Art De La Guerre

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Madaxeman.com is delighted to bring you the second edition of the The Kegworth Codgers Midweek Challenge L'Art de la Guerre Competition.

Buy tickets here: https://buytickets.at/madaxemancom/1501126

Following the success of 2024's open-armed embrace of the ongoing demographic shifts sweeping gently through the world of Ancient Wargaming, the idea of running a competition during the week for retirees, part-timers, and those with far too much holiday allowance on their hands is now a proven concept, and last year allowed over 30 brave souls to play some ADLG without having to eat into any more of their weekends (which of course are better spent with loved ones / watching sport) (delete as appropriate).

The venue for 2025 will again be The Kegworth Hotel & Conference Centre, is perfectly located just moments from the M1 Junction 24 in a quaint and historic Leicestershire village with at least 2 decent boozers and a great Indian restaurant where we will hopefully all be going again on the middle night of the event fora slap up feast.

For any newcomers, The Kegworth Hotel & Conference Centre is a little more "East Midlands-based Underlay Wholesaler's quarterly sales meeting venue" rather than "Where the Leaders of the G7 Nations choose to stay when attending Davos.." making it an absolutely perfectly priced and located hotel venue for a wargames "non-weekend" event in location, facilities, and cost.

Having deeply researched the extensive history of Kegworth using Wikipedia and at least one other website means each year we will look to again precariously hang a theme on one of the abundance of hooks relating to the history of Kegworth.

2025 Theme:

With loads of Kegworthian history to choose from the 2025 event will go all ecclesiastical and take its theme from Kegworth's Grade II listed CofE Parish Church of St Andrew's, the oldest surviving part of which Wikipedia assures us was started in the 13th Century around the time of the Crusades.

That leads neatly onto a theme of "armies of Christianity and Islam valid in the period 1200-1299", with the following armies allowed:

135 Arab Indian
140 Central Asian Turkish
156 Irish
158 Slav
166 Christian Nubian
167 Beja
182 Feudal French
183 Feudal English
184 Feudal Scots
185 Feudal Welsh
186 Feudal Anglo-Irish
187 Scots Isles and Highlanders
188 Kingdom of Sicily
189 Communal Italian
190 Feudal Spanish
191 Feudal German
193 Komnenan Byzantine
194 Cilician Armenian
196 Later Crusader
197 Frankish Cyprus
198 Eastern Latin Empire
203 Seljuk Turks
205 Syrian
206 Ghurid
207 Ayyubid Egyptian
208 Khwarazmian
209 Sahelian Empire
210 Tuareg
211 Berber
213 Feudal Polish
214 Feudal Hungarian
215 Georgian
216 Feudal Russian
217 Cuman
218 Feudal Scandinavian
219 Prussian and Estonian
220 Teutonic Knights
230 Granadine
231 Swiss
243 Low Countries
248 Lithuanian
250 Muscovite Russian
251 Medieval Scandinavian
256 Serbian Empire
257 Second Bulgarian Empire
258 Later Byzantine
259 Mamluk
260 Turkoman
261 Ottoman Turkish
269 Islamic Persian
270 Ilkhanid Mongol
275 Delhi Sultanate

All lists must be valid from 1200-1299 inclusive, and allies can be drawn from any list.

The event will be played in 15mm with all the usual standard rules, any FAQ extant at the time and that general sort of malarkey. Lists to lists@madaxeman.com by the 26th September please.

Timings:

The format will be civilized and sympathetic to those of advancing years, or put another way the timings will be a bt later than usual:
Tuesday:
09:15-11:45
12:45-15:15
15:30-18:00

Evening - curry in the same place as last year

Wednesday
10:00-12:30
13:30-16:00

We will again be looking to sort out some sort of lunch deal with the hotel for both days of the event, and with the benefit of hindsight will hopefully manage to pick slightly better options from their menu this year too.

Onsite Accommodation Deal:

You are politely encouraged to book rooms in the venue hotel, on the basis that they have offered us some really great rates, the more of us stay there the happier they will be to welcome us back in future, and also as it just makes it easier for us to round up anyone who might have spent too long in the onsite bar on Monday or Tuesday night.

The booking code to use on the Kegworth Hotel and Conference Centre website is: "BHGS"

If you use this code then you will be able to secure room rates for Monday and Tuesday evenings of just:

Single person £60 room only / £70 bed and breakfast
2 people double or twin / £75 room only / £85 bed and breakfast.

Venue Address:
The Kegworth Hotel & Conference Centre
Packington Hill, Kegworth, DE74 2DF
Tel: +44 (0) 1509 672 427

Location

The Kegworth Hotel & Conference Centre, DE74 2DF

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[Mark G Fry]

I'm in & looking forward to it
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[navigator]

Chaps. Ive decided to seamlessly transfer from the codgers comp (on the Tues/weds )down to Avignon for their comp on 11/12 oct - just 200quid on the train return from London. Therefore if someone is heading back down south after the codgers comp, id be really grateful for a lift. I have a hotel booked for the weds evening next to kings cross station so just need to get into London weds evening as my train leaves London Thursday afternoon. Many thanks in advance Paul

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Early Bird Codgers so far:

