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URL:https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/4402/-uk-nationals-2024-
LOCATION:Ashton Court Estate\, Long Ashton\, Bristol BS41 9JN\, UK
SUMMARY:🇬🇧 🇬🇧 UK Nationals 2024 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:\n2024 has been an incredible year for UK Netrunner with 6 asto
 unding regional events\, UK Nationals serves as the crown jewel of the OP 
 season and one of the largest Netrunner tournaments in the world!\nOUR EVE
 NT HAS MOVED!!\nWe have been informed that unfortunately SPARKS\, our venu
 e for UK Nationals 2024\, has cancelled on us after flooding due to a burs
 t pipe. However\, we are NOT cancelling the event. The same organisation t
 hat runs SPARKS has offered us use of another venue\, and we believe that 
 we will be able to run UK Nats as advertised at that venue\, with your hel
 p and goodwill.\nThis information is being posted both on discord/slack an
 d sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by making sure 
 that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, and if you bought a ti
 cket for someone else please ensure they receive this information ASAP.\nT
 he new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9JN.
 \nThe three day event will feature a 3v3 team event on the Friday\, Saturd
 ay will be the main event with 10 rounds of Swiss and on Sunday there will
  be various side events to play in as well as the main event Top Cut.\nTic
 kets\nThis ticket buys you entry to the main event on Saturday and Sunday\
 , plus the team event on Friday and side events on Sunday. This is the onl
 y ticket you need to get full access to all events at UK Nats 2024.\nLink 
 to buy tickets\nTournament Structure\nThe main event will be run with 10 r
 ounds of Single Sided Swiss\, followed by a double elimination cut to top 
 16.\nRounds will last 40 minutes with a break for lunch.\nSchedule\nGiven 
 that attendees will have made travel plans with the old venue in mind\, we
  will be adjusting the schedule for the Team Event and the Main Event to a
 ccommodate the added travel time. Those events will now run at the followi
 ng times:\nFriday - Team Event\n10:00am - Registration\n11:30am - Rounds 1
 -2\n2:00pm - Lunch Break\n3:00pm - Rounds 3-4\n5:30pm - Finish\nSaturday -
  Main Event Swiss\n9:00am: Registartion\n10:15am: Opening Speeches\n10:30a
 m: Rounds 1-3\n1:00pm: Lunch Break\n1:45pm: Rounds 4-7\n5:05pm: Rest Break
 \n5:20pm: Rounds 8-10\n9:00pm: Swiss Results Announced\nSunday - Main Even
 t Top Cut and Side Events\nYet to be announced.\nVenue Change!\nNew Venue\
 nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9J
 N. The building is fully wheelchair accessible and we are being given use 
 of several spaces inside to accommodate fixed seating and the stream. Ther
 e is wi-fi available\, but for the time being we are planning to stick to 
 our policy of restricting access to that in order to prioritise the stream
 .\nHowever\, Ashton Court is a little way out of Bristol City Centre - app
 roximately 15-20 minutes’ drive or 45 minutes by bus from Bristol Temple
  Meads train station. In addition\, the building itself is 10-12 minutes
 ’ walk up a long driveway from the nearby bus stops.\nTravel\nWe are exp
 loring several options for helping attendees traverse the extra distance t
 o the new venue. Firstly\, we ask that any attendees who have a car and ar
 e able to make trips from Bristol city centre to Ashton Court at the start
  or end of any of the days please make themselves known to us so that we c
 an arrange carpooling for those without vehicles. There is free parking av
 ailable at the venue. We will be coordinating this in the below thread\, s
 o please post there if you are able to help.\nWe are aware that this extra
  travel may create an obstacle for some attendees who have physical access
  needs or who had not budgeted for it in their planning. If you have parti
 cular needs in terms of transport or access\, or your financial situation 
 is such that the cost of this extra transport would be a barrier to your p
 articipation in the event\, please contact us using the details below. We 
 will coordinate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it for thes
 e reasons\, using the event budget.\nIn addition\, in order to assist peop
 le in making the journey from the edge of the Ashton Court estate to the v
 enue building\, we will be running a volunteer shuttle service. If you hav
 e a vehicle\, will be driving to the venue\, and are willing to help shutt
 le people at the start or end of any of the days\, please get in touch.\nF
 ood\nAshton Court does not have the facilities to cater for the number of 
