Club Notes [ASLinOKC] Thunderbird ASL Tournament 2008 Final Results After starting out as one of 16 participants in the "Sour Sixteen", both Wes Vaughn and Randy Shurtz faced off against each other for the Thunderbird Trophy on Sunday morning. They played the scenario "About His Shadowy Sides" (Friendly Fire Pack #19) with Wes Vaughn winning. He received the Championship Trophy and Randy got the Runner-Up Trophy. Two other games were played to determine winners for overall group play. In a playing of East Side Gamer's Scenario "Dying to Kill", Mike Denson defeated Ed Beekman and after the dust settled in Multiman Publishing's Scenario "Hill 27" from Operation Watchtower, Jeff Ital took down David Longstreet. Both of them received 10-0 Commissar trophies for their efforts. A total of 26 people made the tournament a great success. They came from Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Maryland. My personal thanks to all of you for making the trip. There would be no tournament without you. I would like to give a big thank you to the many sponsors who donated prizes. The prize table made many an old Grognard happy in the spirit of ASL camaraderie. Each of the products deserve high consideration from the ASL playing public. The complete list of sponsors with hyperlinks can be seen on our website "OklahomaASL.com". I want to also thank both Ken Dunn from MMP and Chas Smith from Bounding Fire Productions for attending in person. A hearty thanks also goes to John Farris of Edward Jones for providing a great deal of tournament support as well as making our t-shirt debut a smashing success. He is also our official tournament photographer. I also very much appreciate Rick Reinesch's help in providing us with a tournament play tracking program and the technical advice that goes along with that as well as sage wisdom throughout the event. Thanks to Caitlin Cadieux for the website that makes advertising of, and pre-registering for, our tournament so much easier. Lastly, my two co-organizers deserve special recognition. Both Mike Rose and Mike Laney chose some bang up scenarios and provided Up Front support throughout the tournament by making sure the room was open each morning, that drinks were available and that participants always had a game as soon as possible. Thanks for hanging in there during those long days. Pictures of the event will be posted on our site soon. Hope to see all of our new friends, as well as our old, at next years event! Click here to email John Farris.

Thunderbird Tournament Info We are currently busy preparing the venue and the scenarios for the Third Annual Thunderbird ASL Tournament is scheduled for Friday to Sunday 6-8 November 2009 in Norman, Oklahoma. Visit our tournament web page here for more details. Look under the Sponsor Button for the tournament scenarios. Here is the list attendees preregistered and known to be coming as of 20:30 hrs November 1: 1. Mike Cadieux 2. Mike Laney 3. Buck Karpowicz 4. John Farris 5. Paul Hornbeck 6. Mike Rose 7. Rick Reinesch 8. Jess Boomer 9. Bud Garding 10. Jerry Simmons 11. Mike Seningen 12. Sam Tyson 13. Wes Vaughn 14. Mike Denson 15. Glen Gray 16. Randy Shurtz 17. Brian Roundhill 18. Matt Shostak 19. Pat Ireland 20. Scott Bell 21. Dan Best 22. Ed Beekman 23. Jim Ferrell FYI – As many know Gary Trezza has the first round of the National ASL Sweet 16 Tournament underway. Two of our attendees, Mike Seningen & Wes Vaughn, will play an opening round game of the national tournament as part of the 3d Annual Thunderbird ASL Tournament Qualifying Round.

2008 - 2009 Thunderbird ASL Tournament Sponsor List Boulder Games -2008 & 2009 Lone Canuck - 2008 & 2009 MMP - 2008 & 2009 Osprey Publishing – 2008 & 2009 Eastside Gamers - 2008 & 2009 Dispatches from the Bunker - 2008 & 2009 SOCAL ASL Group – 2008 & 2009 The Gamers Armory – 2008 & 2009 Against the Odds Magazine - 2008 Michael Dorosh's Design Handbook – 2008 & 2009 Le Franc Tireur Magazine – 2008 Game Headquarters – 2007, 2008 & 2009 Bounding Fire Productions – 2008 & 2009 John Farris – 2007, 2008 & 2009

There has been an ASL presence in the state of Oklahoma for over 20 years. Players primarily live near the two largest cities, Oklahoma City (OKC) and Tulsa. A tournament has been held in Tulsa during the past few years, but many ASLers in the region have been hoping for and talking about the possibility of hosting an OKC tournament due to its central location. So it was only a matter of time before one was organized in the OKC area. OKC sits at the crossroads of America and offers a very nice regional location for a tournament. There are two interstate highways running through the city: I-35 runs North and South and I-40 traverses East to West. It is easily accessible not only to Oklahoma based ASLers, but also to those who hail from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. I thought an appropriate time for a tournament would be around the Veterans Day holiday. Many of us are amateur military historians who hold our veterans in the highest esteem. It is also nicely separated from other popular regional tournaments like March Madness in Kansas City, the Texas Team Tournament in Austin traditionally held each June and the St. Louis Tournament every July. And it's nice and cool here during the autumn season! In November, I hope to seen many of my ASL brethren from instate Oklahoma as well as the surrounding states for another round of cardboard camaraderie and fun. In the meantime, don't forget to check out Chas Smith's Bounding Fire Productions. In my opinion, he is the finest scenario designer today.

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