22nd - 24th July European Championships 2005

Tuesday night we have a meeting with our promoter. I hope to set dates then and there. If so, it will be posted after about 20:00 (Central British Empire Time :-)

Marien,

There are 8 to 10 middleweights in the UK. Id be delighted to bring mine.

Me too.

20:00 (Central British Empire Time :-)
Yeah! Thats Imperial measures that is.

I do not, seeing as I am a competitor from the UK, want to go through an extra qualification round as suggested by John. Why the hell should any of us wherever we come from?

In an open championship entrant numbers are not limited by country of origin.

Johns comment:
To the roboteers less fortunate than some and may not be able to Travel to this but my feel thy wish to challenge for the title....
What makes you think that only UK roboteers have a monopoly on being less fortunate? Competitors from mainland Europe make the trip over for events held here time and time again. You dont hear them complaining about how much it costs them.

On a lighter note, and to be fair to all, why not hold the European Championships in the geographical centre of Europe. Depending upon whose measurements you use, its either in Poland or Lithuania.

Karoline
(This will be the last post by me on this topic so if you wish to debate it please take it to a more suitable place. )

John Heatlie

i dont know, but i thought johns surgesstion was a fair one. i know of many people who cant afford to build a robot let alone travel abroad with it.

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This IS a suitable place....nuff said

I think the general rumbling and grumbling on this thread highlghts a problem with the way that we bandy names like UK/Euro/World Champs around at present. It seems that a single association or event organiser chooses to arbitrarily declare their event as the definitive Championship.

Surely for an eventor more likely series of events to qualify for a major title it must be more than a single event in one location and should consist of a number of rounds in different locations (and ran by different organisers?) across the whole geographic region the Championship claims to cover?

To anyone who has been quietly sniping at one another I would suggest that a Euro Championship has to consist of at the very least two rounds in different locations due to the nature of the area it claims to cover. We should be discussing how it should be organised instead of trying to claim the name to publicise one single event.

Excuse for a holiday or not, some of us do not have the time or money to jet off to the exotic sun soaked delights of the RAI ;) But if the Euro Champs consist of a number of smaller events throughout the course of the year maybe we could just dream of being a contender.

Should a Euro Championship be inclusive or exclusive ?

Regards

Tim Jones

That makes this, or any other championship event(s) impossible. Do we really need permission from the entire community to even call it a championship? From past experience I know there will never be a concensus of opinion to make it happen.

Remember the not too distant past? Mentorn would put on the event, if you wanted to take part you filled in the form and on the day you turn up. Simple! Totally inclusive.

Also, getting to any of the events on the Winter Tour costs me just as it would to get to Amsterdam.

Mentorn made all sorts of claims like world championships. Ive never had any problems with that, I dont think anyone has.
If you have to compete in multiple events, or to a qualifier and a final event, youll probably end up spending the same or more money because of the extra traveling costs etc. A single big event is the way to go in my opinion.
Wouldnt it be great to have roboteers from all over europe in one place? Youll never get the same atmosphere if you split up an event in multiple small ones. For one thing the British roboteers will probably see only a few roboteers from the continent because they have their own qualifier. It just isnt as much fun.
Besides, the Netherlands is youre closest neighbour. It seems to me that if you even find that too far to travel youll just have to stick with British championsips.