Warhammer 40k - NZ Masters Invitations

Warpstorm XI held over the weekend completed the 2018 Tournament Season. The results have been uploaded to the rankings and the final standings are as follows:

1. Dave Hodgetts
2. Sean Sullivan
3. Glen Burfield
4. Courtney Thompson
5. Aidan Corlett
6. Scott Paterson
7. Shane Rongonui
8. Chris Parkin
9. Josh Hill
10. Sam Whitt
11. Ryan Stuart
12. Simon Smith
13. Liam Miskelly
14. Adam Thornton
15. Ryan Pike
16. Jordan Green
17. Felix Nesbitt
18. Ben Clarke
19. Pete Dunn
20. Haydn Korach
21. Dave Lewy
22. Michael Stewart
23. Henare Akari
24. Vinnie Purcell
25. Bede Bailey

The first sixteen of those will get immediate invites to the Masters. Should any decline their spot they will cascade to the next person in order. As I am umpiring the event I am declining any invitation I might get now. 

Congrats to the Top 25 players out of the 250 people who participated in ranked events this season.

40k - NZ Rankings Updated for FOB NZGT and Hive Hard

The 40k rankings have been updated to include the Fields of Blood NZ Grand Tournament and the recent Model Citizens: Hive Hard.

With the cutoff for the Masters at the end of the month, the competition is tight. There are at least three events this month to build your score and it looks like a total of 250 will be needed to assure a Top 12 position.

Current Top Ranked Players:

1.   Dave Hodgetts - 295
2.   Glen Burfield - 287
3.   Courtney Thomson - 279
4.   Sean Sullivan - 273
5.   Aidan Corlett - 268
6.   Scott Paterson - 256
7.   Josh Hill - 250 
8.   Ryan Stuart -238
9.   Simon Smith - 237
10. Adam Thornton - 233
11. Jordan Green - 231
12. Felix Nesbitt - 228

Others in the Top Twenty  Ben Clarke (225), Dave Lewy (204), Haydn Korach (211), Henare Akari (200), Vinnie Purcell (198), Ryan Pike (223), Sam Whitt (198) and Liam Miskelly (198).

Five of #13-20 are at Warpstorm where the winner gets 100 points.

Ryan and Liam have a score in the 60s which means a placing in the Top 12 at the event will see them improve their score. Sam has a score in the 40s. A finish in the top third would see Sam hit the Top 10.

The Fields of Blood Warhammer 40k New Zealand Grand Tournament - Results

Here are the results for the FOB NZGT held in Wellington on 29/30 September. This was a hobby-focused event with:

• Battle 40%
• Selection 10%
• Presentation 25%
• Sportsmanship 25%

Players were told that they would be rewarded for all aspects of the hobby and so it proved. Sam Whitt won the event scoring in the top 10% of Sports, Presentation and Selection supported by a top 25% Battle score (4 wins, 2 losses). 

