24nd Australian Ancients Championships
Cancon 2002 - 26th to 28th January
Proudly Sponsored by
Essex Miniatures Australia, Mick's Metals
![]() The winner of the Conqueror's Shield, Troy Adlington with an overall score 50 points in DBM. |
![]() The 15mm DBM winning trio (left to right); second place - Andrew Card (Mountain Indian, first place - Troy Adlington (Beja), third place, Craig McGarty (Middle Assyrians). |
Cancon was attended this year by a record 132 competitors across all three competitions (DBM, 7thEd & DBR) beating a fourteen year old record of 128 attendees. Well done. Congratulations to the winners, Troy Adlington (DBM), Mark Robins (DBR) and Greg Preston (7th Ed). To the event organisers, many thanks to Craig McGarty for umpiring DBR, Marcus Watson umpiring DBM, Noel Bugia for processing results and the wives that assisted (and Coffee Girl, we cant forget our thanks to Coffee Girl for keeping everyone going across the weekend!)
The CCC's team took out first place in the individual teams event on countback; (left to right) Radek Zeleny, Bob Ritchie, Troy Adlington. |
![]() Winner of the Club Teams trophy in second place on countback; the League of Ancients (left to right) Lyle Daymond, Martin Ossa, Richard Stubbs. |
![]() Duncan Bolt takes out the "Porus Award" for slaying Peter Stone in round-1. This prize it determined by the greatest difference in rankings between any lower ranked player defeating the higher ranked player. The award was sponsored by Miniature World Makers ($100 voucher) with trophies supplied by Scott Driscoll and the NFAWC, |
![]() Winners of the South Pacific Championship; the NSW team (left to right) Radek Zeleny, Jason Gray, Troy Adlington, Gerry Fallon. |