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Sigmar's Open 2503
Blood Bowl has a long and
well-established history in the Empire, and many of the
best teams in the Old World hail from that realm.
Perhaps more importantly, a great many tournaments are
held there, and as well as the Majors like the Blood
Bowl itself, there are many more Minors.
Although Sigmar's Open is far from the
most lucrative of such events, what it lacks in prize
money it makes up in attendance. Thousands upon
thousands of devout pilgrims use this month in the holy
calendar to spend time in activities that may not
cleanse and purify the body and the soul, but are damn
good fun all the same. The warrior priesthood, the Witch
Hunters, and the nuns from the Sisters of Sigmar all
take a break from their duties to join their flock in
the crowds, and though it's rarely a team of openly
Sigmarite persuasion that wins the tournament, the
winners are always widely considered to be blessed by
Him - otherwise He wouldn't have let them win!
This year it was the Ogre team the
Redpeak Roosters who won, beating a Dwarf team in the
final. Much as has been the case in previous years, the
champions aren't followers of the Cult of Sigmar, mainly
because the entirety of their mental capacity is given
over towards consideration of violence and where the
next meal is coming from. Higher spiritual thoughts
rarely get a look in. The runners up, for their part,
have lodged a complaint with the Tournament organisers
that their opponents had too many players on the pitch
throughout the match. Officials were mystified as to the
reason for this complaint until the Dwarfs produced an
official rulebook said to follow the ancient rules set
down by Nuffle - yet with suspiciously wet ink - that
said that any player more than twice the height of his
counterpart in the other team counts as two players,
under which ruling the Ogres counted as fielding 19
"players" in every drive...
The only negative from this tournament
was the low number of teams that entered, for the second
tournament running. League officials considered calling
a halt to play, and only the provisional entry of a
further four teams into the next tournament, the
Dungeonbowl, rescued the League.
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Redpeak Roosters: Sigmar's Open
Winners 2503
Team photo to appear soon
Team list to appear soon
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Final
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Redpeak Roosters |
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2-0 |
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Karak Vlag Wanderers |
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Casualties 1-2. Team Ratings at end 253-199.
Gate 142,701 |
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The unstoppable Ogres romp to tournament
victory at last! |
Semi-Finals
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Karak Vlag Wanderers |
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2-1 |
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The Woodcutters |
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Casualties 2-0. Team Ratings at end 183-197.
Gate 79,007 |
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The ref gets killed but it's otherwise
remarkably bloodless, as the Dwarfs make
their second final running. |
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Redpeak Roosters |
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3-1 |
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Ice Raiders |
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Casualties 7-0. Team Ratings at end 241-176.
Gate 106,455 |
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Raiders took an early lead but the
Roosters sheer brutality saw them
comfortably through to the final. |
Qualifying
Table
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Team Name |
Race |
Head Coach |
W-D-L |
Points (Open Rules) |
TDF |
TDA |
CASF |
CASA |
Team
Rating |
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Redpeak Roosters |
Ogre |
Dave |
2-1-0 |
43 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
228 |
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Karak Vlag Wanderers |
Dwarf |
Andy |
1-1-0 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
171 |
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The Woodcutters |
Wood Elf |
Paul |
0-2-1 |
24 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
195 |
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Ice Raiders |
Norse |
Shane |
0-0-2 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
168 |
Qualifying Results (Earliest
First)
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The Woodcutters |
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1-1 |
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Redpeak Roosters |
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Casualties 1-3. Team Ratings at end 182-213.
Gate 106,562 |
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Cancelling their retirement, the
Woodcutters come back from the funerals of
three team members to clinch a 1-1 draw. |
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The Woodcutters |
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2-2 |
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Karak Vlag
Wanderers |
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Casualties 2-4. Team Ratings at end 188-161.
Gate 57,803 |
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The Wood Elves exact vengeance on the
Dwarfs by slaying one of their Longbeards! |
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Karak Vlag Wanderers |
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3-0 |
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Ice Raiders |
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Casualties 3-2. Team Ratings at end 171-162.
Gate 48,549 |
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A comfortable win for the Dwarfs as they roll
over the Norse. |
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Redpeak Roosters |
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2-0 |
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Ice Raiders |
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Casualties 7-0. Team Ratings at end 225-168.
Gate 100,347 |
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The Ice Raiders suffer a mauling at the
hands of the Redpeak Roosters. |
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Redpeak Roosters |
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1-0 |
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The Woodcutters |
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Casualties 1-0. Team Ratings at end 228-195.
Gate 133,157 |
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A remarkably low casualty count in a game
that could have gone either way. |
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