Doubles Masters

The Doubles Masters is sponsored by the Society of Ancients and is organised and run by the British Historical Games Society.

The Doubles Masters is a competition played by teams of two players at five different venues during the course of the year. Each venue is run as a competition in its own right but scores are aggregated from each venue towards an overall Doubles Masters Competition.

This year the format will feature Field of Glory and a Flames of War pairs competition.

Print out the Handy Doubles Masters Entry Form and send it with an enclosed cheque (made payable to “BHGS”) covering the entry fee to:

All return correspondence will be sent via email unless a SAE is included with the entry.

· A discount of £1 per player per event is available to Society of Ancients or BHGS Members (SOA membership nos. must be supplied with entry).

· Players under 18 years of age are allowed free entry, and full time students are allowed entry at half price.

· Players who have not previously taken part in a "Doubles Masters" event will be allowed free entry at all remaining venues for that year.

Queries may be made to the above address,by telephone 01993 771398,by fax 01372 817038 or e-mail d.jfairhurst@btopenworld.com

Each round of the Doubles Masters will be held at a different venue around the country.

Derby Round: 12th/13th December

The Royal British Legion .85 Chellaston Rd.Allenton Derby DE24 9AF

Rules	Points	Oxford	Leeds	Scotland	Derby
Field of Glory	900pts	Eternal Empire	Swift as Eagles	Open list	Wolves from the sea/ Oath of Fealty	Armylists to Andy Ellis
Flames of War	1500pts	Mid War	Late War			Armylists to James Hamilton

Only rules sets that have a minimum of six teams entered will be run. This will be determined and announced two weeks before the event). If a team has entered for a rule set that cannot be run then a full refund will be offered.

· The draw for the first game at all other rounds is based on the Swiss Chess System using the teams current adjusted score to-date. Teams that did not play at previous venues will be included randomly at the bottom of this draw.

· The draw for games 2-4 at each venue are based upon the teams' scores so far at the current venue only. Sunday only entrants, they will be added to the bottom of the draw.

· No team will ever play the same opponents twice, except at the final venue of the year. At this venue teams may play teams that they played earlier in the year, but cannot play the same team twice at that venue.

· Teams will not play others from the same club in the first game at any venue, but may do so in games 2-4.

Prizes will be awarded for teams for all rules sets being run in the following conditions:

· At each venue for finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place aggregating the score from all four games.

· At each venue for finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place aggregating the score from both games on the Sunday.

· At the end of the year for finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd aggregating the best three scores from every venue the team attends. Teams may not mix scores from different rules sets. Only rules sets that are run at three or more venues will be included.

· At the end of the year the team that finished 1^st overall for the rules set with the most attendees throughout the year will be awarded the Alexander Trophy as Society of Ancients Doubles Masters Champions for 2008.

The trophy's awarded at BHGS events are accurate reproductions taken from various exhibits at the British Museum and other locations

Doubles play is generally more relaxed than singles play and is hopefully a shared and enjoyable experience for both players in a team. It is therefore important that more experienced players resist the temptation to control or move all of the troops in the army. Discussion and planning are an integral part of Doubles play but it is important to remember that this should not extend to a point where it slows or disrupts the game.