Andy Gilbert
Mark Fry
Robert Middlemist
Ian Sewell
Colin Whittaker
Mike Bennett
Charles Masefield
Richard Young
NiK Sharp
David Roberts
Philip Ashworth
David Lowrie
Paul Frith
Tim Porter
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Current Codgers as of July 21st

Name Club
Andrew Fyfe FDWC
Andy Gilbert Pompey
Charles Masefield
Colin Whittaker
David Allen CLWC
David Lowrie
David Roberts Cambridge
David Saunders Central London
Hunter Hope Perth
Ian Sewell WAR
Jim Gibson FDWC
Laurence Donohoe Entoyment
Mark Fry Bristol
Matthew Pullen Central London Wargaming Club
Mike Bennett Carnforth
NiK Sharp Warlords
Paul DAWSON York
Paul Frith The Daughters of Dracula
paul johnston york/westow
Pete Duckworth
Philip Ashworth Wirral
Philip Donald Scimitar
Richard Case CLWC
Richard Young
Robert Middlemist Durham
Robin Jackson The Daughters of Dracula
Stephen Nice WAR
Tim Porter CLWC


Only 4 more to go to beat last year's record turnout of 32 !
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Current Codgers as of Sept 2nd 2025

ID Surname First Name Club
1579 Wright Alistair Bristol, if Dave turns up...
1598 Fyfe Andrew FDWC
714 Gilbert Andy Pompey
1841 Mitchell Cameron FWGS (Farnborough Wargames Society)
773 Masefield Charles Oxford
1549 Whittaker Colin Bournemouth
3000 Byron Craig None
768 Allen David CLWC
3001 Lowrie David
1017 Roberts David Cambridge
710 Saunders Dave Central London
1714 Williams Harry In The Navy
1505 Hope Hunter Perth
1483 Sewell Ian WAR
1538 Gibson James FDWC
1006 Johnson Kevin Warlords
1606 Donohoe Laurence Entoyment
795 Fry Mark Bristol
3002 Pullen Matthew Central London Wargaming Club
858 Bennett Mike Carnforth
1015 Sharp NiK Warlords
1162 Bulpin Paul DDWG
1308 DAWSON Paul York
1239 Frith Paul The Daughters of Dracula
1309 Johnson Paul Uganda
1536 Sanger Pete pompey
3003 Ashworth Philip Wirral
769 Case Richard CLWC
772 Young Richard SOA
1222 Middlemist Bob Durham
1008 Jackson Robin The Daughters of Dracula
1418 Nice Steve WAR
712 Porter Tim CLWC

Looks like the midweek dateline has also teased out 4 new players to debut on the circuit this year as well !
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Runners & Riders

Alistair Wright Bristol, if Dave turns up... Ilkhanid Mongol
Andrew Fyfe FDWC Kingdom of Sicily
Andy Leeser WAR Kingdom of Sicily
Andy Gilbert Pompey Feudal German
Bob Middlemist Durham Later Crusader
Cameron Mitchell FWGS (Farnborough Wargames Society) Low Countries
Charles Masefield SOA Feudal French
Colin Whittaker Bournemouth Communal Italian
Craig Byron SOA Feudal Scandinavian
Dave Saunders Central London Ilkhanid Mongol
David Allen CLWC Beja
David Handley Warlords Ilkhanid Mongol
David Lowrie Bristol Kingdom of Sicily
David Roberts Cambridge Later Byzantine
Graham Carroll Durham Feudal English
Harry Williams Bournemouth Feudal Scots
Hunter Hope Perth Prussian and Estonian
Ian Sewell WAR Feudal German
James Gibson FDWC Irish
Jesse Schoor WAR Ilkhanid Mongol
Kevin Johnson Warlords Kingdom of Sicily
Laurence Donohoe Bournemouth Tuareg
Mark Fry Bristol Teutonic Knights
Mike Bennett Carnforth Kingdom of Sicily
NiK Sharp Warlords Later Byzantine
Paul Johnson Uganda Prussian and Estonian
Paul DAWSON York Kingdom of Sicily
Paul Frith Bournemouth Feudal Spanish
Paul Bulpin DDWG Teutonic Knights
Pete Sanger York Berber
Philip Ashworth Wirral Scots Isles and Highlanders
Richard Case CLWC Feudal English
Richard Young SOA Cilician Armenian
Robin Jackson The Daughters of Dracula Later Byzantine
Steve Nice WAR Kingdom of Sicily
Tim Porter CLWC Berber

This year we have a really good spread of names, with 26 different choices out of the final list of 36 players. The name most frequently chosen by entrants has (perhaps unsurprisingly) again been the ever-popular Dave/David with 5, closely followed by Paul on 4.

Going with the "Kegworth Church" theme, there are 26 armies for whom Christianity is either definately or arguably the dominant faith, with 10 leaning in other directions - a slightly lower proportion than seen in the list of potential armies, of which 20 out of the initial list of 52 possibles will be taking to the fields of Leicestershire in just over a week's time.
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Round 4 Draw


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Final Standings


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[Longtooth]

Hi All,

I found a leader dice cup on my way out of the building on Wednesday. Perhaps it belongs to Paul Dawson or Dave Saunders? Let me know if this cup belongs to you and I can brig it along to Warfare.

Jesse