Liber Animus » highlights http://www.liberanimus.com The Warhammer 40000 tournament Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Battle Of The Ditch http://www.liberanimus.com/the-battle-of-the-ditch http://www.liberanimus.com/the-battle-of-the-ditch#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:21:23 +0000 Tourney Organiser http://www.liberanimus.com/?p=156 or The 40k Trans-Tasman Cup.

Since 2004 there has been an annual competition for trans-Tasman 40k dominance known as “The Battle of the Ditch”.

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And here is the trophy in its current form, shields updated for NZ’s 2008 win. Charlie St. Clair as newest NZ team member is current custodian.

The event now has it’s own trophy, created by Craig Maloney and painted by Ben Leong. The inaugural challenge was held at the 2004 Australian GT. Since 2005 the trophy has been contested at Liber Animus as a separate event.

The results for the competitions to date are as follows:

2004
Hagen Kerr & Pete Dunn (NZ) beat Tony Perkins & Chris Mitchell (Aus)

2005
Hagen Kerr (NZ) beat Dan Stamford (Aus)
Pete Dunn (NZ) beat Leigh Avery (Aus)
Stephen Kelsall (Aus) beat Richard Dagger (NZ)
NZ 2-1

2006
Pete Dunn (NZ) beat Craig Maloney (Aus)
Jack Dunn (NZ) beat Stephen Kelsall (Aus)
Brodie Middleton (Aus) beat Richard Dagger (NZ)
Rick McKay (Aus) drew with Jason Holland (NZ)
Alan Borthwick (NZ) beat David Potts (Aus)
Craig Latta (NZ) beat Stu Williams (Aus)
Hagen Kerr (NZ) beat Ben Shipway (Aus)
Jason Isaac (NZ) beat Michael Cruise (Aus)
Chris Parkin (NZ) beat Alex Ozanne (Aus)
Dave Cleverley (NZ) beat Tom Damin (Aus)
Bruce Manning (NZ) beat Leigh Trsidder (Aus)
Greg Rae (NZ) drew with Kin Sum (Aus)
NZ 10 to 2

2007
Pete Dunn (NZ) beat Stu Williams (Aus)
Jason Millar (Aus) beat Jack Dunn (NZ)
Alan Borthwick (NZ) beat Michael Blair (Aus)
Brad Scott (Aus) beat John Tailby (NZ)
Hagen Kerr (NZ) beat Leigh Avery (Aus)
Matthew O’Shaughnessy (Aus) beat Jason Isaac (NZ)
David Cleverley (NZ) beat Craig Maloney (Aus)
Michael Cruise (Aus) beat Richard Dagger (NZ)
Greg Rae (NZ) beat James Thompson (Aus)
Andrew Johnston (NZ) beat Adam Davis (Aus)
NZ 6-4

2008
Pete Dunn (NZ) drew with Tom Damin (Aus)
Alan Borthwick (NZ) beat Ash Graham (Aus)
John Tailby (NZ) drew with Dan Atrill (Aus)
Kane Tucker (Aus) beat Jack Dunn (NZ)
Jason Isaac (NZ) beat Michael Blair (Aus)
Charlie St. Clair (NZ) beat Michael Cruise (Aus)
Hagen Kerr (NZ) drew with Brad Scott (Aus)
NZ 4.5-2.5

SOURCE: http://thefieldsofblood.blogspot.com/2008/12/battle-of-ditch-40k-trans-tasman-cup.html

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I was just reminiscing on a few Libers ago when we were at the Ringwood motel, and a few of us from SA stealthily performed a commando attack (read: pissed farts with electrical tape and beer) on the NZ vehicle, aptly decorating it the Spaz Wagon

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LiberIII highlight:
Buddha: “What is all this about ‘and drank the milk of parrots’ stuff, Stu ?”

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