	First	Last	Detachment #1	Battle	Sports	Paint	Comp	Overall
1	Sam	Whitt	Chaos Daemons	23.33	23	22.00	8	76.33
2	Sean	Sullivan	Dark Eldar	32.67	18	19.44	5	75.11
3	Courtney	Thomson	Chaos Daemons	34.00	18	19.44	3	74.44
4	Chris	Parkin	Dark Eldar	29.33	19	20.00	5	73.33
5	Scott	Paterson	Tau	34.67	18	18.33	2	73.00
6	Dave	Lewy	Death Guard	30.00	18	21.00	3	72.00
6	David	Hodgetts	Tau	30.67	18	18.33	5	72.00
8	Rory	Taylor	Tyranids	29.33	18	19.44	4	70.78
9	Ryan	Stuart	Tyranids	29.33	19	20.00	2	70.33
10	Adam	Thornton	Tyranids	28.00	18	18.89	5	69.89
11	Louis	Thomson-Gregg	Dark Angels	24.67	20	18.89	6	69.56
12	Ryan	Pike	Eldar	26.67	19	20.44	3	69.11
13	Alistair	Morgan	Deathwatch	22.67	19	21.00	6	68.67
14	Josh	Hill	Eldar	27.33	18	20.00	3	68.33
15	Craig	Latta	Imperial Knights	24.00	19	21.00	4	68.00
16	Michael	Charles	Deathwatch	27.33	16.8	16.11	7	67.24
17	Scott	Avery	Space Marines	19.33	21	19.89	7	67.22
17	Shane	Rongonui	Eldar	25.33	18	18.89	5	67.22
19	Luke	Forrest	Space Marines	14.67	20	25.00	7	66.67
20	Glen	Burfield	Necrons	19.33	20	20.00	7	66.33
21	Aidan	Corlett	Tyranids	20.00	20	20.00	6	66.00
22	Michael	Stewart	Adeptus Custodes	25.33	17.8	16.67	6	65.80
23	Bruce	Manning	CSM	20.00	20	19.44	6	65.44
24	James	Milner	Space Marines	18.67	19	19.44	8	65.11
25	Felix	Nesbitt	Tyranid	23.33	23	16.67	2	65.00
25	Liam	Miskelly	Death Guard	22.00	18	22.00	3	65.00
27	Harry	Bright	CSM	20.67	20	16.11	8	64.78
28	Alistair	Helm	Tau	23.33	19	18.33	4	64.67
29	Hagen	Kerr	SOB	16.00	18	23.00	7	64.00
30	Dean	Oldham	CSM	23.33	18	18.33	4	63.67
31	Aaron	Wilson	Ad Mech	20.67	18	17.78	7	63.44
32	Bede	Bailey	Eldar	20.67	20	15.56	7	63.22
33	David	Foster	Deathwatch	20.67	19	15.00	8	62.67
34	Craig	Stewart	Astra Militarum	20.00	19	18.89	4	61.89
35	Henare	Akari	Chaos	21.33	19	20.00	1	61.33
36	Cody	Parlato	Ad Mech	17.33	20	18.33	5	60.67
37	Jordan	Green	Death Guard	18.00	18	21.00	3	60.00
38	John	Murie	Harlequins	16.00	19	17.78	7	59.78
39	Paul	Knieriem	Deathwatch	24.00	20	11.67	4	59.67
40	Ben	Foster	Dark Eldar	16.00	18	20.44	5	59.44
41	Daniel	Hayden	Chaos	25.33	18	14.44	1	58.78
42	Bob	Pearce	Space Marines	14.67	18	20.00	6	58.67
43	Ryan	Moran	Orks	7.33	20	23.00	8	58.33
44	Matthew	Tansley	Death Guard	25.33	19	7.78	6	58.11
45	Sam	Nightingale	Space Marines	18.00	19	16.67	4	57.67
46	Luke	Henning	Necrons	15.33	19	15.00	8	57.33
47	Kent	Jackson	Space Marines	16.00	18	12.78	10	56.78
48	Alick	Harris	CSM	12.67	21	17.78	5	56.44
48	Daniel	Salter	Tau	17.33	19	16.11	4	56.44
50	Matthew	Hassall	Astra Militarum	13.33	20	15.56	7	55.89
51	Stephen	Morris	Death Guard	20.67	19	9.44	6	55.11
52	Simon	Smith	Adeptus Custodes	13.33	19	15.00	7	54.33
53	Mark	Ternent	CSM	19.33	18	11.67	5	54.00
54	Regan	Ridge	Astra Militarum	18.67	19	12.22	4	53.89
55	Hayden	Prujean	Harlequins	12.00	20	14.44	7	53.44
56	Aaron	Twose	Space Marines	11.33	19	11.67	9	51.00
57	Cameron	Robertson	Blood Angels	14.00	18	9.44	4	45.44
58	Mathew	Liggett	Tyranids	11.33	19	3.33	8	41.67
59	Calvin	Spain	Ynnari	9.33	18	7.22	6	40.56

HARLEQUIN (BEST PAINTED) - Luke Forrest

LIVING SAINT (BEST SPORT) - Felix Nesbitt

TECHMARINE (BEST ARMY) - Ryan Moran

BLOODTHIRSTER (HIGHEST BATTLE) - Scott Patterson

TERRAGENITOR (BEST TERRAIN) - Glen Burfield & Cody Parlato

BEST IN RACE:

• Eldar - Chris Parkin
• Xenos - Dave Hodgetts
• Tyranids - Rory Taylor
• Codex Space Marines - Scott Avery
• Non-Codex Space Marines - Louis Thomson-Gregg
• Imperium - Craig Latta
• Chaos Space Marines - Bruce Manning
• Chaos - Henare Akari
• Death Guard - Dave Lewy

Thanks to the sponsors Mighty Ape and to Battlekiwi and Kapiti Hobbies for prize support.

Really appreciate the support from the gaming community with people attending from Northland to Dunedin as well as James "Kenny" Milner from Melbourne.

Next year's event will be capped again at 64 people and be held at same venue. It will be scheduled for September 2019 and tickets will go on sale 1 February 2019.

Thanks to those who provided terrain, helped to set up (especially Ben Runciman), Bede for rubbish removal.

And biggest thank you to Tom Dunn who gave up his weekend to input all the scores.