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15mm SENIOR & JUNIOR ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

"Most Improved" Results
The "Most Improved" award is based on the largest difference between a player's pre-championship ranking and their final placing. Players with no prior ranking available are unfortunately excluded.

#	Names	Pre- Championship Ranking	Final Championship Placing	Difference (Actual vs  Expected)	Army	Year	Bk	Score
1	Chapman, Darren	119	36	83	Early Byzantine.	494AD	3,4	114
2	Steele, Phil	95	13	82	Sicilian.	1282AD	4,5	131
3	Maguire, John	87	10	77	Warring States Chinese.	250BC	2,4	136
4	Winter, Anthony	91	18	73	Later Hungarian.	1442AD	4,43	127
5	Fordham, Graham	101	28	73	Early Achaemenid Persian.	530BC	1,60	118
6	Helmet, Jan	103	31	72	Makkan.	999BC	1,8	117
7	George, Michael	88	19	69	Medieval Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	125
8	Ager, Chris	80	17	63	Beja.	860AD	2,55	128
9	Wright, Andrew	121	60	61	Graeco-Bactriann.	151BC	2,36	100
10	Tolhurst, Hugh	94	35	59	Javanese.	1385AD	4,37	115
11	Bowman, Gavin	120	63	57	Ch'in Chinese.	228BC	2,4	98
12	D'Costa, Peter	104	51	53	Early Byzantine.	493AD	3,4	107
13	Ferguson, Bruce	85	33	52	Kushan.	40AD	2,46	116
14	Hammond, Neil	73	23	50	Khitan-Liao.	908AD	3,55	121
15	Wait, Garry	76	26	50	Later Hebrew.	715BC	1,34	121
16	Madigan, Dave	56	9	47	New Kingdom Egyptian.	1450BC	1,22	138
17	Haferung, Ingo	57	11	46	Ottoman.	1390AD	4,55	135
18	Young, David	58	16	42	Later Pre Islamic Arab.	633AD	2,23	129
19	Stathhoussis, Angelo	112	70	42	Sicilian.	1282AD	4,5	93
20	Hills, Darryl	109	68	41	Welsh.	1151AD	3,19	95
21	Barrett, Peter	93	54	39	Hellenistic Greek.	207BC	2,31	106
22	LeRay-Meyer, Simon	127	88	39	Communal Italian.	1201AD	3,72	85
23	Silk, Andrew	52	15	37	Later Hungarian.	1491AD	4,43	131
24	Williams, Joel	77	43	34	Later Pre Islamic Arab.	500AD	2,23	110
25	Spiers, Jason	107	75	32	Komnenan Byzantine.	1159AD	4,1	92
26	Lotter, Pierre	128	98	30	Classical Indian.	320BC	2,3	77
27	Cameron, Chris	49	20	29	Ottoman.	1428AD	4,55	123
28	Stopford, Steve	118	89	29	Saba.	683BC	1,8	83
29	Blanch, Scott	108	80	28	Later Pre Islamic Arab.	633AD	2,23	89
30	Hamilton, James	32	7	25	Welsh.	1405AD	3,19	139
31	Kvisle, Brett	71	46	25	Lydian.	546BC	1,50	110
32	Rivers, Charles	68	44	24	Early Libyan.	1200BC	1,7	110
33	Sleigh, Tim	126	103	23	Neo-Babylonian.	626BC	1,44	72
34	Evers, Andre	44	22	22	Central Asian City-States	952AD	3,8	123
35	Noonan, Glenn	74	52	22	Graeco-Bactrian.	200BC	2,36	107
36	Ladanyi, Steve	92	73	19	Later Hungarian.	1491AD	4,43	93
37	Karabalic, Adam	100	82	18	Carolingian Frankish.	800AD	3,28	88
38	McCartney, John	130	112	18	Sicilian.	1236AD	4,5	68
39	Bohm, Bernice	116	99	17	Lydian.	546BC	1,50	77
40	O'Hagan, Paul	28	12	16	Lysimachid.	303BC	2,17	134
