minute trophy SNAFU.

One of our own, Steve Lemky, pulled a coup by designing and arranging the casting of the special give-away model we gave to each of our coaches. A unique Vampire model, it’s well-suited to a Star Player position or as a stand-out model for your Vampire team. We purchased more than we gave away, and we will be selling the limited remainder for $5 each plus shipping. Details to be found here on the “Merchandise” tab. Thanks Steve for raising the bar once again. Thanks too to Kavin Kishor and to Erik Arntsen for all their help with the data entry and sorting; this one was a bitch.

Can’t think of anything else to say right now. As always it was a blast; it was exhausting; and it was great seeing so many coaches out to a summer tournament. Hope to see you and more next year! – Craig

Player Name	Team	Win .	Loss .	Tie .	Coach .	Paint .	Sports .	TD + .	TD - .	Cas + .	Cas - .	Overall
Dave O'Neill	Dwarf (Gandalf's Crew)	5	0	1	158	21	25	10	2	19	3	204
Erik Arntsen	Norse (EA All-Stars)	4	0	2	142	15	27	13	7	20	4	184
Andy Brandt	Skaven (Rat City Wrecking Crew)	3	0	3	128	24	29	17	9	12	10	181
Keller Reeves	Lizardman (Full Scale Attack)	4	0	2	136	14	27	12	5	10	16	177
Dan Armstrong	Dwarf (Big Macs)	3	0	3	128	22	27	9	4	10	3	177
Kavinay Kishor	Undead (Dead Coast Offence)	4	1	1	125	20	29	10	6	15	6	174
Chris Finger	Undead (Seattle Fauxhawks)	4	1	1	130	15	25	12	4	15	6	170
Michael Adams	Skaven (Japocalypse)	4	2	0	112	28	29	12	7	14	9	169
Tony Hogan	Human (MJ Forever)	4	2	0	113	25	29	8	6	16	7	167
Steve Lemky	Dark Elf (Night Gaunts)	3	1	2	114	26	27	11	7	7	14	167
Dan Siger	Nurgle (Krakow Pox)	2	1	3	108	30	29	7	4	13	4	167
John MacIntosh	Norse (Swedish Superstars)	4	1	1	123	17	26	8	5	18	14	166
Ryan Munsell	Skaven (Rat Pack)	4	2	0	116	21	27	18	10	1	16	164
Shawn Wowk	Dark Elf (Dark Tide)	3	1	2	118	18	27	11	7	11	15	163
Matt Blauhorn	Dark Elf (Slaughterhouse)	4	2	0	111	23	27	12	10	12	8	161
Dan Coburn	Orc (Fires Uv Deff)	4	2	0	116	15	23	10	6	11	10	154
David Rolstad	Lizardman (Temple Tzencal)	3	2	1	105	21	24	9	6	13	17	150
Cameron Peltz	High Elf (White Lions 2)	3	2	1	99	21	27	13	12	5	9	147
Robby Oylear	Lizardman (Cold Ones)	3	2	1	103	15	28	12	8	10	9	146
Trevor Bowser	Norse (Bowza's Bruzas)	3	3	0	89	26	30	10	10	15	13	145
Dave Sutton	Orc (Skaro United)	3	2	1	97	22	26	6	7	11	14	145
Simon Thomsen	Undead (Bring Out Your Dead)	3	2	1	103	15	25	8	6	13	15	143
Mike Lawrence	High Elf (Game of Thrones)	3	3	0	89	26	27	14	13	6	10	142
Mark Burckhard	Amazon (Oracle A' Delphi)	2	2	2	89	24	29	6	6	5	6	142
Rob Gordon	Orc (Hershey Kisses)	1	1	4	96	24	21	8	8	12	1	141
Joseph Patenaude	Skaven (Razzle Dazzle)	2	1	3	101	23	16	13	12	6	2	140
Travis Childs	Wood Elf (Silver Thorns United)	3	2	1	97	16	25	10	10	6	12	138
Shane O'Brien	Skaven (Skitterleap Scramblers)	3	3	0	87	24	26	8	8	6	23	137
Sean Conrad	Elf (Blood Thorns)	2	2	2	84	24	24	13	9	4	15	132
Bob Wolf	Orc (Skulltooth Killuz)	2	3	1	76	27	29	5	9	8	5	132
Jason Woodall	Skaven (Carrion Crawlers)	3	3	0	94	15	22	15	10	7	24	131
Chris Norris	Necromantic (Thunderbolts)	2	2	2	89	18	24	7	7	9	13	131
Daniel Thomson	Khemri (Loot & Rob 'Em)	2	3	1	81	22	26	7	8	17	15	129
Chris Ritchey	Orc (WCB Ski Team)	2	3	1	84	20	24	7	8	22	13	128
Shane Gabel	Wood Elf (Running in Fear)	2	3	1	81	18	28	10	11	5	9	127
Ed Law	Human (Homo Erectus)	1	2	3	74	23	29	5	7	8	14	126
Toby Power	Orc (Da Green Boyz)	2	4	0	78	18	29	3	4	11	3	125
Rachel Green	Chaos Dwarf (D.A.M.M.)	2	3	1	78	19	28	6	9	12	7	125
Chris Slater	Norse (Direwolves)	3	3	0	84	14	26	4	5	4	11	124
Justin Martyn	Human (Nuln Bombers)	3	3	0	82	17	24	9	13	8	11	123
Joshua Gaines	Lizardman (Loqumundi)	2	3	1	81	15	27	8	8	12	7	123
Paul Brown	Chaos Dwarf (Mad Hatters)	2	3	1	76	21	26	6	8	9	7	123
Michael Green	Halfling (Southlands Savages)	2	4	0	67	22	30	5	7	10	18	119
Michael McAree	Orc (Triple Wow!)	1	3	2	69	20	28	8	11	12	5	117
Kevin Joly	Dwarf (Fire Mammoths)	2	4	0	66	26	24	6	13	15	5	116
Trent Frostad	Necromantic (Team Luthor)	2	3	1	76	6	27	6	8	12	7	109
David Burroughs	Dwarf (Redmund Rowdies)	2	4	0	61	21	26	4	10	13	4	108
Mike Haskins	Elf (Rainbow Funbunch)	1	3	2	62	19	27	9	11	2	21	108
Marc Frydenlund	Lizardman (Frys Folly)	1	3	2	62	17	27	5	10	6	14	106
Jason Weaver	Dark Elf (Har Graef HerDrakes)	1	5	0	42	29	30	6	10	3	8	101
Geoff Roscoe	Dwarf (Snow White's Posse)	1	4	1	56	20	25	6	10	10	10	101
Tyler Reeves	Chaos Pact (Death Snatch)	1	4	1	55	11	28	4	13	28	9	94
Bryan Suave	Orc (Da Ard Iddaz)	1	4	1	56	10	21	7	9	9	8	87
Dennis Bolin	Goblin (Face Plant)	0	5	1	15	27	29	2	19	10	18	71
Jonathan Dawes	Goblin (S.C.U.M. Manifesto)	0	5	1	31	12	26	4	12	17	7	69
Damion Gilzean	Halfling (Speed Lumps)	1	5	0	25	15	28	4	15	6	17	68