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Nottingham 40K Super-Major Recap: Champions, Podium, and Award Winners

A sincere thank you to everyone who attended Nottingham this weekend, and congratulations to all our winners. It was a fantastic start to 2026, and we hope the rest of the year’s events build on the same energy, sportsmanship, and quality of games that made Nottingham such a standout.


With a huge field, Nottingham delivered exactly what a UKTC super-major should.


Best General: Innes Wilson — Space Marines (Astartes)


Best General – Innes Wilson capped off an exceptional weekend, finishing 7–0 overall and taking the title on the finest of margins.


Two players ended the event undefeated, but in a super-major that rewards not just wins—but decisive, consistent scoring—Swiss battle points separated first and second. Innes posted 465 Swiss battle points to edge out the next-closest undefeated run.


Innes’ route wasn’t just dominant; it was resilient. The signature moment of the weekend came in the playoff bracket opener, where the championship run stayed alive by a single point—the kind of game that defines a major and proves why every decision matters.


1st Runner Up: Sam Nash — Adeptus Custodes


Sam Nash also finished 7–0 overall, including a closing performance that underlined exactly why he was there on Sunday. In any other weekend, an undefeated super-major run is “clear winner” territory, the competitive reality of the biggest events: when the field is deep and the standard is high, the top positions are often decided consistent performance in each game as well as your winning record.


2nd Runner Up: Christopher Langton — Chaos Daemons


Christopher Langton put together one of the weekend’s standout performances: a 6–1 overall finish, converting a strong Swiss into a decisive Sunday run to claim 2nd Runner Up.


The story of the event


Nottingham was a clear reminder of what makes UKTC super-majors different. When the field is this large and this competitive, you do not win on reputation, matchups on paper, or a single “big round.” You win by stacking good decisions for two straight days: clean deployments, disciplined trading, tight management, and making sure every turn converts into points.


At this scale, the line between a “great weekend” and a genuine title run is rarely a dramatic blowout. It is usually one extra primary denied on turn four, one secondary action you protected with the right screen, one unit you kept alive long enough to flip an objective, or one endgame sequence you executed correctly under time pressure. Those moments do not always look spectacular in isolation, but over five Swiss rounds they become the difference between scraping through, climbing the ladder, or missing the cut entirely.


And Nottingham quantified that reality in a way you could feel at the tables. Across Swiss play alone, the event produced:

  • 25 games decided by a single point — the purest example of “every decision matters.”

  • 96 games decided by five points or fewer — effectively within one swing of primary/secondary scoring.

  • 171 games decided by ten points or fewer — close enough that a single missed denial, failed late-game objective flip, or clock mistake can change the result.


In other words: a significant share of matches were decided inside margins that reward fundamentals. If you kept your focus, scored efficiently, and avoided unforced errors, you gave yourself a real edge. If you switched off for a turn, assumed you were “safe,” or let the endgame get messy, the event punished it—regardless of faction, list, or experience.


That is why super-majors create such strong stories: not because everyone is tabled, but because the best players win close games repeatedly, and the difference between the podium and the pack is often measured in single digits.


Sportsmanship shout-outs


We also want to recognise a group of players who—despite not winning Best Sports—received exemplary sportsmanship scores from their opponents across the weekend. These are exactly the kinds of competitors who make events better for everyone, and they deserve to be highlighted.


Special thanks and recognition to:

  • Adam Parks-Dare

  • Aidan Sutherley-Gilmour

  • Alan Percival

  • Alex Beaumont-Dark

  • Alex HessAlex Pridmore

  • Alfie CoxAndrew Nelson

  • Anthony Simon

  • Ben Adams

  • Ben Archer

  • Ben FooteB

    en Martin

  • Ben Massey

  • Ben Stafford

  • Ben Wheeler

  • Benjamin Haley

  • Bergur Johannsson

  • Brad Horsfall

  • Bryn Gibbs

  • Carl M Finch

  • Charlie knowles

  • Chris Cho

  • Chris Lee

  • Daniel Obrien

  • Dave Hillier

  • Davey Liddle

  • Dean Lymath

  • Ed Sgt.Crusader

  • Edward Hixson

  • Elliott Mitchell

  • Ethan Goss

  • Finn Carter-Marsh

  • Fraser North

  • Glenn Connolly

  • Glynn Richardson

  • Graeme Meiklejohn

  • Henrik Ridderheim

  • Hristo Nikolov

  • Inder Bal

  • Jack Sharratt

  • Jack Watkins

  • Jack West

  • Jack Wolthers

  • James Colley

  • James MeikleJ

  • ames Rouse

  • Jared Teismann

  • Jeremy Hill

  • Jimmy Denton

  • Joe Hamer-Jones

  • Joe Teasdale

  • Joel Brown

  • Jonny Simmons

  • Joseph Greenlee

  • Josh the gent Jones

  • Josh Tomkins

  • Joshua Measures

  • Kevin Weaver

  • Luca Kordbache

  • Luke Jolliffe

  • Luke Townsend

  • Mark Anderson

  • Mark Artley

  • Martyn Bolton

  • Matt Thornhill

  • Michael Glenwright

  • Michael Sonsino

  • Miler Adams

  • Ned Cannin

  • olive MacDonald

  • Oscar Stojsavljevic

  • Owen Holland

  • Paolo Santarelli

  • Patrick Brown

  • Peter Mumford

  • quentin gatens

  • Richard Allaway

  • Rob Fraser

  • Rob Hassall

  • Robert Kimpton

  • Rorie Marrison

  • Ross Donaldson

  • Ross Tully

  • Ryan Dewick

  • Ryan McMullan

  • Sam Bailey

  • Sam Nash

  • Sam Robinson

  • Sam WillsSamuel Smith

  • Seb Marziano

  • Simon Leonard

  • Stephen Carmichael-Wilson

  • Tony Lin

  • Trent Abraham


We strongly encourage all attendees to complete the sportsmanship nomination/complaints form at the end of each round. It directly helps us recognise more of the players who consistently deliver great games—and it helps us maintain the standard we all want UKTC events to represent.


Award winners


And now, please digitally put your hands together for our award winners:


  • Best General — Innes Wilson

  • Best Overall — Greg Bennett

  • Best Painted Army — Jay Middlecote

  • 1st Runner Up — Sam Nash

  • 2nd Runner Up — Christopher Langton


Best General Brackets

  • Best General (Bracket 4 wins) — Ben Jones

  • Best General (Bracket 3 wins) — David Irving

  • Best General (Bracket 2 wins) — James Downing Green

  • Best General (Bracket 1 win) — Richard Allaway


Best In Faction

  • Best In Faction Aeldari — Reece Knight

  • Best In Faction Chaos — Ryan Kerr

  • Best In Faction Imperium — Bergur Johansson

  • Best In Faction Space Marine — Jordan Checkley

  • Best In Faction Xenos — Ross Tully


Sports & Hobby

  • Most Sporting Player — Luke Townsend

  • Best Painted Unit — Toby Liddiard

  • Best Painted Single Min — Tim Gough


Other

  • Wooden Spoon — Joe Teasdale


See you at the next one

Thank you again for making Nottingham such a strong opening event for 2026—players, judges, staff, and everyone who helped keep the weekend running smoothly.


We look forward to seeing you all at an event soon.


If you want to climb the rankings, buy your next Super-Major the ticket now and then get down to your local RTT to get the reps in.


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