MFL

Steve Knight runs the Midland Fighting League
meets once a month at the Catch Corner Pub
fun and beer then usually a Robot punch up in the car park after closing, depending who turns up!!!
usefull for midland peeps,check out live events on R/W site

The M.F.L. web site is at http://teamidris.tripod.com/robotshttp://teamidris.tripod.com/robots and has or the dates on it, or if it hasn`t the dates for the monthly meets are the closest saturday to the 15th. The venue has changed at the moment as catch corner is being re-furbed. We are back to our very first pub, the Spread Eagle at cannock which may or not be our new home.

I would urge Roboteers to come to this meet as there are a lots of topics talked about from very high tech, to very low tech, if the weather is OK
you could see Bots flying around the car park, I emphasise that Safety is of Prime importance,
even feather weights are business like these days,
but its a chance to have a beer and a chat, it has to be the longest running Bot meet in the country

Is the one on the 14th of Feb in cannock? if yes ( hopefully ) il be there with Venom.

though not from the area, Id like o come along too please
James Baker

I like going to these meetings. I will attend a few more this year. Good beer and good company.

Mike.

The meet is at the spread eagle in cannock, well, where the A499 crosses A5 near Cannock. Both are big roads on the maps. Dont forget its valentines night as I know this can cause trouble in some PR areas. The Foods good but there is usually a wait for a table. The pub has sounder licence laws as its not in Stafford so young roboteers dont get turfed out at nine.

I€™ve been meaning to come to one of these events for a while, ill see if I can bring turbulence when it€™s complete :)

Regards
Dave moulds
Team Turbine/PLF

By heck the pub were full. Well it was valentine day! A fair turn out of seven which is much better than I thought. The next one is 14th March 2004. It was too wet for robots but the RC cars got a run out. Next one might be a good un if its dry, and by average it must be.

sorry couldnt make it, was darn sarff. (see, I speak the language already)

will be at the next one
cheers
James

Or is the 13th? Stupid calender. Should have a wiggly robot fish with me though its still a bit skinless.

If my memory serves me correctly there is a meeting of the MFL this weekend 17th I think,
we will try to be there, for a chat and a drink,
are there any other any FRA,or non FRA members coming,Stephen runs it now days from the Spread Eagle pub on the A5 near Cannock,

Bulldog Breed

Good meeting I got there late, but still plenty to see ,Karl with pics/videos of Enginuity,Steve
with his new 1 metre long electro mechanical fish, --impressive , could do with more attendees,
though , better venue this time,,

when will the next one be?

Steve knight will post the next meeting date,
watch this space,

All the dates of Midland Fighting League beer meets are at http://teamidris.tripod.com/robotshttp://teamidris.tripod.com/robots and occur the nearest Saturday to the 15th. I can be E mailed for information at s.m.knight@btinternet.com .

Sorry for lack of info as I only found this thread today. The midland fighting league beer meets are nearest saturday to the 15th of every month. The june meet last night was therefore the 12th. The july meet will be on the 17th and so on. They dont get moved as thats just confusing. We have had to change pubs from catch corner to the spread eagle which is on the cross roads between the A5 and the A449. Start time is 8:00pm and its a busy pub so we usually stand around the bar waiting for a table. Finish time usually comes when robots and RC cars have gone flat after closing. The MFL web site is http://teamidris.tripod.com/robotshttp://teamidris.tripod.com/robots and my address is s.m.knight@btinternet.com . Please E mail me if you want any information. This meet is also the FRA regional meet.

The mfl has been running for four and a half years with 54 beer meets. Numbers have been dropping steadily though as other robot events get going, which is as expected, as at the beginning there was only the yearly RW event. The MFL had also become the FRA midlands meet but even this does not seem to have made the endeavour worth while. As such I am dissolving the MFL back into the ether. We have had loads of fun with it over the years and proved the internet is a great way of getting together and running a club with no fixed member base for nothing. Thank you to all of you who have made it possible since January 2000.

The mfl has been running for four and a half years with 54 beer meets. Numbers have been dropping steadily though as other robot events get going, which is as expected, as at the beginning there was only the yearly RW event. The MFL had also become the FRA midlands meet but even this does not seem to have made the endeavour worth while. As such I am dissolving the MFL back into the ether. We have had loads of fun with it over the years and proved the internet is a great way of getting together and running a club with no fixed member base for nothing. Thank you to all of you who have made it possible since January 2000.

Heck ....was that first meeting really 4 1/2 years ago!!

Thank you for starting the meetings Stephen.

It will be sadly missed by all, I think for the first couple of years I never missed more than one or two meetings I used to drive up the 200 miles from my house in Essex just for the evening. I am proud to have been part of it, especially some of the more outrageous memories, such as the Suicidal boys turning up in an armoured car, Charles bunny hopping my Go-ped straight into a rosebed, where it promptly sunk up to the frame in the soft ground, sending him into a full double somersault, Stephens missus riding the same Go-ped but not being able to stop, Charles (again) riding the Go-ped off up the road (in the dark, they dont have lights) and meeting the police car coming the other way, the jet engine we ran in the entrance to the bar (seriously loud) and the push bike that we got to turn up, complete with, yes, a jet engine again. Almost left out cutting the birthday cake with Vercingetorixs axe!

Plus the great fun we had with the robots, full combat, Killerhurtz, Mortis, Suicidal Tendencies etc, Ian from Vercingetorix coming up from the Isle of Wight (think that was the longest journey of any regular) Blimey, we even filmed a trailer for Battlebots there, they let us drive the robots in the bar for that one, saftey? whats that?

Thanks a lot Stephen, it was all down to you.

All the best for the future mate,

Arthur & Kim Chilcott