I have been reading through this thread and I think its time that we stop finding problems with the dates of the event and start trying to come up with some workable solutions.

Since there are several teams with young drivers (us included) which may or may not be able to attend, surely we could reach some agreement about letting their robots compete in the first stages on the friday and if they get through, they could then take over and drive their own robot for the rest of the competition. This could be achieved by being a bit flexible with the 1 driver 1 robot rule. How about if a team has a young driver who cannot attend the friday rounds but letting someone else from the same team (if they can make it) drive for the first round? If there is a clash with 2 robots from the same team fighting each other, I'm sure that there would be plenty of volunteers from other teams willing to help out.

Of course this is just an idea, if it could work then great, if not no worries but I'm just trying to help everyone reach a workable solution. After all it is the UK Champs!!

The best solution (and the one that we will be using anyway) is to ask the schools directly, with enough notice there must be time to sort something out.

This is what I think anyway, just trying to get the ball rolling for some ideas which could help. I'm sure if we all work together it can be a great event!!

P.S -Aftershock is signed up and will be there no matter what- Bring it on!!