26th/27th March 2005 Debenham Robot Rumble

[stu]

If you request Mr Thorpe to We request Mr Thorpe to publish on this forum a more detailed explanation and an apology to all concerned, particurlarly to our friends from Belgium and the Netherlands.

Email him/phone him direct. You have both been on phone to Geoff T plenty of times bullying him about issues, why not phone him to do it instead of making this public. Oh i know why - to make it look like the FRA is doing something.

The guy has had letters sent out to everyone who brought tickets, and someone has confirm they got the letter this morning.

Cut the guy some slack - he made an error with ticket sales/prices - hes not trying to wreck the sport, hes sorry and hes upset himself and has plans for 2006. Wouldnt blame him if he dosnt want any link to FRA with the above post. You wasnt this harsh when XFM WC went wrong due to ticket sales. You didnt try to make an example out of them, maybe coz they wont stand for it.

Mr Stu
PS- Dont phone me about my post, i really aint in the mood for a phone call from an FRA rep about my post.

[Mouldy]

Well put.

[teammad]

I agree with what stu has to say, a lot of things that have been said in this thread should not have been said and other things kept private.

For any one who wants to see, here are some vids and pics of the trip to Alton Towers today: http://www.teammad.co.uk/altontowerswww.teammad.co.uk/altontowers

[anukhet]

€œAnd we€™re quite high up.€
€œOh S#%t!!!!!!€

This is Mr Stu, reporting from the water plume, Alton Towers barf

LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah you got it Karoline. LOL!

Shame i wasnt allowed to do that for Oblivion or Air. Hehe. Even tho my hands were not in use, they stopped Oblivion 3 times while we were waiting to get on it because people were prating around with Cams while on the ride etc.

Some people why do they film on rides- its stupid, oh i did it, oh well.

Mr Stu

[teammad]

http://www.teammad.co.uk/altontowers/http://www.teammad.co.uk/altontowers/ - More vids of the white knuckle Monorail online.

[kane]

Following the cancellation of the Debenham Robot Rumble, as an approved FRA event the FRA took action to represent both the roboteers and the public.



The FRA saw that it had three areas within its mandate



1) Assuring that the immediate issue of dealing with any disappointed public that might arrive on site were given an apology and explanation.



The FRA produced a statement that was photocopied 500 times and taken up to the venue to be distributed to audience members who did end up at the venue. This was greatly appreciated by both the leisure centre staff and the organiser Geoff Thorpe who thanked the FRA for its prompt action.



2) That where possible we sought to help our members who were travelling over from Europe to the event.



The FRA requested that Geoff Thorpe do what he can to help the European teams that were due to be attending the event, and Geoff has now confirmed that he is in a position to provide some financial help to the European teams which were coming over.



3) That once the dust was settled some attempt needed to be made to retain the trust and enthusiasm of those audience members who would have come to the show.



The FRA requested that XFM consider offering discount tickets to those members of the public who would have attended the Robot Rumble as another FRA Event Organiser in the same area. XFM have agreed to offer discounted tickets to the customers of the Robot Rumble to its events, and XFM will foot the bill of contacting those members of public



The FRA put a very strong post up about the Robot Rumble, following our genuine concerns that the cancellation of the event were handled badly - not due to the cancellation itself. Mr Thorpe has agreed that the cancellation could have been handled better and this is something that all parties have agreed to look at so that both Geoff and other event organisers can learn from this for the future.



In the meantime, we are pleased that the FRA has used its position to help both the roboteers and the public in a way that wouldnt have been possible before in a quick and efficient manner.



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