World of Warcraft National Qualifiers - Ongoing

National Qualifier tournaments will qualify players for the 2009 UK National Championship in August. The venue is still to be decided but we will let you know as soon as we do! In addition to the main event, each Qualifier will host a Booster Draft Challenge

Format: Events held from June 6 to July 5 will be Open Constructed Format (All cards are legal). From July 11 to August 9, the events will switch to a Sealed Pack format will use two packs of Drums of War, two packs of Blood of the Gladiators, and two packs of the new expansion Fields of Honor.

The tournament will have Swiss rounds based on the number of players in the tournament, according to UDE Tournament Policy. All matches are best two-of-three. There will be two different types of event that you can attend. The winner of a Local Qualifier will win an invitation to the National Championship. The top 4 finishers of a Grand Qualifier will win an invitation to the National Championship. Check out the schedule of events and to see what type of qualifier you will be visiting in the future.

Prizes for first half of the season (June 6 to July 5)

In addition to Booster Packs that will be awarded according to finish, top finished will also receive the following: Winner: Extended Art Alexi Barov, Black Temple Tournament Edition Treasure Pack, Extended Art Gut Shot Top 4: Extended Art Gut Shot, Series 2 Mage Class Deck box Top 8: 2009 National Qualifier Playmat Top 16: Black Temple Tournament Edition Treasure Pack Participation: Extended Art The Ring of Blood: Rok’dar the Sundered Lord Door Prize: Four Series 2 Mage Class Deck Boxes

Prizes for second half of the season (July 11 to August 9)

The prizes will remain the same except for the following new items. Top 4: Extended Art Invocation instead of Gut Shot Participation: Extended Art The Ring of Blood: Ska’grath instead of The Ring of Blood: Rok’dar the Sundered Lord

Booster Draft Challenge

At every National Qualifier event, Booster Draft Challenges will also be going on for the duration of the event. When eight players sign up for a Draft, the event will begin.

Players will Draft using two packs of Drums of War and one pack of Blood of Gladiators, until the second half of the season, when a Drums of War pack will change to one pack of Fields of Honor. After drafting, they will play three rounds of single elimination, using best two-of-three matches.

Prizes

Top 2: Terokk’s Shadowstaff Extended Art card, Booster Packs Top 4: Booster Packs

