Official News on UK City Challenges

[ukpokemonpro]

UPDATED to include FALKIRK #2 the return of the Tartan Terrors!

I have to hand it to PUI forcing our OP provider to run these tourneys is inspired thanks Dave Schwimmer, Jimmer and Jarred for listening to us. Anyway here is the deal and it's brilliant.

There will be 30 to 40 City Challenges in the UK. Actually looks like 12 now :(

They will be small tournaments between 8 to 16 players, winners in each age group get an invite to Nationals sometime in July but at least by the 12th July 2004 latest. Nationals is an invite only event and is looking for around 60(ish) players.. although they will be happy with 24, 8 in each age group.. :(

There will be banners and promotional items available for the TOs. Okay no banners and the promotional items were trimmed :(

There will be prizes of Medals and Promo Cards to the winners plus other goodies not yet announced... okay so not everyone got their medal :(

There will be City Challenge Promo Cards for all participants.
The winner in each age group will qualify no matter if they are the only player in their age group.

This is truely great news and I take back all I have said about PUI running ahead of themselves and being disorganised and not concentrating on the basics.

These small City Challenges start from tomorrow and continue throughout April and May .. details are sure to be posted at :

http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/events/eve...=international

What great news thanks PUI you truely are the men to get things running smooth :)

Here's our ready to use list in date order too :)

Here are the details on what has been posted here and at TPFG so far - the events are in date order to assist Irwin.

Horsham City Championship

Date: Saturday 8th May
Time: Registration 10am, Play 11.00am - 4pm
Place:
Chesworth Junior School
Kings Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5DQ

Please bring: DAMAGE COUNTERS and your own modified (Exp-onwards) deck
Cost: £5

Gillingham City Challenge

Date: Wednesday 12 May 2004
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Rainham and Wigmore Community Centre, Granary Close, (off Station Road) Rainham, Kent.
Prizes: Booster packs and qualification to UK Nationals in July for top player in each age group; exclusive City Challenge Promos for each player taking part.
Contact: Ben Ward - 07802 304543

Norwich City Championships

16 May 2004
Venue:
Battlenet
2A Queens Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3PR

Organiser: Martin Banham
Telephone: 07817 980987

Timings:
11:00am Doors open
11:30am Tournament start time

Event details: Prizes: Booster packs and qualification to UK Nationals in July for top player in each age group; exclusive City Challenge Promos for each player taking part.

Slough

10am-2pm sharp start at 10am.
Burger King (2nd Floor)
High Street
Slough
Sunday 16th May 2004
Cost of entry - £6

Rainham City Challenge:

Date: Wednesday 19 May 2004
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Rainham and Wigmore Community Centre, Granary Close, (off Station Road) Rainham, Kent.
Cost: £5
Prizes: Booster packs, Winners Medal and qualification to UK Nationals in July for top player in each age group; exclusive City Challenge Promos for each player taking part.
Contact: Ben Ward - 07802 304543

Crawley City Championship

22nd May 2004
10:30 AM
Waterlea Adventure playground
Furnace Green
Crawley
West Sussex
United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Admission: £5

Details:
age modified swiss tournament. Winner in each age group gets a whole box of boosters! Everyone will get at least one booster. Winners in each age category recieve invitation to the UK Nationals championship with the potential to win a trip to america.

Organizer Ian Fotheringham (NoPoke)

London City Challenge

22nd May 2004
12pm Doors Open
Millenium Cafe
Hornsey Road
Holloway
London

Venue may change on the day; as the Cafe mY not have completed it's refit in time. If so turn up on the day and John Hawkins will lead you to an alternate venue close by if needed

Rochester City Challenge

Date: Sunday 23 May 2004
Time 10am - 2pm
Venue: Guildhall Museum, High Street, Rochester, Kent.
Cost: £6
Prizes: Booster packs and qualification to UK Nationals in July for top player in each age group; exclusive City Challenge Promos for each player taking part.
Contact: Ben Ward - 07802 304543

Hillingdon (Uxbridge)

10am-2pm sharp start at 10am
McDonalds opp. Tescos
Uxbridge High Street
Uxbridge
Sunday 23rd May 2004
Cost of Entry - £6

Falkirk City Championships

29 May 2004
Megazone
102-104 Graham Road
Falkirk
FK2 7BZ
Organiser: Gordon White
Telephone: 01324 634 828

Timings:

10:00am Doors open
11:00am Tournament start time

Event details:

Booster packs and qualification to UK Nationals in July for top player in each age group; exclusive City Challenge Promos for each player taking part.

South East Challenge 6 - UKs only Regional Qualifier

30th May 2004
South Bank University Student Union,
Keyworth Street,
Elephant & Castle,
LONDON SE1 6NG.

Doors open 10am
Tournament Starts 11am
End by 6pm
Cost £5

SE Challenge 6 will be a Regional Qualifier for UK nationals not a State Championship, although we are fighting to secure the State Championship Promo Cards for all who take part

As a Regional Qualifier it will offer augmented prize support for those eligible to play in the Regional Qualifier part of SE Challenge 6 and 8 places at Nationals will be up for grabs in each age group, there will be no byes for National as prizes at SE Challenge 6. This is as confirmed with Gideon Moss at TPFG.

There will however be the usual mix of fun and frolics, Target Promos and the Lucky Dip as well as the UK Regional Qualifier... so round off your City Challenge Season with a bang!

And for the City Challenge Champins we have .. exclusively at SEChallenge 6

City Champion's Challenge Championship

At SE Challenge 6 30th May 2004 London

3 rounds of random Sealed Deck
2 rounds of Modified Constructed
Cut to top 4/8 and
Draft !!

