24nd Australian Ancients Championships - Cancon 2002

The Players (2)

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Martin Ossa (left) with Lithuanians (& Teutonic allies) plays Martin Morgan using Muslim Indians.		 ossa02.jpg (61446 bytes)
The Lithuanians stalled for most of the game, making a late attempt to force a breakthrough with the Teutonics, finishing 4-6 down.
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Ian Baxendell (left) with Khitan-Liao, plays Russell Smith using Beja. Russell's army was freshly painted for this competition.		 russel02.jpg (49832 bytes)
A close up of Russell's Beja Arab LH(O) looking somewhat out-numbered by Khitan-Liao cavalry.
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Richard Stubbs (left) with Patrician, plays Michael Nicholson using Sassanids. Stubbsy uses his favorite tactic of deploying TF's filled with artillery.		 stubbsy02.jpg (51150 bytes)
The Sassanids break through the centre and almost reach the enemy baggage, but somehow the game is lost to them 0-10.
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Troy Adlington with Beja (left), plays Scott Driscoll using Anglo Normans. The Normans went down 2-8		 troy02.jpg (51790 bytes)
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Rob Zamykal with Sargonid, plays Rob Punton using Alexandrian Imperial, complete with experimental phalanx.		 zamymkal02.jpg (53125 bytes)
The Sargonids prevailed early over the Macedonians, but an 1.00pm flight home for Rob Zamykal meant he had to forthfeit the match.
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Andrew Silk (left) with Ottoman Turks looking pretty please with his flank march arriving, plays Peter Bismire using Medieval French. The Ottomans prevailed 10-0.		 radekvsIan.jpg (47432 bytes)
Radek Zeleny (left) with Later Hungarians, plays Ian Sharp using his Feudal Spanish. Ian went down 0-10 to the Hungarians, finishing 12th overall (Radek 15th).
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The infamous Nick Buckby (left) from NZ using Palmyran, plays Mike Walsh and his Sea Peoples.  The game finished 6-4 to the Sea Peoples..... 		hernan01.jpg (50492 bytes)
A very unusual game, Shaun Breadner with Later Hungarian plays Hernan Pinto-Lopez using Swedish Leidang. Both deployed on the short side of the river, both flanked marched (same side). Viking 10-0
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We neglected to photograph any baggage this year, only this monstrosity caught our eye, credited to Gerry Fallon for his Middle Assyrian army. In Gerry's word; "Inspired from pictures of Petra and wondering how they did it. Added the Persian-esque trilingual inscription after figuring out how to add new fonts to my computer. Took about a year of planning and a week to make.And its whole purpose was so that people would come up to my table and say, "Nice baggage."

Well Gerry.... nice baggage.... shame about the kilt though!