What? Southern Plains Regionals
Where? NASA Space Center Houston
When? Saturday, April 8, 2006
Admission to the Space Center for the first 300 players is FREE!!
Of those first 300, admission for ONE parent/guardian is FREE for players under 18. :clap:
Additional family members entering with the player(s) will be admitted for half-price (up to 6 people per player). :thumb:
NEWS FLASH: There will be a HUGE Pokemon event going on during this time. In fact, this "special" event, will run for 10 weeks from March 10 through May 14, plus something over Spring Break. There will be lots of Pokemon activities/attractions planned for this, and everyone should plan to attend!! More information is forthcoming from Pokemon and the Space Center... Keep your eyes and ears open..... You wouldn't want to miss this one!
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okeball: HOTEL INFO:
Our preferred hotel for this event is:
Homewood Suites by Hilton
401 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058
281-486-7677
To get our special group rate of $ 84 per night (Firday, April 7 and/or Saturday, April 8), you must make your reservations by March 23rd, and you must mention group code/keyword POKEMON. :thumb:
This rate includes a FULL breakfast buffet (not one of those skimpy "continental" breakfasts!) for anyone staying at the hotel.
We will also have a get-together and warm-up tourney at the hotel on Friday night for those staying at the hotel. We'll have more info on this later. :clap:
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Homewood Suites DOES NOT allow pets, but you can put your pets up at the:
Barkington Inn & Pet Resort
203 Blossom Street
281-338-7297
The rooms have nice comfortable beds for your pets, and they do get breakfast, too, but unfortunately, it's not a buffet!!! There will be NO tourney or get-together for the pets either. Sorry, we just don't have the staff for that. :biggrin:
PS. The pets must have up-to-date vaccinations (but you don't).
Rates (by pet's weight):
up to 25 lbs. -- $16
26 to 49 lbs. -- $18
50 lbs & up -- $20
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okeball: SPACE CENTER:
The "Calendar of Events" isn't out yet, but general info on Pokémon's "Ten-Ten" Tenth Anniversary Celebration is up on the Space Center website. Check it out. Here's the link:
Pokémon Tenth Anniversary Celebration
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okeball: REGIONALS PRIZES:
Prizes are awarded to the top 8 players in each age category.
Our age categories are 10 & Under, 11-14, and 15 and up.
Participants will receive a Pokémon TCG Regional Championship promo card, a commemorative Regional Championships pin, and two POP Series Two 2-card promo packs while supplies last, just for playing!
The top 8 finishers in each of the three age categories receive the following prizes:
1st Place
A Pokémon TCG Regional Champion Trophy
A travel award for the winner (and parent or legal guardian for players under 18), US Residents only, to the 2006 US National Championships at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio!
A scholarship award worth $2000
Four-day admission to the Origins Game Expo in Columbus, Ohio
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
2nd Place
A Pokémon TCG Regional Championships Second Place Trophy
A scholarship award worth $1000
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
3rd Place
A Pokémon TCG Regional Championships Third Place Trophy
A scholarship award worth $750
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
4th Place
A scholarship award worth $750
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
5th through 8th Place
A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
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Additional information will be posted here. Keep an eye on this thread.
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