Stoke Challenge 2014 (UK) - Runners & Riders

In the middle of June the organisers belatedly confirmed that the FOG Renaissance 650 point competition will go ahead this coming Sunday after all. This is good news as it's a relatively local show and both the venue and parking are excellent.

The runners and riders were announced this morning:

Player	Club	Army	Date	Book
Martin Stephenson	MAWS	Early Lithuanian	1520	C o E
Bob Amey	Impalers	Mughul	1562	C & C
Keith Spedding	October	Tibetan	1590	C & C
Ray Boyles	October	Wallachian - Moldavian	1590	C o E
Graham Hutchinson	MAWS	Early Russian	1621	C o E
Dene Green	Burton	Late Russian	1651	D & G
Jon Phipps	Burton	Hapsburg Austrian Imperial (E)	1690	D & G
Simon Clarke	Burton	Western Sudanese (Hausa)	1699	C o G

The day involves playing three games and the draw for the first round was announced earlier this afternoon:

Martin Stephenson	v	Ray Boyles
Dene Green	v	Keith Spedding
Jon Phipps	v	Bob Amey
Simon Clarke	v	Graham Hutchinson

So my first game looks very interesting against Ray Boyles' Wallachian - Moldavian army. There's not a great deal of difference between the lists. Should be fun.