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Forum categories => Events, meets & competitions => Topic started by: Harrydh3 on 07 July, 2011, 23:21:46

Title: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: Harrydh3 on 07 July, 2011, 23:21:46
KendamaNEUK is holding a battle in Grimsby's peoples park
detailes are http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248371748512258 (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248371748512258)
cheers,
Harry
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: BKA on 08 July, 2011, 12:11:21
Great to hear of local events happening! By the looks of the comments on FB, you have quite a little scene going on there.

I've added the event to the kendama calendar, and added the date to the title of this thread. Hope it goes well!
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: BKA on 22 August, 2011, 15:08:40
So... what happened?
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: Harrydh3 on 22 August, 2011, 19:46:20
we postponed it untill further notice because we havent done enough publicising yet and there were only 3 people in the advanced and only 1 or 2 more in inter.

personally i hate postponing things but me and thorn agreed it had to be done.

i'll update you guys when everything is finalised.

Harry.
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: AlexSmith on 22 August, 2011, 20:41:54
Hope it works out for you guys! Competitions are a fun part of kendama, very different then everyday playing. Nothing puts your nerves to the test like going head to head with somebody while a whole slough of onlookers cheer and yell in the background. Lots of fun
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: Thorny on 22 August, 2011, 21:43:00
What Harry said pretty much summed things up. We decided postponing the competition was in most of the competitors' interest.

We figured everyone taking part would have a more enjoyable day if everyone had time to progress that little bit extra before hand, making each of the three skill brackets were a little more even. In theory making for a little more friendly competition.

We'll let you know how it goes!
Title: Re: Grimsby kendama battle [UK, Aug 20]
Post by: BKA on 23 August, 2011, 04:41:37
Never postpone! People are hard enough to persuade to turn up, without changing the details. Last year's EKO only had 2 people in advanced, but we went ahead with that. Maybe it would have been terrible, but now you'll never know... until next time. I don't think you should worry too much if one of the divisions looks like it might be a bit wonky. It should all be about meeting up and having a laugh - the 'competition' element is just an excuse for it all! :)

Oh well, good luck with it when it goes ahead - let us know the new date.