UK Regionals: South East England (Reading District Championship)

Venue: RISC Mail Hall
Registration: 10:30am
Round 1 start: 11:00am
Round 7 Est. Finish: 18:50pm
Top Cut Est. Finish: 22:00pm
Ticket cost: £20, SOLD OUT, tickets available here, subject to availability

What are UK Regionals?
The UK Regionals are a series of community-run tournaments throughout the UK, run by local TOs and Judges. We aim to bring the UK Netrunner community together through local, competitive events!

There are 9 UK regionals this year so get to as many as you can to secure that prizing, 8 of ours dates have been announced with only 1 more extra-special event planned...

Get your tickets now!

• Shepherd's Bush (London) on 08/02/2025 [SOLD OUT]
• Bathgate (Scotland) on 22/02/2025
• Reading (South East England) on 08/03/2025 [Subject To Availability]
• Nottingham (The Midlands) on 15/03/2025
• Sheffield (Northern England) on 22/03/2025
• Cambridge (East Anglia) on 5/04/2025
• Birkenhead (North West) on 12/04/2025
• Brighton (South Coast) on 19/04/2025

Format
The event will be held as seven rounds of single sided swiss, followed by a cut to the top 8 players who will determine their final placements via a single elimination tournament. The event will use the Standard Format on the active banlist (currently 24.12). Round 1 will start at 11:00am. Lunch will be after round 3 and will finish at 14:40pm.

Prizing
Prizing for each regional will include the 2025 District Championship prize kit.

As well as additional prizing organised for the regionals series.

• Winner: Bye for any 2025 Megacity Championship, an invitation to the 2025 Circuit Breaker Invitational Championship.
• Top 4: Regenesis playmat (illustrated by Anthony Hutchings)
• Top 8: SDS Drone Deployment double-sided alt art (illustrated by Júlio Rocha)
• Top 16: Mercury: Chrome Libertador alt art (illustrated by @beefpie_art) [Reading Exclusive]
• Top 24: Spin Doctor alt art (Illustrated by Oliver Morit)
• TO's Discretion (6 playsets): Simulchip Alt art (Illustrated by Kira L. Nguyen)
• Participation: The Class Act alt art (illustrated by Yuka Hu) [Regionals Exclusive]
• Participation: Charlotte Caçador alt art (illustrated by @beefpie_art) [Reading Exclusive]

Ticket Price
Entry for this event will be £20. Tickets can be purchased subject to availability here. If you are experiencing financial hardship please DM me and I can offer you a reduced price ticket. The event cap is 56 players, so please book ahead to make sure you're able to play!

Venue Information & Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible, though is up a short hill through an alleyway next to the RISC World Food Shop on the A327 (southbound). The venue is a 10 minute walk away from the train station, or a 3 minute bus ride every 6 minutes (the 21, 5, or 6). Reading busses support tap on/off contactless payments. Reading station can be accessed via the Elizabeth Line from Paddington, the South West Railway line from Waterloo, a large number of GWR Lines, the CrossCountry line. Train fares vary. Parking is available in a number of locations, closest is the Oracle Riverside Car Park which is a 4 minute walk away. The venue can be driven to directly for drop off and collection via East St, the access road is not visible on google maps except in satellite view.

Contact
If there's anything we haven't covered, or you'd like to find out more, get in touch! The main contact for The South East England Regionals is @llblumire on discord.