BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:alwaysberunning.net-event-4524 METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4524alwaysberunningnet DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T235900 URL:https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/4524/-uk-nationals-2024-startup - LOCATION:Ashton Court Estate\, Long Ashton\, Bristol BS41 9JN\, UK SUMMARY:🇬🇧🐣 UK Nationals 2024 - Startup 🐣🇬🇧 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\nOUR EVENT HAS MOVED!!\nWe have been informed that unfortunate ly SPARKS\, our venue for UK Nationals 2024\, has cancelled on us after fl ooding due to a burst pipe. However\, we are NOT cancelling the event. The same organisation that 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 v enue\, with your help and goodwill.\nThis information is being posted both on discord/slack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by making sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, an d if you bought a ticket for someone else please ensure they receive this information ASAP.\nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Lon g Ashton\, BS41 9JN.\nThis event is the Startup National Championship\, a perfect way to finish off your UK Nats weekend.\nTickets\nIf you have boug ht a ticket for the main event that already covers your entry to this even t at no additional cost.\nIf you are only planning on attending for the Su nday then please contact not_yeti directly to arrange payment via paypal.\ nLink to buy tickets\nFormat\nThis event will consist of 6\, 40 minute rou nds of Single Sided Swiss in which you will play 1 game of Netrunner and t he side will be determined for you before the round starts.\nFor this even t you will be playing Startup with the 24.09 banlist.\nSchedule\n9:00 - Re gistration\n9:00 - Rounds 1-3\n12:30 - Lunch\n13:15 - Rounds 4-6\n15:45 - Prizes\nVenue Change!\nNew Venue\nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Cou rt Mansion\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchair acce ssible 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 planning to stick to our policy of restricting access to that in order to prioritise the stream.\nHowever\, Ashton Court is a little wa y out of Bristol City Centre - approximately 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 nearb y bus stops.\nTravel\nWe are exploring several options for helping attende es 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 cen tre to Ashton Court at the start or end of any of the days please make the mselves known to us so that we can arrange carpooling for those without ve hicles. There is free parking available at the venue. We will be coordinat ing this in the below thread\, so please post there if you are able to hel p.\nWe are aware that this extra travel may create an obstacle for some at tendees who have physical access needs or who had not budgeted for it in t heir planning. If you have particular needs in terms of transport or acces s\, or your financial situation is such that the cost of this extra transp ort 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 event budget.\nIn ad dition\, in order to assist people in making the journey from the edge of the Ashton Court estate to the venue building\, we will be running a volun teer shuttle service. If you have a vehicle\, will be driving to the venue \, and are willing to help shuttle people at the start or end of any of th e days\, please get in touch.\nFood\nAshton Court does not have the facili ties to cater for the number of attendees 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 atten dees make plans to bring food for 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 mak e available at cost price in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Plea se do not assume that this\nPrizing\nTBC\nVolunteering\nWe are looking for lots of volunteers to help with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\, running and commentating the stream\, setting up\, running side ev ents and much much more.\nAll attendees who volunteer during the main even t on Saturday will get free entry into all side events and will not need t o buy a ticket. If you plan to play on Saturday but volunteer on other day s\, we are very grateful for your help but you will still need to buy a ti cket!\nLink to sign-up form\nContact\nDiscord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilne u@gmail.com\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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OUR EVENT HAS MOVED!!

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We 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.

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This information is being posted both on discord/s lack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by makin g sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, and if you boug ht a ticket for someone else please ensure they receive this information A SAP.

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The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, L ong Ashton\, BS41 9JN.

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This event is the Startup National Championship\, a perfect way to finish off your UK Nats weekend.

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Tickets

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If you have bought a ticket for the main event that alre ady covers your entry to this event at no additional cost.

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If you are only planning on attending for the Sunday then please contact not_yeti directly to arrange payment via paypal.

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Link to buy ticket s

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Format

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This event will consist of 6\, 40 minute rounds of Single Sided Swiss in which you will play 1 game of Netru nner and the side will be determined for you before the round starts.

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For this event you will be playing Startup with the 24.09 banlist.

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Schedule

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9:00 - Registration\n9:00 - Rounds 1-3\n12:30 - Lu nch\n13:15 - Rounds 4-6\n15:45 - Prizes

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Venue Change!

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New Venue

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The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansi on\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchair acc essible 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 planning to stick to our policy of restricting access to tha t in order to prioritise the stream.

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However\, Ashton Court is a l ittle way out of Bristol City Centre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ driv e or 45 minutes by bus from Bristol Temple Meads train station. In additio n\, the building itself is 10-12 minutes’ walk up a long driveway from t he nearby bus stops.

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Travel

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We are exploring several opt ions for helping attendees traverse the extra distance to the new venue. F irstly\, we ask that any attendees who have a car and are able to make tri ps 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 carpool ing for those without vehicles. There is free parking available at the ven ue. We will be coordinating this in the below thread\, so please post ther e if you are able to help.

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We are aware that this extra travel may create an obstacle for some attendees who have physical access needs or w ho had not budgeted for it in their planning. If you have particular needs in terms of transport or access\, or your financial situation is such tha t the cost of this extra transport would be a barrier to your participatio n in the event\, please contact us using the details below. We will coordi nate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it for these reasons\, using the event budget.

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In addition\, in order to assist people i n making the journey 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 p eople at the start or end of any of the days\, please get in touch.

\n< h2>Food\n

Ashton Court does not have the facilities to cater for th e number of attendees 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 b ring food for themselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Sat urday which will be a long day.

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In addition\, we will be sourcing a large quantity of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available a t cost price in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not ass ume that this

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Prizing

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TBC

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Volunteering

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We are looking for lots of volunteers to help with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\, running and commentating the stream\, setting u p\, running side events and much much more.

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All attendees who volu nteer 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 Saturday but volunteer on other days\, we are very grateful for your help but you w ill still need to buy a ticket!

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Link to sign-up form

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Contact\n

Discord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilneu@gmail.com

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