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Monday, 6 March 2017

2017 City of Johannesburg Championships - 9 & 10 September 2017

OLD EDWARDIAN WARGAMES CLUB

11 Ninth Avenue, LOWER HOUGHTON, 2198
Tel: 011 728 7335

e-mail: 
wargames@iafrica.com
https://www.facebook.com/OE.wargames


As one of the oldest mind sports clubs in South Africa, having been established in 1989, Old Eds (to which it is lovingly referred) has remained at the forefront of promoting all the various disciplines.

The club has produced no less than five (5) world champions, and also is actively involved in the administration of the sport at national and international levels.

The club too also is the only club in Johannesburg that has hosted City of Johannesburg Regional Championships.

Such championships have produced the following winners:


Year MEN
WOMEN
Period Name Club
Name Club
2016 Ancients Tie: Jason Batzofin &
Terence Allwright
St John's College
Old Edwardian Wargames Club



Morabaraba Dion Du Preez Witbank


2015 Ancients Colin Webster Old Edwardian Wargames Club


FIFA ‘15 Rowan Batzofin Wits University
Blair Hamberger St Andrews
Morabaraba Simphiwe Maphumulpo Zola Checkers Club
Boitemulo Mako Nafeng Primary School
2014 Ancients Dr Renier van Heerden Knights Mind Sports Club
Elishia Retief Old Edwardian Wargames Club
Morabaraba Merlin Love St John’s college



Thus OEWC will be hosting the 2016 City of Johannesburg Championships on 9 & 10 September 2017.
The championship also counts as a qualifier for the MSSA's National Team Trials as according to MSSA's rules, the winner of a Regional Championship automatically is invited to such National Team Trials.

Entries will close at 18H00 on 4 September 2017. Players who wish to compete in any of MSSA's Championships are advised to complete their annual registration forms so that they may register as Registered Players as soon as possible. Late entries will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances.

All gamers are reminded that the City of Johannesburg Regional Championships is an open championship. In other words any registered player is entitled to enter the championship – no matter where they live, or their category of membership. If you have any queries, please contact the MSSA.

Championship Details:
Hosting Club
Old Edwardian Wargames Club (OEWC)
  • Venue: Blue Room, Old Edwardian Society, 11 Ninth Ave, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg
  • Date: 9 & 10 September 2017
  • Game Entry Fees: R60.00 per Registered Player per Period
  • Entries: Clubs must use the entry form on Google Drive to enter their players.
  • Schedule: As below.
  • Food & refreshments: Highly reasonable prices

Saturday – 9/9/2017 Sunday – 10/9/2017
Morabaraba StarCraft II Ancients FIFA ‘17
Round 1 10H00-10H45 09H00 9H00-10H30 09H00
Round 2 11H00 - 11H45 10H30 11H00 – 12H30 10H30
Round 3 14H00 -14H45 12H00 14H00 – 15H30 12H00
Round 4 15H00 - 15H45 14H00 16H00 – 17H30 14H00
Round 5 16H00 - 16H45 15H30
15H30
Awards shall be awarded immediately after play has ceased.

Rules and Regulations
: All Rules and Regulations pertaining to eSports are available from the MSSA. Players are strongly advised to familiarise themselves with the LAN Bylaws and all Period Specific Rules. If any Player wishes to provide advice regarding the drafting of the Period Specific Rules they are encouraged to contact MSSA who will take all comments into account.
The following Medals may be awarded at the MSSA's 2017 City of Johannesburg Regional Championship:
  • PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are registered players.
  • SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars, provided they have not received any Premier medals.
  • WOMEN: Women will be awarded medals as per the same basis as above, that is in both categories as above.
Colours and National Team Trials:
  • Regional Colours: All Players that win their division in a Regional Championship shall be awarded Regional Colours.
  • National Team Trials: All Players that win their division in a Regional Championship shall earn an invitation to National Team Trials in such division. National Team Trials shall be held in the event that a National Team must be selected to represent South Africa when competing in such Period in an International Championship.
Please note that times may be changed to take into account load-shedding.

Sunday, 5 March 2017

Old Eds heads the Ancients ranking.

