>>> 23rd-27th August / The RR UK Championships 2

[bex]

OOTA - Out Of thhe arena ... I think. If im wrong please correct me

[geeza]

Thanks to everyone who took part and RR for holding the event. Special thanks to Shane for helping when we needed him and to Storm II for giving us our hardest fight of the tornament 1 min 12 seconds I believe.

Secret weapon didnt do so well but very well to Sophie who did a better job than me driving.

btw David OOTA means Out Of The Arena

Will put photos and a report on the website as soon as I can.

See you all in about a month, so people can get some payback, lol. Hope the crew manage to get packed up before the predicted 3am tomorrow morning sorry I couldnt stay longer. But thanks again for a great event.

Ed Wallace
http://www.teamturbine.comhttp://www.teamturbine.com

[woody]

Pic of Dave and Turb at Kettering taken about 1/2 hr before the final.

http://www.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/Dave&Turb.jpgwww.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/Dave&Turb.jpg

[geeza]

David as for your other question, Stu is away on the holiday park tour for another week. So the website will probably updated next weekend.

[anukhet]

Big congrats to Turbulence for winning the HW title - you were consistently strong all the way through the competion.

Congrats also to FW champions Captain Scarlet - I agree with Johns comments above - didnt get to see much of what was going on in the end which was a shame :sad:

To Sarah (Dantomkia) - Great win in a very tough competition. You drive it better than Mike ever could (at the very least you know where the pit is and how to avoid it) :wink:

Kronic - The international champions - my money was on you for the HW title but you faced some VERY tough opponents to win this with style.

My special congratulations goes to the inaugural winner of the Tanja Smith Memorial Trophy, Tim from Team ADHD (Hades) driving Hannibalito. Special thanks also to Leo. Everyone dressed up their robots in pink for the occasion which was great to see.

Anyway I had a great time - was able to put many faces to names: Gary - We met at last - youve been a victim of my wit on the forum many a time Alistair - you have the makings of a nice solid machine which can and will get better. The Belgian and Dutch roboteers - we dont see each other often enough. Matt & Wendy (Sewer Snake) - Its been great to see you here. You have given us new ideas and have entertained us all. Hope to see you again soon.
Everyone that was there - hope you had as much fun as I did but after 5 days I was knackered!!!

ANy fight videos on-line at youtube or anywhere?

Well done to Turbulence for a great win and to all the other competitors along the way.

Was great to see Storm II back on form again, made our efforts worthwhile I think we made it a total of 18 fights across the competition if you include the whiteboards and main comp fights - and thats only that low as we werent allowed to enter any of the other competitions :sad:

Also can I just say a big congratulations to Geoff and John from Team Scorpion for building one of the scariest machines Ive ever come across. No dis-respect intended to the Turbulence team but I was far happier meeting them in the final than I would have been meeting Scorpion, which looking at the fights is probably who wed have met had they not retired. Anyway, just thought that Geoff and John both deserved our congratulations too !

Roll on the Winter Tour

Ed and Tim
http://www.teamstorm.comhttp://www.teamstorm.com
... still the UK Number 2
But always the World Number One

[tunna]

Hey all , we just got back from Hols ,What happened to Sewer Snake!!!!!

Der Boyz

Whoops! Sorry Mr Lear, I lost a round there! 5th is still a great finish in such a tough field. So, thats one each for Beast vs Ka-Pow! Lets hope both machines are 100% for the next one- were looking forward to it!

Sewer Snake didnt really find its form in the early stages of the main tournament. It beat us (our flipper wasnt working in that fight) but was beaten by Beast and Kan-Opener. Having run out of spare gearboxes for the weapon motor they used a passive droop-snoot arrangement on the front for the International and whiteboard melees and started to do much better. As mentioned above, in one particular melee they were giving Storm 2 and Behemoth all the trouble they could handle. A very impressive machine when its working right and a charming and friendly team.