41	Foreman, Martin	69	53	16	Medieval German.	1456AD	4,13	106
42	Shaw, Terry	18	3	15	Abbasid Arab.	861AD	3,37	151
43	Fairhurst, Lynda	111	97	14	Han Chinese.	200BC	2,41	77
44	Dickinson, Rowland	124	110	14	Nikephorian Byzantine.	989AD	3,64	70
45	Abel, Martin	27	14	13	Late Imperial Roman (East).	327AD	2,78	131
46	Gray, Michael	36	24	12	Alexandrian Imperial.	327BC	2,15	121
47	Sharp, Ian	37	25	12	Medieval  Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	121
48	Filewood, Alex	83	71	12	Medieval German.	1278AD	4,13	93
49	Handley, Dave	12	1	11	Saba	699BC	1,8	167
50	Mann, Greg	38	27	11	Hindu Indian.	850AD	3,10	120
51	Watson, Charles	16	6	10	Ugaritic.	1207BC	1,20	145
52	Kelleher, Greg	133	124	9	Later Hoplite Greek (Spartan).	400BC	2,5	58
53	Card, Andrew	13	5	8	Early Byzantine.	498AD	3,4	145
54	Marshall, Geoff	65	57	8	Chinese Southern Dynasties.	492AD	2,79	104
55	Del-Munns, Brad	102	94	8	Hellenistic Greek.	275BC	2,31	78
56	Harvey, Glenn	115	109	6	Later Pre Islamic Arab.	310BC	2,23	70
57	Inglis, Alex	79	74	5	Arab Indian.	800AD	3,38	92
58	McNeil, JD	8	4	4	Medieval Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	146
59	McLean, James	99	96	3	Granadine.	1232AD	4,38	77
60	Bazzelmans, Jeff	131	129	2	Alexandrian Macedonian.	320BC	2,12	42
61	Jelly, Phillip	33	32	1	Fanatic Berber.	1096AD	3,74	116
62	Noonan, Ben	122	121	1	Central Asian City-States.	650AD	3,8	59
63	Briggs, Graham	2	2	0	Later Pre Islamic Arab.	600AD	2,23	164
64	Devitt, Geoffrey	132	133	-1	Alexandrian Macedonian.	336BC	2,12	36
65	Richards, Duncan	6	8	-2	Christian Nubian.	1276AD	3,12	139
66	Ware, Peter	117	119	-2	Late Imperial Roman.	399AD	2,78	64
67	Neate, Steven	123	125	-2	Middle Imperial Roman.	282AD	2,64	57
68	Trinidad, Juan	129	131	-2	Middle Frankish (Neustria).	496AD	3,5	39
69	Dawe, Ross	64	67	-3	Early Armenian.	265AD	2,28	95
70	McGarty, Craig	35	39	-4	Middle Assyrian.	882BC	1,25	111
71	Sommerville, Rodney	75	79	-4	Leidang.	1134AD	3,40	90
72	Power, Wayne	81	87	-6	Mithridatic.	85BC	2,48	85
73	Marshall, Keith	43	50	-7	Later Carthaginian.	264BC	2,32	109
74	Obermeit, Volker	54	61	-7	Ch'in Chinese.	280BC	2,4	100
75	Stubbs, Charles	125	132	-7	Polynesian.	1125AD	4,12	36
76	Burg, Christopher	97	105	-8	Navarrese.	1353AD	4,39	71
77	Dickie, Jason	105	113	-8	Later Hungarian.	1491AD	4,43	68
78	Todd, Neil	82	91	-9	Swedish Ledung.	1240AD	3,40	80
79	Gray, Stuart	30	41	-11	North-Western American.	1100AD	4,11	111
80	Roe, Timothy	61	72	-11	Gepid.	250AD	2,71	93
81	Metcalf, John	96	107	-11	Alexandrian Macedonian.	354BC	2,12	70
82	Loughnan, Corbon	7	20	-13	Early Armenian.	72BC	2,28	123
83	Phillips, David	21	34	-13	Dynastic Bedouin.	965AD	3,53	116
84	Bradley, Phil	70	83	-13	Ghurid.	1215AD	4,8	88
85	Gray, Jason	14	30	-16	Neo-Assyrian Later Sargonid.	669BC	1,51	117