Prizes include a full set of Target Promos for the overall winner and a second chance to dibs in on those Japanse Pokemon Goodies from the City Challenges... plus the usual SEChallenge prizes and the LUCKY DIP AND A GUARANTEED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PROMO to the WINNER

High Wycombe City Championships - CANCELLED

13 Jun 2004
Longburrow Hall
Park Lane
Stokenchurch
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP14 3TQ
Organiser: Carl Crook
Telephone: 01844 355 730

Timings:
10:30am Doors open
11:00am Tournament start time

Event details:
One player from each age group qualifies for the Nationals.

NOTE if you win a CC you cannot play in another Qualifying event City Challenge or the Qualification Tourneys SE Challenge 6.

But we have something planned for all CC winners at SE challenge 6

Watch this space

NB events in RED have been CANCELLED

LAST CHANCE TO QUALIFY!

Falkirk City championships #2

Lion and Dragon,
3/5 church Walk
Denny
By Falkirk

Sunday 27th June

12:30 registration
1 pm start.

Contact details - Chalkey on 0774 553 9753

[ukpokemonpro]

StevenB,

you need to trade with a RainbowBird and then they come much quicker :)

Shame there is no news yet of the first ones :( as a TO I will apply to run one so there will be at least one in Rainham in Kent.

CCs in the UK and 30 of them WOW thanks Nintendo they're great and now we just gotta figure how to get all our players through to nationals...

MMMmmm thinks

30 or 40 tourneys .. I may just know a way ;)

[RainbowRichards]

Originally Posted by ukpokemonpro

CCs in the UK and 30 of them WOW thanks Nintendo they're great and now we just gotta figure how to get all our players through to nationals...

hmmm, 30 CCs x 3 winners (1 each age group) = 90 invited to nationals...

[PokePop]

Make sure to bring copies of the Compendium for them to use in card rulings!
Maybe we can get Jared to advise them to use it.

[Steven B]

Lol Ben! :D
I only have to wait 2 weeks becuase this site doesn't accept my mum's credit card so she has to send a cheque. ;)

Anyway, back on topic, still can't wait for the tourneys! :D

[PokePop]

Or duplicate winners

[ukpokemonpro]

If I just stop lending it to people that M2EX speed deck really is a killer... now where did Freddy go?

BAR just so much roadkill ;)

[Steven B]

Lol! :p

The prizes look great! ;) Oh well, i'm not going to Birmingham. :p
Does anyone know where the CC is today? ;)

[Rainbowgym]

Correction 2 in the Netherlands.
Leiden is playing 11-14 on Saturday
and 10- , 15+ on Sunday.

and it looks like there is one coming in Amsterdam.

[RainbowRichards]

Originally Posted by Rainbowgym

Correction 2 in the Netherlands.
Leiden is playing 11-14 on Saturday
and 10- , 15+ on Sunday.

and it looks like there is one coming in Amsterdam.

Ah, I see, I didn't pay attention to details (a first time for everything ;)) - Leiden is listed twice...

[weebl]

where are they?

[ukpokemonpro]

Where are they?

Well you could always ask PUI by emailing them at :

International@pokemon-tcg.com

They say they want our emails and that they are happy to answer any question so drop them an email :)

Or you could swing by the OP provider in the UKs site at:

http://www.theplaceforgames.com/pokemon/

They have an events section that is bound to cover city challenges too :)

[Steven B]

Do you know though Ben? :) :p

[Rainbowgym]

Nobody expect a Swiss Age to be played in two days, but in the Netherlands everything seems to be different .

Btw YOU GOT MAIL>

[ukpokemonpro]

More news just in is that OP in the UK expect 2 city challenges in and around London.. watch the websites and email PUI for more details :)

[Steven B]

Do you know when Ben?

[ukpokemonpro]

details I am sure will be known by The Place for Games or PUI drop them an email :) They will be happy to answer.

[Steven B]

Thanks Ben! :)

[Freddy K.]

Okay here are the details...

UK City Championships

Around 20 will be held up and down the country, TOs should contact TPFG directly to offer to host one. The latest two Cities to register are Slough and Hillingdon/Uxbridge. already registered are Norwich (16th May), amongst others.

The CCs will take place between now and June, depending on who's organised the venue (TO). Nintendo/TPFG have offered full prize support so the entry fees need only cover the cost of hiring the place out.

There are 3 age groups -
10-
11-14
15+
Each winner of a CC bracket will receive an invitation to the UK National Championships, now confirmed to be taking place in birmingham, July 3rd 2004.


1st Place
CC Promo (Charmander), invite to Nationals, 'Basic' prize package, and a display of TM/TA boosters.

2nd Place
18 TM/TA boosters.


3rd/4th Place
9 boosters.


That's all for now.


http://www.theplaceforgames.com/pokemon/index.asp
should have all the latest details up soon.

~fK

[Steven B]

Thanks Freddy! ;)

So the only way to get an invitation is to win a CC right?

[Freddy K.]

No, there'll be places up for grabs at the Regional (State) championships, four of them are to be held; Northern Ireland, N, NE and SE championships are being planned. TPFG are further ahead on the development of the CCs and really just need TOs to get in touch with them so that they can get the medals engraved etc.

~fK

[Freddy K.]

By N, NE and SE I obviously was referring to England.

~fK

[Steven B]

Thanks Freddy! ;) :)

[ukpokemonpro]

Just wish I could be assured of covering the venue costs .. there really ought to be some payment to help with that especially when we are trying to help out at the last minute.

I would be happier if there had been time to plan and advertise the UK CCs and I am also concerned about the prompt arrival of prize support. So far every pre-release has been a scramble I would hate to find out that each CC is just as much of a rushed job :(

Maybe if there was a decent 10 week or so lead time that would help but with them happening now and through may we just don't have the time ...

[djcati]

So... there's no regional in Scotland?
Northern Ireland one better be in the holidays then... :\