Yeovil Robot Bash August 14/15th

I am holding a Robot bash again this year at the Yeovil Festival of Transport on the 14th and 15th of August.
We are planning to use a Big Top tent this year to house the arena and audience seating to make it an all weather event.
The arena will again be a 40 feet square heavy plywood floor on a purpose built base, and fully enclosed to restrain the over-enthusiastic roboteers from flipping things too far.

We provide pits, power, and CO2 gas plus help and encouragement to budding robot builders.

All roboteers are invited and we will run fights for all weights.

As in previous events we will have periods between fights when the robots are made secure and safe in the pits and the audience invited in to see and discuss them, buy merchandise and let the fans worship their heroes and collect autographs.

We also provide free tent or caravan pitches, for participating roboteers, from the Thursday through Sunday nights so bring your family as well as your robot, for a free long weekend holiday.

The Yeovil Festival of Transport is a big event for all sorts of old and modern vehicles from bicycles to jet powered tractor pulling and has a great after hours atmosphere for all competitors with on site food, booze and entertainment, including the best cider in the world.

Nearby are the Concorde Museum, Bristol shopping Arcades, Cheddar Gorge, Clarks Shopping Village and several excellent beaches to keep your family entertained while you play robots.

Yeovil is just off the A303 which connects to the M3 at Basingstoke, just 2 hours from central London.

Id like to come to this one, quite near to us.
Put down Micro-Maul (featherweight)
Cheers, Ewan

Roger, will there be any screening to allow feather spinners...... :) and would the arena be up to the job of containing Storm II as would be good to come down and have a chance to run it !

Thanks

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

Might be also interested, depending on arena spec.

Jonno
www.roamingrobots.co.uk

Roger - youre clearly busy in the LED thread, but I dont suppose you could enlighten Jonno and myself as to the arena youll be providing ?

Thanks :)

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

The arena is still in the planning stage but is planned as 40 ft square 40 mm thick plywood on a solid base.
It will have side walls using railway sleepers starting below floor level.
Above those will be 60 cm high heavy planking, both layers fixed to the flooring solid base.
I am hoping for polycarb walls as well but these are not confirmed.
If no polycarb then I will use 8 ft high Harris steel mesh fencing, the same as is used around building sites. This will be set back 2 metres from the arena edge the same as the last 3 years.
I will post further info as soon as I get it.

With an arena like that running todays robots, Id make the crowd stand a good 20m back...
Cheers, Ewan

I shall decide which robots are safe to run at the time.

My Robot Bash at the Yeovil Festival of Transport is run using common sense and a lifetime€™s experience of industrial Health and Safety measures.
The YFT management and my insurers have faith in my ability to do that.

I am fully insured to run a radio controlled robot fighting event.

If you want to have a good weekend here bring along your robot and family, enjoy the social event andthe great after show entertainment provided by the wide variety of other exhibitors or join in with them.

Excellent food for all and booze are available on site.

I shall run robot fights safely within the capabilities of the arena as I see fit at the time.
If you dont think you or your robot can operate safely then stay away so you dont spoil the fun for the rest of us.
The rules are basically the standard RW set with some minor changes to suit the event and its facilities.

If you want to come along, then please email the details of your robot, team and what you camping pitches you require to me at rp@bigc.moycom.co.uk. NO picture files please, I may request those later.

I shall email the rules, and further details as they become available to roboteers who register their interest in my show.

I do not have the time to answer every query posted here.

Roger Plant 9-02-04

Well be there as usual.


Dominic

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