The Manchester Winter Recap: Podium, Awards, and the story of the event.

Charles Gould
Feb 23
3 min read

A deep thank you to everyone who attended the Manchester GT: Winter this weekend, and congratulations to all our winners. It was a fantastic showing for our biggest event in the North-West. Nearly 300 players battled it out over 7 rounds to crown our champion of the event.

This article is to celebrate all the attendees and congratulate those who set themselves apart!

Best General: Innes Wilson— Stat Check

A fantastic showing from the Scotsman, Innes officially enters the elite cohort of Multiple UKTC Super Major winners. And even more impressively this makes him a back-to-back winner of our events, following his victory in Nottinngham at the start of the year.

Innes piloted a body-heavy Deathwatch list to great success, scoring 652 out of a possible 700 battle points.

Innes' List

Captain in Gravis Armour (105 points)

• Enhancement: Thief of Secrets

Judiciar (95 points)

• Enhancement: Beacon Angelis

Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (70 points)

Watch Master (125 points)

Deathwatch Veterans (190 points)

Intercessor Squad (80 points)

Fortis Kill Team (180 points)

Incursor Squad (80 points)

Indomitor Kill Team (265 points)

Infiltrator Squad (100 points)

1st Runner Up: David Gaylard - Ignite

David makes a fantastic return to UKTC events, piloting a well rounded Ultramarines list, plenty of firepower backed up by a core of strong melee including the rogues gallery of Guilliman, Calgar, and Uriel Ventris.

David's List

Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (80 pts)

• Armour of Antoninus (+10 pts)

Marneus Calgar (200 pts)

Roboute Guilliman (340 pts)

Uriel Ventris (95 pts)

Wardens of Ultramar (90 pts)

Intercessor Squad (80 pts)

Ballistus Dreadnought (150 pts)

Incursor Squad (80 pts)

Predator Annihilator (135 pts)

Repulsor Executioner (220 pts)

Scout Squad (70 pts)

Sternguard Veteran Squad (200 pts)

Victrix Honour Guard (110 pts)

2nd Runner Up: Chris Kinnair

Chris piloted a unique Necrons list, Awakened Dynasty with no C'tan. A far cry from the expected and heavily popular Pantheon of Woe builds that were common amongst the most represented faction at the event.

4th Place: Matt Langton - Carnage

Matt shocked the field with an incredible run on his signature Tyranids army, making his first ever UKTC top cut and falling to David in his final round, a truly unexpected performance from what is considered a weaker faction by many. Showing just how a skilled player with a deep understanding of their list can outclass stronger builds by solid gameplay and skill.

The Unconquerables

It was not just these top 4 in the final cut, we had a total of 9 players finish the regular play at that prestigious 5 - 0 scoreline, showing their skill and resolve in such a large field. The rest of your unconquerables for the Manchester GT Winter are:

Greg Chamberlain - DeadRedGaming - Leagues of Votann

Scott Morris - Carnage - Aeldari

Ben Jones - Vanguard Tactics - Orks

Kevin Davies - Carnage - Necrons

Taff Jones - Vale Renegades - Adeptus Custodes

Award winners

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

Best General - Innes Wilson
Best Painted Army - Michael Duff
1st Runner Up - David Gaylard
2nd Runner Up - Chris Kinnair

Best In Brackets

Best 4 Wins - Dom Ridley
Best 3 wins - Darren Fleming
Best 2 wins - Joe Senior
Best 1 win - Gordon Easingwood

Sports & Hobby

Most Sporting Player - Aiden Smalley
Best Painted Unit - Darragh Magee
Best Painted Single Mini - Benedict Harris

Other

Wooden Spoon - Joey Balboa

See you at the next one

Coming up we have a suite of events up and down the country, all our events this year have been sell outs - so to avoid dissapointment buy your tickets as soon as possible. With an additional Summer installment of this very event to allow those who missed out a chance to play at this one.

The LGT Is Almost here

Tickets to the biggest 40k event in the world launch later this week - and they are strictly capped. This is to enable us to provide the best experience possible and improve on feedback from last year!

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Tickets launch Friday 27th 2PM.

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