86	Hauber, Jim	84	100	-16	Early Sumerian.	2387BC	1,1	76
87	Thatcher, Jon	106	122	-16	Teutonic Orders.	1201AD	4,30	59
88	Gibson, John	90	108	-18	Melanesian.	1400AD	4,12	70
89	Frost, Geoffrey	39	59	-20	Fanatic Berber.	1097AD	3,74	101
90	Driscoll, Scott	46	66	-20	Early Achaemenid Persian.	479BC	1,60	96
91	Nelson, Hamish	114	134	-20	Feudal Spanish.	1150AD	3,35	7
92	Stanton, Paul	89	111	-22	Patrician Roman.	457AD	2,83	69
93	Taper, Luke	98	120	-22	Sinhalese.	1BC	2,42	61
94	Collett, Matthew	22	45	-23	Sub-Roman British.	440AD	2,81	110
95	Greaves, Lawrence	67	90	-23	Sicilian.	1245AD	4,5	81
96	Hopkins, Stephen	78	101	-23	Medieval German.	1430AD	4,13	75
97	Melville, Doug	40	64	-24	Later Carthaginian.	235BC	2,32	97
98	Ligault, Richard	17	42	-25	Lydian.	686BC	1,50	110
99	Webster, Colin	24	49	-25	Palmyran.	272AD	2,74	109
100	Williams, Jason	51	77	-26	Ancient British.	11AD	2,53	92
101	Stubbs, Richard	66	93	-27	Early Achaemenid Persian.	479BC	1,60	78
102	Watson, Marcus	1	29	-28	Medieval Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	117
103	Brown, David	9	37	-28	Early Achaemenid Persian.	430BC	1,60	111
104	Pintos-Lopez, Hernan	47	76	-29	Leidang.	1236AD	3,40	92
105	Champion, Jeffrey	63	92	-29	Asiatic Early Successor	315BC	2,16	80
106	Haycock, Michael	15	48	-33	Republican Indian.	413BC	2,1	109
107	Adlington, Troy	4	38	-34	Yuan Chinese.	1293AD	4,48	111
108	Stone, Peter	5	40	-35	Ugaritic.	1100BC	1,20	111
109	Fairhurst, David	60	95	-35	Patrician Roman.	455AD	2,83	78
110	Russell, Gregory	19	55	-36	Later Hungarian.	1443AD	4,43	105
111	Preston-Thomas, Brett	42	81	-39	Alexandrian Imperial.	325BC	2,15	88
112	Ossa-Bordes, Martin	23	65	-42	Lithuanian.	1435AD	4,18	97
113	Morgan, Martin	26	69	-43	Ottoman.	1435AD	4,55	94
114	Walsh, Michael	3	47	-44	Lithuanian.	1435AD	4,18	109
115	Payne, Steve	55	102	-47	Medieval Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	73
116	Wade, Nick	10	58	-48	Khitan-Liao.	912AD	3,55	102
117	Boyle, Harry	34	85	-51	Alexandrian Imperial.	325BC	2,15	87
118	Bedlington, Dean	53	104	-51	Hindu Indian.	1471AD	3,10	71
119	Anselme, Roland	62	117	-55	Lydian.	546BC	1,50	65
120	Upton, Django	59	115	-56	Serbian Empire.	1320AD	4,22	67
121	Baxendell, Ian	25	84	-59	Later Hungarian.	1491AD	4,43	87
122	Cornwell, Richard	20	86	-66	Early Byzantine.	494AD	3,4	86
123	Moore, Jonathon	48	114	-66	Ottoman.	1400AD	4,55	67
124	Fallon, Gerry	11	78	-67	Ugaritic.	1213BC	1,20	91
125	Smith, David	50	118	-68	Danish Leidang.	1219AD	3,40	65
126	Donald, Alistair	45	123	-78	Later Hoplite Greek.	450BC	2,5	58
127	MacKinnon, Rory	41	126	-85	Ottoman.	1400AD	4,55	54
128	Jakins, Bram	29	116	-87	Medieval Portuguese.	1385AD	4,68	66
129	Whitelake, Thomas	31	127	-96	Later Hungarian.	1458AD	4,43	46

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