Colin Webster - the current number 1 ranked player for Ancients wargames.
The Old Edwardian Wargames Club has long had the reputation of being one of the premier wargaming clubs in the world.

The club has consistently provided members for the national team (25 players since 1991), and has produced 5 world champions.

Thus it is no surprise that there are 5 Old Edwardians listed in the top ten of the rankings.

The top twenty ranked players are:



PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1Webster, Colin 9116Old Edwardian Wargames Club343
2Allwright, Terence17Old Edwardian Wargames Club285.8
3Barry, Sean 0917Uplands College252.6
4Schoeman, Garth 0216Knights Mind Sports Club237
5Batzofin, Jason16Old Edwardian Wargames Club195
6Retief, Elishia 1416Old Edwardian Wargames Club195
7Burger, Erasmus15TUKS195
8Bouwer, Abie15Old Edwardian Wargames Club195
9Havenga, Duane15WAR195
10Beuken, Leopold15Riverview Mind Sports Club195
11Hervey, Simon15Pretoria Boys High School190
12Louw, Adam15Pretoria Boys High School155.1
13Retief, Ewan 1416Old Edwardian Wargames Club154.1
14Getzner, Jacques17Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club136.5
15van Vuuren, Marius15WAR107.9
16Els, Anja17Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club107
17Bouwer, Natan15Old Edwardian Wargames Club100
18Groenewald, Zenadia15WAR100
19Retief, Michael16Old Edwardian Wargames Club100
20Love, Dorian16Old Edwardian Wargames Club100

Other rankings published by MSSA are:



Thursday, 5 January 2017

Update of MSSA's 2017 Calendar of Events

Old Edwardian Wargames  members with MSSA's logo.
As member clubs are able to post items of interest on this blog, so too may club's request to have their own events included in MSSA's Calendar of Events.

Thus the Calendar  of Events has been updated to take into account the Old Edwardian Wargames Club's 25th Summer Championships to be held on 4 & 5 February 2017.

The updated Calendar of Events is as follows:

Date
Event
Discipline
Venue
11 FEBRUARY
CS:GO, DotA, FIFA, HearthStone, LOL, SC, TTT II, VainGlory
On-line
4 & 5 FEBRUARY
Ancients, Checkers, FIFA ‘17, Morabaraba
25 & 26 FEBRUARY
34th GAUTENG Championships
All
TBA
25 & 26 MARCH
21st NORTH WEST Championships
AllTBA
TBA
22 APRIL
Provincial Online Championships
Dota 2,
CounterStrike GO,
League of Legends,
Street Fighter V
On-line
29 & 30 APRIL
Provincial School Championships
Board and Figure games
TBA
27 & 28 MAY
16th MPUMALANGA Championships
All
TBA
27 MAY
FINANCIAL AGM
Meeting
TBA
4 JUNE
Esports National Team Trials
TBD
TBA
25 & 26 JUNE
14th FREE STATE Championships
All
TBA
8 & 9 JULY
23rd KWAZULU NATAL Championships
All
TBA
29 & 30 JULY
SA School Championships
Board, Figure and eSports
TBA
12 AUGUST
StarCraft II, Hearthstone
eSports (PC)
On-line
26 & 27 AUGUST
22nd WESTERN CAPE Championships
All
TBA
TBA
Indigenous Games
Morabaraba
To be determined by SRSA
23 & 24 SEPTEMBER
16th EASTERN CAPE Championships
All
TBA
28 & 29 OCTOBER
6th LIMPOPO Championships
All
TBA
1 NOVEMBER
Submit nominations of office-bearers
Admin
N/A
2 & 3 DECEMBER
30th S A NATIONAL Championships
All
TBA
3 DECEMBER
33rd NATIONAL CONVENTION
Annual General Meeting
As per 30th S A NATIONAL Championships
TBA
SRSA's S A Schools Championships
Morabaraba
To be determined by SRSA

Notes:

  1. International events still need to be included.
  2. Inter-Provincial events need to be included
  3. Inter-regional events need to be included
  4. Club events need to be included
  5. Regional Championships need to be included.
  6. Free State is moved to earlier in the year.
  7. National Team Trials still need to be included