 attendees we are expecting\, and given the size of the estate it is not cl
 ose enough to other places where attendees could buy food in a timely fash
 ion. As such\, we recommend that all attendees make plans to bring food fo
 r themselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Saturday which 
 will be a long day.\nIn addition\, we will be sourcing a large quantity of
  vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available at cost price in the
  venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not assume that this tuck 
 shop will be able to adequately feed you for the whole event.\nPrizing\nTh
 e has been supplied with an official NSG 2024 National Championship Kit th
 at will support up to 150 competetors\, the exact number of each prize ava
 ilable is yet to be confirmed.\nUnique to this event is the incredible Ash
 en Epilogue by Brindelmold which will be given as an additional participat
 ion prize and on a totally one of a kind playmat for the winner of the mai
 n event.\nSide Events\nIn addition to the UK National championships we wil
 l be running several side events:\n\nCrown of Servers Team Event: Friday f
 ull day event \, Standard Format\nStartup National Championships: Sunday f
 ull day event\n\nWe are also looking for volunteers to run additional side
  events\, if you are interested in running a side event then please regist
 er your interest via the volunteer form below.\nVolunteering\nWe are looki
 ng for lots of volunteers to help with reporting results and pairings\, ju
 dging games\, running and commentating the stream\, setting up\, running s
 ide events and much much more.\nAll attendees who volunteer during the mai
 n event on Saturday will get free entry into all side events and will not 
 need to buy a ticket. If you plan to play on Saturday but volunteer on oth
 er days\, we are very grateful for your help but you will still need to bu
 y a ticket!\nLink to sign-up form\nContact\nDiscord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewa
 nmilneu@gmail.com\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/DPB7TpJ.png\
 " alt=\"Nationals 2024 Banner\" /></p>\n<p>2024 has been an incredible yea
 r for UK Netrunner with 6 astounding regional events\, UK Nationals serves
  as the crown jewel of the OP season and one of the largest Netrunner tour
 naments in the world!</p>\n<p><strong>OUR EVENT HAS MOVED!!</strong></p>\n
 <p>We have been informed that unfortunately SPARKS\, our venue for UK Nati
 onals 2024\, has cancelled on us after flooding due to a burst pipe. Howev
 er\, we are NOT cancelling the event. The same organisation that runs SPAR
 KS has offered us use of another venue\, and we believe that we will be ab
 le to run UK Nats as advertised at that venue\, with your help and goodwil
 l.</p>\n<p>This information is being posted both on discord/slack and sent
  to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by making sure that e
 veryone who you know is attending sees this\, and if you bought a ticket f
 or someone else please ensure they receive this information ASAP.</p>\n<p>
 <strong>The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ashton\, 
 BS41 9JN.</strong></p>\n<p>The three day event will feature a 3v3 team eve
 nt on the Friday\, Saturday will be the main event with 10 rounds of Swiss
  and on Sunday there will be various side events to play in as well as the
  main event Top Cut.</p>\n<h2>Tickets</h2>\n<p>This ticket buys you entry 
 to the main event on Saturday and Sunday\, plus the team event on Friday a
 nd side events on Sunday. This is the only ticket you need to get full acc
 ess to all events at UK Nats 2024.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://netrunnercard
 s.co.uk/product/ticket-to-uk-nationals/\"><strong>Link to buy tickets</str
 ong></a></p>\n<h2>Tournament Structure</h2>\n<p>The main event will be run
  with 10 rounds of Single Sided Swiss\, followed by a double elimination c
 ut to top 16.</p>\n<p>Rounds will last 40 minutes with a break for lunch.<
 /p>\n<h2>Schedule</h2>\n<p>Given that attendees will have made travel plan
 s with the old venue in mind\, we will be adjusting the schedule for the T
 eam Event and the Main Event to accommodate the added travel time. Those e
 vents will now run at the following times:</p>\n<p><strong>Friday - Team E
 vent</strong></p>\n<p>10:00am - Registration\n11:30am - Rounds 1-2\n2:00pm
  - Lunch Break\n3:00pm - Rounds 3-4\n5:30pm - Finish</p>\n<p><strong>Satur
 day - Main Event Swiss</strong></p>\n<p>9:00am: Registartion\n10:15am: Ope
 ning Speeches\n10:30am: Rounds 1-3\n1:00pm: Lunch Break\n1:45pm: Rounds 4-
 7\n5:05pm: Rest Break\n5:20pm: Rounds 8-10\n9:00pm: Swiss Results Announce
 d</p>\n<p><strong>Sunday - Main Event Top Cut and Side Events</strong></p>
