26/27th Nov - RR Winter Tour FINAL - Folkestone

might be a slight delay on the bugs site, as they got their car locked in the local supermarket carpark... couldnt get it out until 8am this morning. :sad:

Hope you got home safe in the end guys.

Well done to all the roboteers for your efforts, and my crew, in what has been another truely amazing tour.
The atmosphere on the saturday night meal was great. And everyones hearts pounding before the final.

Were certainly keeping the sport alive !!

Weve already just about got 3 venues booked for next year, yet again another 5 date winter tour on the cards.

Definately returning to Portsmouth, Birmingham, and the final .... Folkestone of course. !!!!


Well done to stiff breeze, tissues all round for tom :).... and the Kronic, an amazing final !!!

Unlucky john, see what happens when you attack the arena side walls.... they take revenge !! :)

Pictures, event reports, tour over view will go on the site when we can, and stay tuned for developements on the DVD !!!

Just bradford left for a few of us for 2005, and we still have a few places for our xmas meal on the saturday night if anyone wants to join us just for that.

See you in 2006 for bigger and better events.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Poor them :)

(Message edited by bex on November 28, 2005)

Kronic & Stiff Breeze A heartilly CONGRATULATIONS and a special well done to TOM who drove really well all the way through the tour and congratulations to all the loosers too as without them there are no winners well done to you ALL !!! most of all a big heartfelt well done to JOHN for yet another splendid tour .. looking forward to the next one :)from TEAM TILLY:):):)

Iv made up a little end of year vid - http://www.robotslive.co.uk/finalend.wmvwww.robotslive.co.uk/finalend.wmv

Well done to everyone involved you all know who you are.

I honesty thought Stiff Breeze would be making up the numbers in the finals ,it just goes to show how your luck can change.

Were taking a few months off to get some new robots finished and some started (Heavy ?) plus a few other things ive been putting off for a while .

So we should see you all in the spring.

:)GORD

Well done to Stiff Breeze and Kronic! I had a nice weekend, even though i had some bad luck.

So my car got locked inside a supermarketcarpark. There was no way to get to my car, cos of the big steel doors. Nobody to see around there and no emergancynumber and even no openingtimes.

The manager of the Leas cliff Hall called the security company they hired, but that company didnt guard the carpark. Then he tried to contact someone from the citycouncel, but they where not responsable for the carpark aswell. Bugs and i walked back to the supermarket and we found a phonenumber of a security company. After that we walked to the policestation. It was closed but there was a phone to call the central?. The lady called the number we had, but that number didnt work. She contacted the policecars but they had no idea aswell. The data they had about the carpark keykeeper wasnt correct.

In meanwhile we already took a hotelroom in the langhorn garden hotel. We got some discount and included a warm breakfast. With discount it was a few pounds cheaper then the lismore and a much nicer hotel. When we went out to find some food we walked past the Leas cliff hall carpark. Somehow we drove past it without seeing it.

The next day breakfast at 8. Then walked to the carpark, and it was open!!!!! yay. There was noone at the ticketservice so we could drive out without paying again. Same on saterday. No wheelclamp or a ticket at the window.

We parked in front of the leas cliff hall and they already new we were comming to pick up our robot. I must say that was well arranged by the management.

We took the 10.30 ferry and got home around 15.45 local time. The sea was calm and not much rain when driving home.

Glad it all worked out eventually for you. Unfortunately John Reid had already left - THz might have given them big steel doors a seeing to :wink:

WooHoo, Storm II won the featherweight class.... or was is Stiff Breeze, either way it put a smile on my face.

.... Ill be sending you the invoice for the royalty on the image rights, and the rental of my speed controller that you used to win with Gordon ;)

Congratulations !

Ed
http://www.stiffbreeze.comhttp://www.stiffbreeze.com

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gee Ed it took u 3 days to come up with that?? Tom did amazingly well maybe u should let him drive the real stff breeze. Funny thou Ed Storm 2 won the new blood without a weapon Stiff Breeze won the feathers without a weapon??? you see a trend here?