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Hello so the moment we have all been waiting for! HOORAY! UK masters... well okay it might not be called that but I can't think of a better name, any ideas? I particularly would like to welcome competitors from abroad to this competition as it will be two days and therefore worth flying/sailing to our little island for :)

There are a few things to be confirmed still and more details will no doubt follow once a website is up and running, but there will be a two day competition in Swindon, Wiltshire on the weekend the 11-12th July at a school close to the centre. If that date is really bad for a lot of people I can change it to the weekend before or the weekend after, but please don't ask unless you REALLY can't make it.

All recognised events will run including fewest moves, 6x6, 7x7 and MultiBLD. There will hopefully also be time for some unofficial events afterwards as we do not have a time limit on the room on the Saturday evening.

The only way for me to make this possible was to charge you an entrance fee. I'm not sure how much this will be per person yet, but it won't be more than £10 for competitors and £5 for guests. This will be to cover the cost of the venue, snacks, drinks, prizes and certificates.

I will really require some help for this event as it's currently me doing it on my own... if you would like to help out a considerable amount I will happily waive the entrance fee. It will be especially important for everyone to help with judging and scrambling as there is no "organisation team" as such.

I am really excited at the prospect of this. More information will follow here and on WCA shortly, including travel & accommodation details, along with a time schedule.

So, any ideas for what the competition should be called?

:)
 
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I like UK Nationals :)
I think if i get a railcard, and book massively in advance for both travel inn and trains, this should end up not being that expensive. Did you say that there was a cheap place to stay near your place charlie?
I'll happily judge for as many rounds as i can, and scramble for the cuboids.
Oh, and the date should be fine (I'll have finally finished school forever!).
 
CharlieCooper said:
I will really require some help for this event as it's currently me doing it on my own... if you would like to help out a considerable amount I will happily waive the entrance fee. It will be especially important for everyone to help with judging and scrambling as there is no "organisation team" as such.
:)
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Not sure I can make it , but if I go I can help out during the event , what kind of help do you need now? Maybe I can give some advice
 
hr.mohr said:
Swindon, home of the magic roundabout? Count me in :D

It's pretty cheap to fly to Gatwick from Denmark. How much will it cost to get to Swindon by rail from Gatwick?
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(pm me about soft cubes, i'm waiting for you to tell me things ;))

gatwick to swindon is two trains. one to reading, then one to swindon. if you go to firstgreatwestern.co.uk you can book well in advance and it will cost under £15. if you need any help with what to book let me know. i would wait for a while before booking flights, i need to get 100% confirmation and stuff from ron.
 
Ton said:
CharlieCooper said:
I will really require some help for this event as it's currently me doing it on my own... if you would like to help out a considerable amount I will happily waive the entrance fee. It will be especially important for everyone to help with judging and scrambling as there is no "organisation team" as such.
:)
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Not sure I can make it , but if I go I can help out during the event , what kind of help do you need now? Maybe I can give some advice
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your wisdom is always welcome ton. i might need some advice on timings, could i use a similar time schedule to the ones you might have used for dutch open for example? dave from seventowns has said he will help out with timers which is brilliant news because i know you have said before that they can be a pain.

i would love it if your trio came for the competition, it would be a great addition. i think arnaud will need to hire a bus to bring all of you over. how does that sound?

events wise, you can expect officially:
2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 3x3 OH, 3x3 BLD, 3x3 MBF, 4x4 BLD, 5x5 BLD (if there is enough demand, i.e. more than 3 competitors say), megaminx, pyraminx <3, clock, magic, master magic, square-1.

unofficially i would like team BLD and some other mystery events, which obviously i can't tell you about, because otherwise it wouldn't be a mystery, would it?
 
bagsie helping organise! think i'll be driving up from devon f its in july rather than trains which is nice :)
 
CharlieCooper said:
Hello so the moment we have all been waiting for! HOORAY! UK nationals... well okay it might not be called that but I can't think of a better name, any ideas? I particularly would like to welcome competitors from abroad to this competition as it will be two days and therefore worth flying/sailing to our little island for :)
:)
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I will neither fly nor sail to your little island. I will come by train :D
You can count me in, 11-12th of July should be fine for me.
 
I'm really going to try hard to come to this one. If I can make it, I'll be driving from Sheffield and providing that Rowan and co. don't come with me, I may have 3 spare seats in the car. (Rowan has first refusal) I'll be happy to help any way I can on the day, although I've never been to a comp before. I don't mind paying a fee either.
 
cookingfat said:
I'm really going to try hard to come to this one. If I can make it, I'll be driving from Sheffield and providing that Rowan and co. don't come with me, I may have 3 spare seats in the car. (Rowan has first refusal) I'll be happy to help any way I can on the day, although I've never been to a comp before. I don't mind paying a fee either.
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Did I hear spare seats in the car?

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10639

Do any of the mystery events include "pink pyjama" or "look at ...."?

And why not just invite everyone to your place so you can break your "sharing a bed with many men" record? (totally non-sexual btw)
 
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there is already a uk open in november organised by dan harris and seventowns. i don't want to take anything away from that.

uk masters it is, nationals sounded a bit too... uk focused, when actually i'd like lots of foreigners to come.

sadly arnaud i must limit those staying at mine, i can't overwhelm my parents, it's not fair :P
 
CharlieCooper said:
your wisdom is always welcome ton. i might need some advice on timings, could i use a similar time schedule to the ones you might have used for dutch open for example? dave from seventowns has said he will help out with timers which is brilliant news because i know you have said before that they can be a pain.

i would love it if your trio came for the competition, it would be a great addition. i think arnaud will need to hire a bus to bring all of you over. how does that sound?

events wise, you can expect officially:
2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 3x3 OH, 3x3 BLD, 3x3 MBF, 4x4 BLD, 5x5 BLD (if there is enough demand, i.e. more than 3 competitors say), megaminx, pyraminx <3, clock, magic, master magic, square-1.

unofficially i would like team BLD and some other mystery events, which obviously i can't tell you about, because otherwise it wouldn't be a mystery, would it?
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You might use the Dutch schedule as start, Ron has made a estimation sheet to fine tune a schedule , I think at least 50 will come , so it will be very busy. Best estimate is make a schedule for 65. You might want to set a maximum competitors that can register, depend on the venue size

The venue must have good light ,preferable top light

Any case I can help out to make the competition result sheet ,schedule , and score sheet templates
 
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