it's a shame in some respects, but i very much doubt there will be a spinner proof hw arena anytime soon. with the new advances in spinner technology the arena would have to be far stronger than the rw arena. so thicker polycarb, metal floor, solid roof. which means the arena costs more, is bigger, and alot heavier. i believe there was a subject about roaming robots possibly bringing back spinners in 2011 but extremely reduced although this was decided against due to the extra cost of more vans to transport the arena around the country. in a way i am glad spinners aren't aloowed currently as this would make england heavyweight competitions alot like american ones, either a heavily armoured highpower box wins or a spinner powerful enough to get rid of the boxes.

i do hope spinners are brought back even at a reduced rate (ie max 500 watt motor, 15kg max weight of disk, max 1000rpm) , after watching supernova on robot wars the other day i've had an urge to strap a huge flywheel powered by a drill motor to an electric wheelchair!