26th Australian Ancients Championships
SAAW DBM - Cancon 2004

DBM Awards
Many thanks to Mark Robins for being on the spot with a camera to capture these awards!  <DBR Awards, click here!>

Individual Awards


Winner: Bram Jakins (Medieval Portuguese)

Second: Martin Morgan
(Alamanni)

Third: Jason Gray
(Khazar)

Evil Gong DBx Grand Prix Winner: Jerry Fallon (Beja)

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Winner of the
Olympian Games "Top Dog" award; Michael Gray (Imperial Alexandrian) for achieving the best receipt with an under-rated army.
Porus
Award
Winner of the Porous Award;
Ian Firkins-Fox
(ranked 79th) for his 25-7 win in the 5th round over Brenton
Searle (ranked 20th), a difference of 59 places.

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Other notable upset victories were:
Dean Morris over Craig McGarty 28-4 in rnd 3
(50th over 4th),
Scott Blanch over Brenton Searle 30-2 in rnd 4
(65th over 20th),
Peter Paddon over Dugald Duncan 30-2 in rnd 3
(44th over 12th)
Anthony O'Callaghan over Ray Hilder 31-1 in rnd 2
(81st over 52nd).

Most
Improved
Award
Winner of the Most Improved Player Award;
Ian Nicoll
finishing 27th but ranked 67th (+40 places over his expected finishing position).

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Others to do well on the same measure were:
Chris Dunn: finished 30th, ranked 63rd (+33 places)
Michael George: finished 28th, ranked 60th (+32 places)
Peter Spitzkowsky: finished 51st, ranked 80th (+29 places)
Alex Inglis: finished 16th, ranked 42nd (+26 places)
John Metcalf: finished 37th, ranked 57th (+20 places)
David Turner: finished 54th, ranked 74th (+20 places)
 

 

National Championship Teams Award

ACT

Craig McGarty, David Phillips,
Doug Melville & Tim Montgomery
(no photo available)

 

Teams Awards


Winning team: the Victorian "Mexican Bandidos" with Bram Jakins, Martin Morgan and Geoff Frost (not shown).

Winning club: from Perth, the Napoleonic Wargaming Society with Andrew Card, Mike Walsh and Geoff Marshall.

Second place: the "Tartan Army" with David Phillips, Gerry Fallon and Doug Melville

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DBR Awards


First Place - Mark Robins (Free Cossack)

Second Place - Paul Garnham (
Williamite Anglo-Dutch)

Third Place - Jonathan Moore (
Venetian Italian)

The Captain Generals award - Dave Barker (WA)
Scots Covenenter

Most Interesting Army Award - Sean Breadlow (NSW)