Saturdays are open to anyone - not just those taking part in featured games. 
There are certain wargamers who cannot make Monday nights so third Saturdays provide the opportunity to turn up and grab whatever space is available to play their own games.  Why not do the same?
Usually someone suggests a theme then club and player resources are pooled to recreate a large scale battle.  Sometimes we even arrange a two-day game.

MIDWAY - Saturday 16th JUNE 2019

THE REFIGHT

As dawn broke the forces of NIPPON descended on the US base at MIDWAY. They were very confident as they had decided to use the fifth fleet carrier that some of planners had originally felt would not be needed.
The plan was to overrun the island, occupy the air base, and when the TWO US carriers counter attacked, send them to the bottom...
The US also felt confident. They had laid a trap and had THREE carriers waiting at point X ray; and the air forces on Midway re enforced.

1/ The Jap first wave swept aside U.S cap and put all three runways out of action, also badly damaging the base defences. However the hangers were empty as the air craft were airborne and searching for the Jap fleet.

2/ As Nagumo prepared to receive his returning strike, and also launch a secondary strike he received urgent signals that US planes were approaching from all points of the compass. The Midway aircraft arrived piecemeal and were hacked from the sky by C.A.P and A.A fire.

3/ The SEABEES on midway concentrated on reopening at least one runway, Also the US carriers began launching waves of aircraft from extreme range. The Jap air commander launched a smaller second strike which again closed the airbase on Midway. Nagumo was very busy, fighting off airstrikes, launching and landing CAP fighters, and trying to repair damage to his ships. Also his air commander was demanding aircraft to finish off Midway and that he land the first strike planes before they ran out of fuel.

4/ Suddenly, fresh waves of US planes approached from the north. U.S Carrier Aircraft!!. The first attacks were disorganised but soon the cry rang out, “SCRATCH ONE JAP FLATTOP”. Other ships were badly damaged.

5/Once the US fleet was discovered, the Jap air commander launched a massive strike which slapping aside the US CAP, Dived through a hail off AA and sent one US carrier to the bottom. The message was sent: “人・動物などが〉（つめなど鋭いもので）〈…を〉ひっかく “SCRATCH ONE YANKEE FLAT TOP”

6/ The battle became a whirl of strike and counter strike, with ships burning and dozens of planes shot down.

7/ As the sun began to set the Japanese had 4 carriers sunk and one untouched. The US had one sunk, one untouched. And one badly damaged. The last Jap attack was inbound, the pilots knowing that their ships were sinking behind them. The Jap air leader planned to finish off the damaged flat top and then at least cripple the remaining one. The main assault fleet began to approach MIDWAY,

8/ Approaching at wave top height the first wave launched almost 20 torpedoes, all of which missed. The last flights of dive bombers now came down through a wall of flack. Only two planes survived. The Jap air commander raised his eyes to the air and muttered, “This morning we blackened the sky with our planes”, “Now our fate rests on two dive bombers” One last throw of the dice. TWO HITS! Scratch one more U.S. flat top.

9/ As night closed in Nagumo had to decide, Attack Midway with the landing ships supported by his battle ships and one air craft carrier. Or withdraw during the night. As he watched almost 30 planes ditch as they had nowhere to land, word reached him that the run ways on Midway had been reopened and dozens of U.S. planes were landing, also one U.S carrier was still out there. Reluctantly he gave the order to withdraw.

The rules worked well, all the participants agreed that they had enjoyed the game and would play it again.

When reviewing the outcome and noting that our club had reached a result that the cream of American Naval officers had been unable to achieve since, it became apparent that a misreading of the CAP rules had resulted in the US planes having an easier task than they should have had. Another game will be needed in the coming weeks.