Bournemouth Open 2011 - UK COMP!

[flan]

I'm cool with any day in march I don't have exams till May/June and one weekend cant hurt, also comp>job so that wont be a problem, If it is then I'll sort something out and If I cant Ill quit cos Ima going to uni in the autumn I hope.

I also couldn't come on a Saturday because of school. Any sunday seems to be easier for schoolpeoples.

Most competitions are two days long so it will be on the Sunday as well, only its the less important events on Sunday usually (I think) so if you can only go Sunday then you can still go, you will just miss half the events.

 

[joey]

Nope, flan, it's a 1 day comp.

 

[flan]

Nope, flan, it's a 1 day comp.

How embarrassing for me.

Well anyway I personally dont mind how long it is or which day as long as I get to do 5x5BLD and MultiBLD then I'm Happy

 

[Kirjava]

EVERYONE SHOULD VOTE MARCH 12TH

 

[Toad]

Looks like it's likely to be March 12th at the moment...

@flan: I highly doubt that we'll be running those events as this will only be a small comp and so I'm only really trying to run the most popular events. BLD events will not be for many people there and they take a very long time to run.

 

[SEBUVER]

Yay! Another competition! Due to exams I voting for the 12th. Can I ask why it can't be a two day competition?

 

[Toad]

It's my first ever competition I'm organising so I'm trying to keep it simple. It will be a relatively small competition but if it's successful I'll certainly organise many more in the future

 

[flan]

@flan: I highly doubt that we'll be running those events as this will only be a small comp and so I'm only really trying to run the most popular events. BLD events will not be for many people there and they take a very long time to run.

LoL I fail at making jokes, I should have emphasised it by asking for 10 rounds of each. I cant even solve a 2x2 bld lol

 

[SEBUVER]

Okay. In the future you could always try Chichester. There are a fair few places where it would be good to hold the competition. Haha.

 

[clincr]

Nope, flan, it's a 1 day comp.

Oh noes.

Okay. In the future you could always try Chichester. There are a fair few places where it would be good to hold the competition. Haha.

Or just stay in Bristol. That would ensure awesomeness.

 

[Zyrb]

March 12th sounds good to me =)

 

[flan]

Or just stay in Bristol. That would ensure awesomeness.

Lol I think you're a bit biased. But so am I, I guess since I live close to bristol AND Bournemouth.

 

[Kirjava]

zomg march 12th.

so what are you all getting me?

 

[Zyrb]

zomg march 12th.

so what are you all getting me?

I guess im missing something? is it your birthday on March 12?

 

[~Adam~]

zomg march 12th.

so what are you all getting me?

Drunk?

Since the UK cubers will be visiting this thread is there any news on the Manchester comp being arranged by Joey?

 

[flan]

Since all UK cubers will be visiting this thread what do you guys think of UK foreigner policy in Iraq? And the coalition government?

 

[Kirjava]

Pure apathy.

 

[CharlieCooper]

Sunday is a bad day for one day competitions because transport is more difficult, and surely you have to get home quickly because of Monday school/work anyway, so I don't really see why travelling on a Friday to get somewhere for a Saturday is any different? I don't really mind, I assume you'll need to come back to Bristol afterwards anyway Toad, so we can have a nice train journey

To the people saying, "we should have competitions in this town and this town", that's really not helpful. It's unlikely anyone is going to come to your town specifically to organise a competition if they don't already know the place. If you can get a free/well priced venue, know of good accommodation options and can provide most of the materials for the competition, then somebody that usually organises competitions may be able to help you, but you need to get the ball rolling first, like Mark has done. I'm more than happy to help anyone that wants to do this, incidentally.

Also, sorry to sound like a mega stress head , but maybe try and keep on the subject of this competition? It's an absolute nightmare as it is trying to listen to everyone telling you what is and what isn't a good day for them without the odd "oh what about this other competition?" or "I'm allergic to Saturdays".

Markybabes, is the venue far from the train station?

 

[Toad]

Thank you Charlie for being awesome

The venue is about 2 and a half miles from the train station, there's lots of buses that go between the two though so that shouldn't be a problem. I'll provide details about these soon.

 

[CharlieCooper]

Still don't understand why it isn't in Bristol, considering Charlie and Mark are both in Bristol?

But yeah, I'm sure wherever you host it, it'll be awesome. :3

I live in Bristol all of the time, it's home, but Mark only goes to uni here and lives in Bournemouth a lot of the time as that's where his parents live. I imagine this is why he has good contacts with venues, that will no doubt be cheaper than those here. It's good to have a nice spread of areas in which competitions take place. I wish they weren't all in Bristol these days (I'd like to go to a competition where my house isn't invaded for example ), but as I'm normally the one doing the organising, it has to be convenient to me. I'll no doubt be helping Mark with stuff, mostly on the day, but as he is doing the majority of the organisation it doesn't matter (to me) where the competition is. This is why it is not in Bristol

Spoiler

Conor: Without wanting to hijack the thread, especially after what I said in my earlier post, but there will be (90% sure about this) a Bristol based event during the Easter holiday.