28/5/05 - DBR photos added thanks to John McQualter, more DBM photos added, thanks to Lawrence Greaves, Dave Madigan.  <click here>

27/5/05 - 150+ DBM photos added <click here>

21/5/05 - DBA Exhibition Tournament report/results added <click here>

13/5/05 - Top 9 DBM army lists added <click here>

7/5/05 - Available test match results & photos added <click here>

5/5/05 - DBM Impressive Baggage camps added <click here>

2/5/05 - Awards page added <click here>

1/5/05 - DBM & DBR results added <DBM> <DBR> <DBM "Most Improved">

Welcome to the official website for the 2005 IWF Individual World Championship. We would like to thank everyone who took part, in particular the overseas travellers who made it a truly international event. The attendance figures were very much underestimated.  Our original plan for 120 competitors was thrown into disarray when 160 registered, sending the organising team into a mad scramble for additional floor space and tables.  We are grateful for the efforts of the venue staff for assisting us to accommodate the final numbers.

Congratulations  to Dave Handley (UK) and Dave Clarke (UK) for securing the 2005 World Championship titles for DBM and DBR. Both had difficult draws with tough opposition, unfortunately most of this didn't come from the Australian quarter (... at least not in the DBM!) The Championship did re-established Trans-Tasman rivalry not seen for at least 18 years, here's hoping wargaming relations between NZ and Australia have been kick-started again.

From an umpiring perspective, Andrew Berkin and myself certainly had our hands full applying the new IWF rules for  achieving a minimum twelve bounds per game. This certainly proved to be a challenge for a small number competitors :) Calls for rules arbitration were not numerous but definitely  tested our knowledge of "Barkerese" to the limit. Mistakes were inevitably, fortunately I can count them on one hand.

 Look forward to seeing you all in Athens next year!

Scott Nicholas
Senior Umpire

We welcome any feedback or questions, please direct them to melbourneiwf@nwa.org.au