Oxford Open 2014 - May 17/18 (UK comp!)

LucidCuber said:
I was thinking about organising a competition in oxford at some point this year, but it seems you beat me to it.

Back in the day I had to travel 500 miles to competitions. Now they are a 20 minute drive away. :P
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Cool, I didn't know you were in the area! Are there any other cubers? I only have the UKCA map to go by, which does not have anyone marked for the Oxford area. Would a meetup be possible at any point?

Mollerz said:
So I'd be looking to drive in the Saturday and Sunday morning instead of staying the night in Oxford because it's really expensive and on Sunday the park and ride is after the competition starts by like an hour, and at the end of the day finishes like an hour before the end of the competition. Would there be anywhere I could park on the sunday? I don't mind a walk.
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A quick search found this: http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decTS/CarParksOutsideCityCentre.htm
The Union Street car park is literally one block away from the venue; the next closest is the Marston Road car park (which is substituting for the would-be 2nd closest St. Clement's car park while it undergoes redevelopment). Prices are on that website and seem reasonable. There are also some in the city centre (listed on a separate page) that might be closer than the farthest suburban ones, but they're more expensive in general.
Perhaps this would be worth putting on the UKCA website?
 
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Evan Liu said:
Cool, I didn't know you were in the area! Are there any other cubers? I only have the UKCA map to go by, which does not have anyone marked for the Oxford area. Would a meetup be possible at any point?
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I'm in Banbury, so about 20 miles north. I know a few cubers in around here but no one sub-60, so I'm not sure if I could get them to attend a meetup as they can solve but don't.

Someone else in birmingham mentioned a midlands meetup. I know there is someone in Warwick too, perhaps at the comp we could discuss a regular meetup.
 
Evan Liu said:
A quick search found this: http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decTS/CarParksOutsideCityCentre.htm
The Union Street car park is literally one block away from the venue; the next closest is the Marston Road car park (which is substituting for the would-be 2nd closest St. Clement's car park while it undergoes redevelopment). Prices are on that website and seem reasonable. There are also some in the city centre (listed on a separate page) that might be closer than the farthest suburban ones, but they're more expensive in general.
Perhaps this would be worth putting on the UKCA website?
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Yeah I took a look and they seemed quite expensive to me so I thought I'd ask. The problem with these car parks as well is that they open at 8am so I'd have to miss the start of events, but I'm sure you guys could work around that if I cannot find anything else. And yes I would definitely recommend putting this on the UKCA site, in fact I will do it myself later today. Thanks!
 
Mollerz said:
QUICK REMINDER FOR Y'ALL!

Registration opens in just over 5 hours!

Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
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This is the first time I've set an alarm from 6:50. In 2 previous comps by a stroke of luck friends have mentioned "that competition you're going to" on registration day which prevented me from losing a place :P
 
CiaranBeahan said:
Well the last time I checked there was 9 so yeah.
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All I can say is thank god I set the alarm.

I'm literally going to drive past the venue in a bit. I recon I might be able to spend no more than £20 all weekend including registration costs. I'm getting quite frugal with these competitions.
 
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