North Wales 28th / 29th April 2007

Hello all. How long has it been since I did a big event eh? too long!!

Venue - Mold sports centre.

Date - provisionally April 28th / 29th.

Saturday and Sunday shows, individual days competitions plus whiteboards.

Heavyweight and featherweight classes, plus provisionally Raptor class and RFL featherweight subject to FRA approval and roboteer demand.

Provisionally trophies and prize money for all classes, to be confirmed after Christmas.

Please post your interest here, and include an email address if there is not one on your profile. Include robot name, class and brief description of the machine, dont assume I know, as the info is not just for me.

This event will provisionally be class 3 heavy or better, subject to FRA inspection. Further information will be posted as it is available.

First 2 heavies are entered into the main competitions, updates will follow on the xbotz website.

Wheely Big Cheese - heavyweight - flipper
Edgehog - heavyweight - axe

(Message edited by jamesb on October 09, 2006)

Hmm, only 4 hours drive. We could do with adding an event to our 2007 calendar, but will have to check with the team first. Would we have to be FRA registered to attend?

(Message edited by K_C_R on October 09, 2006)

yes, all teams must be paid up members of the FRA, but there are no entry fees, and you have no club joining fee with entering Xbotz associated events.

could you provide some more info James?

like the postcode?

How do i go about entering?

thanks alex

I got the postcode to be CH7 1EP when I looked it up in Google, dunno if thats right, but the general area seemed to be correct.

Still working out if we can make this one - I hope so :)

(Message edited by K_C_R on October 19, 2006)

The sign up proceedure is really simple.
Post on this thread that you would like to come, and let me know in that posting what your robot is called, its weight, and its weapon.

Please remember that I am aiming for a class 3 event, which means NO SPINNERS, feather or heavy. This means the feather competition may be a little different to normal, as nobody needs to worry about those nasty little fellas (scorp jr, little spinner, dizzy tilly etc) so bin bags are not needed :) Of course, on the serious side, this means cadet class machines can enter the main competition without too much worry.

Ill check the postcode, but the sports centre is right by mold industrial estate, so CH7 1EP looks right.

Big Nipper,101.9KG, 8 wheel drive lifter/crusher.
Little Hitter 2, 12.0KG, C02 Axe.

Team T.M.T.

I assume that no spinners means no active weapons for robots with spinning disks/drums etc.

Probably attend with Turbulence (currently 101.25KG - LP CO2 Flipper) and DB5 12KG+a bit spinning Drum)

I may be able to come but ill have to check with the taxi service first (my parents) before i can give a definte answer. i may be bringing two, if i get it made by then but ill see.

thanks alex

yes Ed, it means robots armed with spinning weapons can enter, but will not be able to use the spinner.

Thanks guys, I have you on the list so you will recieve email updates in addition to the info posted here

TeamTilly will be in attendance :proud:
Tilly2 100kg full presure flipper :lol:
DizzyTilly 12kg full body spinner(not spinning)
PsycoTilly 12kg spinning bar (not spinning)
And ??????Tilly 12kg workinprogress (may be finnished) :-)

id like to attend, and great its only 40 miles for me.

Team tronic
heavyweight ED-209
100kg lift/crush(pic on profile)

date and venue is now confirmed.

TeamDragon
Dragon 2. 4 wheel drive ram bot.
Baramot. 2 wheel drive ram bot.
May be Dragon 3 electric axe. Depends how long it takes to build my 1-6 scale paint ball tank.:proud:

My heavy should be ready by then and the venues an hour away.
Name no idea yet
Heavy
Flipper

Checked with the team and we should be able to go.

Team Terminal Damage

Kaizer - 12kg - 4wd rambot
Critical Damage - 12kg - RRC robot (its getting old now :)) May have a lifter on it; otherwise, 2wd wedge

Hoping also to have Snakebite built by then also; vertical feather crusher, but Im gonna list that as provisional just now if thats ok.

Email on profile - second address (the ayrshirerobotics one). Will get FRA memberships sorted in the new year.

Cheers,
Jamie

i will come to your event james. will post robot specs when half built.

ok, cheers guys.

keep the sign ups coming, every robot is welcome and appreciated.