WoW National Qualifiers
Date	Tournament	Store/Organiser	Address	City	Postcode	Email	Telephone
24-May	Local	Grinning Demon	Style and Winch, Union Street	Maidstone	ME14 1EH	grinningdemon@blueyonder.co.uk	01622 681041
24-May	Local	AJ Games Club	207 – 217 High Street	Kirkcaldy	KY1 1JD	johnjenkins@adamsmith.ac.uk	01592 722 497
30-May	Local	Fanboy 3	17 Newton Street	Manchester	M1 1FZ	dave@fanboy3.co.uk	0161 2477735
31-May	Local	Runik Games	Runik Games Store, 1 Central Walk	Bury St. Edmunds	IP33 1BS	symon@runikgames.com	01473 400655
31-May	Local	Patriot Games	30 Wood Street	Huddersfield	HD1 1DU	steve@patriotgames.ltd.uk	01484 511019
06-Jun	Local	Swansea Card Club	The Rhyddings, Brynmill Avenue, Brynmill	Swansea	SA2 0BT	ioanllwyd@hotmail.com	01792539577
07-Jun	Local	Travelling Man Leeds	32 Central Road	Leeds	LS1 6DE	andrew.w.salkeld@uk.pwc.com	0113 242 7227
07-Jun	Grand	Phoenix Games	51 Church Gate	Leicester	LE1 3AL	wow@phoenix-games.co.uk	0116 2515003
12-Jun	Local	The Player's Club	Langley Pavilion, Langley Road	Slough	SL3 8BS	jimmy@henleysoftware.co.uk	07957 658596
14-Jun	Local	Runik Games	24th Ipswich Scout Hall, Bramford Road	Ipswich	IP1 2ET	symon@runikgames.com	01473 400655
14-Jun	Local	Jumanji	University of Bath, Claverton Down	Bath	BA2 7AY	jumanjigamesclub@live.com	07814 976432
20-Jun	Local	The Gaming Crypt	14 Lloyd Street	Altrincham	WA14 2DE	dave@thegamingcrypt.com	0161 9299919
20-Jun	Local	Guild of Students	University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road	Birmingham	B15 2TU	carl_douglas@ntlworld.com	07863 338730
21-Jun	Grand	Chimera	7 Church Street	Ripley	DE5 3BU	chimeraccg@googlemail.com	01773 747849
21-Jun	Local	The Games Shop	6 Wellington Street	Aldershot	GU11 1DZ	mike@the-games-shop-aldershot.com	07795 263428
27-Jun	Grand	Excelsion Games	Southfields Community Centre, Southfields Road	Kempson		havok1971@hotmail.co.uk	0123 4293508
27-Jun	Grand	Comic Culture	The Mall, 257 High Street	Lincoln	LN2 1HX	karl@thegamestore.com	01522 546611
28-Jun	Local	Patriot Games	30 Wood Street	Huddersfield	HD1 1DU	steve@patriotgames.ltd.uk	01484 511019
28-Jun	Local	AJ Games Club	207 – 217 High Street	Kirkcaldy	KY1 1JD	johnjenkins@adamsmith.ac.uk	01592 722 497
04-Jul	Grand	Guild of Students	University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road	Birmingham	B15 2TU	carl_douglas@ntlworld.com	07863 338730
05-Jul	Local	Phoenix Games	51 Church Gate	Leicester	LE1 3AL	wow@phoenix-games.co.uk	0116 2515003
05-Jul	Local	Patriot Games	1-2 Ladys Bridge	Sheffield	S3 8GA	jim@patriotgames.ltd.uk	0114 2731762
05-Jul	Local	Highlander Games	98 Annfield Road	Dundee	DD1 5JH	garyslost@hotmail.com	01382 909093
10-Jul	Local	The Player's Club	Langley Pavilion, Langley Road	Slough	SL3 8BS	jimmy@henleysoftware.co.uk	07957 658596
11-Jul	Local	Swansea Card Club	The Rhyddings, Brynmill Avenue, Brynmill	Swansea	SA2 0BT	ioanllwyd@hotmail.com	01792539577
11-Jul	Local	Comic Culture	The Mall, 257 High Street	Lincoln	LN2 1HX	karl@thegamestore.com	01522 546611
12-Jul	Grand	The Gaming Crypt	14 Lloyd Street	Altrincham	WA14 2DE	dave@thegamingcrypt.com	0161 9299919
18-Jul	Local	Excelsion Games	Southfields Community Centre, Southfields Road	Kempston		havok1971@hotmail.co.uk	0123 4293508
18-Jul	Local	Spellbound Games	Craig House, 64 Darnley Street, Glasgow	Glasgow	G41 2SE	spellboundglasgow@yahoo.com	07917 610804
19-Jul	Grand	Patriot Games	1-2 Ladys Bridge	Sheffield	S3 8GA	jim@patriotgames.ltd.uk	0114 2731762
19-Jul	Local	Jumanji	University of Bath, Claverton Down	Bath	BA2 7AY	jumanjigamesclub@live.com	07814 976432
25-Jul	Grand	Spellbound Games	Craig House, 64 Darnley Street, Glasgow	Glasgow	G41 2SE	spellboundglasgow@yahoo.com	07917 610804
25-Jul	Grand	Fanboy 3	17 Newton Street	Manchester	M1 1FZ	dave@fanboy3.co.uk	0161 2477735
26-Jul	Local	Travelling Man Leeds	32 Central Road	Leeds	LS1 6DE	andrew.w.salkeld@uk.pwc.com	0113 242 7227
26-Jul	Local	Chimera	7 Church Street	Ripley	DE5 3BU	chimeraccg@googlemail.com	01773 747849
26-Jul	Grand	The Games Shop	6 Wellington Street	Aldershot	GU11 1DZ	mike@the-games-shop-aldershot.com	07795 263428
26-Jul	Grand	Highlander Games	98 Annfield Road	Dundee	DD1 5JH	garyslost@hotmail.com	01382 909093