Cubers in West Midlands, UK

[Blurry]

Hello
I was just wondering if any cubers are based in/near the West Midlands general area (Worcestershire, Birmingham etc).
The reason being that I feel that the competition locations in general may make some cubers unable to meet or trade etc.
I propose that a monthly meet in a location would be a good idea
I'm just wondering if there is any interest.

- Blurry

 

[~Adam~]

Typically UK comps aren't as extremely North and South as they are so far this year.

 

[Aceofspades2345]

Hello
I was just wondering if any cubers are based in/near the West Midlands general area (Worcestershire, Birmingham etc).
The reason being that I feel that the competition locations in general may make some cubers unable to meet or trade etc.
I propose that a monthly meet in a location would be a good idea
I'm just wondering if there is any interest.

- Blurry

Count me in. I live in the general area.

 

[Myachii]

West Bromwich over here.

I also feel that there hasn't been a Birmingham competition in years.
(I seem to remember checking this a while back on the WCA, and the last Birmingham comp was the UK Open 2007)

Another competition in this area would be awesome

Nottingham is the closest I've found, and that is an hour's drive from the Birmingham area.

 

[Blurry]

West Bromwich over here.

Woah, I was there today haha.

 

[TDM]

I have an uncle who lives in West Midlands, but I don't live there myself.

 

[~Adam~]

Nottingham is the closest I've found, and that is an hour's drive from the Birmingham area.

1 hour is fairly close and there have been 3 Nottingham comps in the last 2 years.

If you want a comp closer than that you are best off organising one yourself. The comp I arranged was 1 1/2 hours drive from my house for a few reasons but one of the main ones was because there would be a bigger turn out at a more central comp.

 

[Blurry]

If you want a comp closer than that you are best off organising one yourself. The comp I arranged was 1 1/2 hours drive from my house for a few reasons but one of the main ones was because there would be a bigger turn out at a more central comp.

It would be awesome to organise one, but it seems like a lot of hard expensive work xD

 

[~Adam~]

It would be awesome to organise one, but it seems like a lot of hard expensive work xD

Expensive how? Comps pay for themselves. Typically you don't have to pay for the venue until after but it's very likely the UKCA could pay for the venue before hand if need be.

 

[Blurry]

Expensive how? Comps pay for themselves. Typically you don't have to pay for the venue until after but it's very likely the UKCA could pay for the venue before hand if need be.

I see what you mean.

 

[SCNAW]

Where abouts would you have in mind in regards of hosting a comp?

 

[LucidCuber]

Where abouts would you have in mind in regards of hosting a comp?

I've thought about maybe Stratford-upon-avon, although trains are infrequent so perhaps Warwick/Leamington instead.

I'd be up for a meet there anyway.

 

[CAFCSam65]

Hi there. We've got a few cubers at the University of Warwick, and a couple of people we're teaching. Off the top of my head I can think of 4 or 5 established cubers attending the uni, and a few of us are living in Leam next year. For a competition, university space could be booked possibly but I don't know the ins and outs of it.

 

[WhoCubes]

I'm also from Birmingham. I'd love to have a biannual meet or similar


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[LostGent]

Also in Birmingham and would be well up for a comp here

 

[Myachii]

If anyone can find a big enough venue, we might be able to get UK Championships held on our front doors.

Birmingham is probably your best bet.

 

[Kelsparov]

I live in Birmingham! It would be awesome to have meets here

 

[ronaldm]

I'm also from Birmingham. I'd love to have a biannual meet or similar


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Biannual? One meet every 2 years is enough? xD

If anyone can find a big enough venue, we might be able to get UK Championships held on our front doors.

Birmingham is probably your best bet.

Birmingham would be a nice location for a big international comp. Not too expensive (hotels etc), and good connections with trains and planes.

 

[WhoCubes]

Biannual? One meet every 2 years is enough? xD




Birmingham would be a nice location for a big international comp. Not too expensive (hotels etc), and good connections with trains and planes.

Biannual means twice a year


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[MaeLSTRoM]

Biannual? One meet every 2 years is enough? xD

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biannual

"Although biannual properly means twice a year, its conflation with biennial (once every two years) is quite common."

Birmingham would be a nice location for a big international comp. Not too expensive (hotels etc), and good connections with trains and planes.

Maybe, but you need a venue. Plenty of places would be great for travel reasons but there aren't many accessible venues or ones in the right kind of price rage/size