Remember this is a 2 day event with 2, seperate competitions, one on the saturday, one on the sunday, so you are eligable for prizes etc, even if you can only attend one day. The overall winner from both days however, will be crowned National Champion (Welsh Champion) :) with appropriate trophy.

Provisional times, to help people plan their trips, are for a 2pm and 5pm show on saturday, with an 11am and 2pm show sunday. These times may alter slightly, but we want to leave you plenty of time to get here, and to allow you to get home at a reasonable time.

Tea, coffee, soft drinks and sandwiches provided both days.

SF2
Heavy
Flipper

All being well I will come with Leveller2. Lev2 and Big Cheese

Dave.

ah... nice :)
if i get time to rebuild the old fella before the event, we can have a the mule vs the big cheese vs wheely big cheese play fight for the crowd. what do you think?
no damage, just for fun.

hypothetically.......
how many lightweight (25kg) and middleweight (50kg) robots are there out there, that may be willing to attend?

If I can get more than 5 of each class, well run them at this event.

Would make a good show,:proud: all of the Plant Robots in the arena together, also if there is a few middles about ill try and get HighLand Fling together for an outing.:-)

Dave (Leveller2)

we have a few middle interested, so im going to put my neck on the line and make the line-up official.

we will be running competitions, with trophies and prizes for the following classes.

raptors (6kg)
feathers (12kg)
lightweights (25kg, but includes overweight feathers that wish to compete)
middleweights (50kg)
heavyweight (100kg)
superheavyweight (nope, just kidding on this last one)

at present spinners are still not running, but this is looking increasingly likely to change, for feathers at least.

quote:

spinners are still not running, but this is looking increasingly likely to change, for feathers at least

Aw bugger :sad:

Hardox anyone? :lame:

Any room for a fat yankee feather James?
Quite happy not to run it in the main comp. Just need the driving practice!

entering it into the lightweight comp is fine geoff, there is a proper comp for this. if other feathers want to white board with you as a feather, thatt is fine also.

you will not be the only fat feather there, i know of at least 1 other yankeeweight attending.

Im more than happy to take Geoffs RFL feather on, in whiteboard or otherwise.

Sorry, might not even be funny but it is sooo worth the shot. :lol:

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wouldnt be the first time one of my events was threatened with legal action over its name :)

Ill wait for the paperwork as this isnt on headed paper :)

send any court (in both english and welsh) papers to.....
jamess bin
jamess house
wrexham
:)

another new development....
rachel plans to win at least one weight class, so beware.

more good news.

we will be selling raffle tickets to win a fully working and combat ready featherweight robot.

audience, general public and roboteers are welcome to enter the raffle by buying tickets at the event, or online, and we will be drawing the winner on the sunday during the last show. If the winner is present, the robot can be entered into the final melee.

there will be a facility to buy these raffle tickets on my online store, along with tickets and merchandise.

The robot is done, and is just waiting for woodlands to decide on a paint scheme and name. good luck if you choose to enter. Pictures will be on my profile in the new year.

You dont get many raffles with prizes like that these days :)

How much are tickets - £100? :proud:
(even thats still good for a fully working bot)

somewhere between £1 and £5
my vote is for £1 each, but its up to woodlands.
ill let you know when i know

email probelm.....
anyone who has tried to email me in the last 48 hours on any xbotz address, please resend your message to...

james.at.xbotz.co.uk
or
info.at.xbotz.co.uk

these emails will continue to work after the xbotz.com one is back online

the website is also accessable on http://www.xbotz.co.ukwww.xbotz.co.uk

sorry for the inconvinience

shat specs does it have?

sounds a great prize ill be definitly entering!

alex

i meant what specs...

just wondering if the entering for this event has closed? if not could you tell me when the closing date is?

i was going to e-mail you James with this but the e-mail address is to long!
thanks alex

closing date for robots to enter is 2 weeks before the event.

specs will be posted once we have pics of the painted machine to accompany them, but in short, its a heavy armour rambot.

james@xbotz.co.uk
not that long an address

all weight classes listed above now have enough robots entered to justify them, except middleweight.

if you have one, sign it up.

yes, that does mean lightweights and raptors are justified.