 \n<p>Yet to be announced.</p>\n<h1>Venue Change!</h1>\n<h2>New Venue</h2>\
 n<p>The new venue for UK Nats is <strong>Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ashto
 n\, BS41 9JN</strong>. The building is fully wheelchair accessible and we 
 are being given use of several spaces inside to accommodate fixed seating 
 and the stream. There is wi-fi available\, but for the time being we are p
 lanning to stick to our policy of restricting access to that in order to p
 rioritise the stream.</p>\n<p>However\, Ashton Court is a little way out o
 f Bristol City Centre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ drive or 45 minutes
  by bus from Bristol Temple Meads train station. In addition\, the buildin
 g itself is 10-12 minutes’ walk up a long driveway from the nearby bus s
 tops.</p>\n<h2>Travel</h2>\n<p>We are exploring several options for helpin
 g attendees traverse the extra distance to the new venue. Firstly\, we ask
  that any attendees who have a car and are able to make trips from Bristol
  city centre to Ashton Court at the start or end of any of the days please
  make themselves known to us so that we can arrange carpooling for those w
 ithout vehicles. There is free parking available at the venue. We will be 
 coordinating this in the below thread\, so please post there if you are ab
 le to help.</p>\n<p>We are aware that this extra travel may create an obst
 acle for some attendees who have physical access needs or who had not budg
 eted for it in their planning. If you have particular needs in terms of tr
 ansport or access\, or your financial situation is such that the cost of t
 his extra transport would be a barrier to your participation in the event\
 , please contact us using the details below. We will coordinate transport 
 (likely via taxi) for those who need it for these reasons\, using the even
 t budget.</p>\n<p>In addition\, in order to assist people in making the jo
 urney from the edge of the Ashton Court estate to the venue building\, we 
 will be running a volunteer shuttle service. If you have a vehicle\, will 
 be driving to the venue\, and are willing to help shuttle people at the st
 art or end of any of the days\, please get in touch.</p>\n<h2>Food</h2>\n<
 p>Ashton Court does not have the facilities to cater for the number of att
 endees we are expecting\, and given the size of the estate it is not close
  enough to other places where attendees could buy food in a timely fashion
 . As such\, we recommend that all attendees make plans to bring food for t
 hemselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Saturday which wil
 l be a long day.</p>\n<p>In addition\, we will be sourcing a large quantit
 y of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available at cost price in
  the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not assume that this t
 uck shop will be able to adequately feed you for the whole event.</p>\n<h2
 >Prizing</h2>\n<p>The has been supplied with an official NSG 2024 National
  Championship Kit that will support up to 150 competetors\, the exact numb
 er of each prize available is yet to be confirmed.</p>\n<p>Unique to this 
 event is the incredible Ashen Epilogue by Brindelmold which will be given 
 as an additional participation prize and on a totally one of a kind playma
 t for the winner of the main event.</p>\n<h2>Side Events</h2>\n<p>In addit
 ion to the UK National championships we will be running several side event
 s:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crown of Servers Team Event: Friday full day event \, St
 andard Format</li>\n<li>Startup National Championships: Sunday full day ev
 ent</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We are also looking for volunteers to run additional s
 ide events\, if you are interested in running a side event then please reg
 ister your interest via the volunteer form below.</p>\n<h2>Volunteering</h
 2>\n<p>We are looking for lots of volunteers to help with reporting result
 s and pairings\, judging games\, running and commentating the stream\, set
 ting up\, running side events and much much more.</p>\n<p>All attendees wh
 o volunteer during the main event on Saturday will get free entry into all
  side events and will not need to buy a ticket. If you plan to play on Sat
 urday but volunteer on other days\, we are very grateful for your help but
  you will still need to buy a ticket!</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://forms.gle/
 pqcgpBeEi1dHHJPy8\"><strong>Link to sign-up form</strong></a></p>\n<h2>Con
 tact</h2>\n<p>Discord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilneu@gmail.com</p>\n
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