BattleUK II: Attack of the Cones | 10-11 november 2007

[sch3lp]

Nottingham skaters present BattleUK II: Attack of the Cones.

The NottinghamSkaters are pleased to announce the return of BattleUK!
BattleUK II: Attack of the Cones will take place on Saturday the 10th November 2007. The venue for the event will again be the Victoria Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England.
This freestyle skating event will feature speed slalom, freejump, 'battle rules' style slalom and a freestyle dance-off.
Please put the date on your calendar. We hope you will attend the event. See you in Nottingham this November, if not before!

More info on their site.

[emma]

Good luck to both Sch3lp en Thomas! That the best one survives this battle the longest.

[Jurgen]

May the floors be with you my sons! 

[sch3lp]

Naomi called me a loser, and with good reason, I forgot my id-card.
I had put it under the scanner to make a copy for it on wednesday, and forgot to take it out.
Due to lack of travelling documents, the airport of Schiphol refused to put me on a plane.
So, it's entirely my own damn fault.
I'm missing out on THE slalom event, of... well _ever_, and it sucks NOT being there this very instant.
I don't even care about the money for the plane ticket. This weekend, I was supposed to be meeting Sebastien Laffargue, Jeremy Lacivita, Olivier and Seppo, and the guys from Nottingham. And I'm missing out on having plain good fun with friends.
Gawd...
This will be the first, but also the last time, it will happen.

[emma]

I can't believe this!!!! Sooooooooo terrible!
That Thomas beats you even on this kind of stuff is amazing.
I feel so sorry for you... you have been practicing so dedicated for this.... it hurts even me... Sooooooooooo bad... now we will not have even pictures and a report! I'm crying.

(the very wise lesson from the mom: before leaving on a trip there are only 3 things you shouldn't forget: passport, tickets and bankcard... all the rest, but skates, is unimportant)

[sch3lp]

I know...
But my ID-card usually never leaves my wallet, that's why I assumed I had it with me.
Should've known better, assumption is the mother of all fuck ups.

[cowry]

We did miss you this weekend and we where feeling that someone was missing all the time (like: 1, 2,3,4,5,6, 6?? It was 7, oh no, wait...). But you where with us in our minds! (Though Naomi is right: you're a looser )

[sch3lp]

Hey, congrats with your result in the competition !
Well done indeed.

There wasn't a minute in the weekend that passed without thinking about you guys.

And yes, I shall forthwith be known as "The Big L"

[cowry]

There wasn't a minute in the weekend that passed without thinking about you guys.

That must have been why I did so well

*still dancing*

[sch3lp]

All the results (eventhough you can find them everywhere):

Mens Open International Style Slalom

1 Igor Cheremetieff (Team Universkate, France)
2 Rudy Op't Veld (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
3 Olivier Herrero (Team Universkate, France)
4 JB Milleret (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club / générations roller, UK / France)
5 Xuan Le (Team Universkate, France)
6 Thomas Vilcans (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
7 Jon Bell (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
8 Mark Kempton (NottinghamSkaters, UK)

Quarter Final runners-up (=9th)

Jeremy Lacivita (US Freestyle Skating Association, USA)
CJ Lee (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
Max Freeman (Eastbourne Skate Association, UK)
Christian Leven (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)

First Round 1st runners-up (=13th)

Taehong Kim (No Break Slalom Team, Korea)
Martin Wiegersma (Cone Kicking Gumbies, Holland)
Michel Schulz (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
Cedric Blanc (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
Jans Gresens (Skates and Cones Hamburg, Germany)
Gregoire Pinto (Team Universkate, France)

First Round 2nd runners-up (=19th)

Philip Downer (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
Thomas Dupas (Cone Crazy, Belgium)
Joshua Edwards (UK)
Diederik Schouten (Holland)


Womens Open International Style Slalom

1 Chloe Seyres (Team Universkate, France)
2 Naomi Grigg (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
3 Ragnhild Cornelisse (Cone Kicking Gumbies, The Netherlands)
4 Carmen Plate (Cone Kicking Gumbies, The Netherlands)
=5 Mabel Ang (Singapore)
=5 Miriam Kwasny (Skates and Cones Hamburg, Germany)
7 Isabelle Mittler (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
8 Ulrike Trienes (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)


UK Mixed National Style Slalom

1 Jon Bell (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
2 Max Freeman (Eastbourne Skate Association)
3 Naomi Grigg (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
4 Philip Downer (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
5 Mark Kempton (NottinghamSkaters, UK)
6 CJ Lee (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
7 Cedric Blanc (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
8 Joshua Edwards (UK)


Mens Open International Speed Slalom

Place Name (Scratch1) (Pen1) (Total1) (Scratch2) (Pen2) (Total2)

1 JB Milleret (4.990) (0) (4.990) (4.720) (1) (4.920)
2 Gregoire Pinto (5.185) (2) (5.585) (5.070) (12) (7.470)
3 Xuan Le (5.361) (7) (6.761) (5.442) (1) (5.642)
4 Igor Cheremetieff (4.860) (4) (5.660) (4.861) (4) (5.661)
5 Olivier Herrero (5.814) (0) (5.814) (5.695) (0) (5.695)
6 Martin Wiegersma (5.352) (2) (5.752) (5.311) (3) (5.911)
7 Joseph Chevalier (6.300) (5) (7.300) (6.121) (0) (6.121)
8 Phil Downer (6.166) (0) (6.166) (5.605) (4) (6.405)
9 Christian Leven (6.080) (1) (6.280) (5.759) (5) (6.759)
10 Thomas Dupas (5.916) (7) (7.316) (6.092) (1) (6.292)
11 Jim Mycock (5.922) (3) (6.522) (5.750) (10) (7.750)
12 Max Freeman (5.535) (5) (6.535) (6.400) (1) (6.600)
13 Thomas Vilcans (5.891) (5) (6.891) (6.214) (2) (6.614)
14 Jack Nichols (5.839) (4) (6.639) (5.845) (14) (8.645)
15 Jon Bell (5.939) (6) (7.139) (5.570) (6) (6.770)
16 Cedric Blanc (6.592) (1) (6.792) (6.650) (6) (7.850)
17 Jeremy Lacivita (6.445) (2) (6.845) (6.419) (3) (7.019)
18 Jans Gresens (6.041) (11) (8.241) (6.493) (5) (7.493)
19 Jochen Lippert (6.663) (6) (7.863) (6.740) (12) (9.140)


Womens Open International Speed Slalom

1 Chloe Seyres (5.551) (0) (5.551) (5.559) (0) (5.559)
2 Naomi Grigg (6.711) (1) (6.911) (6.237) ( (7.837)
3 Miriam Kwasny (7.301) (2) (7.701) (7.336) (2) (7.736)
4 Mabel Ang (7.345) ( (8.945) (8.198) (0) (8.198)


UK Mixed National Speed Slalom

1 Phil Downer (6.166) (0) (6.166) (5.605) (4) (6.405)
2 Jim Mycock (5.922) (3) (6.522) (5.750) (10) (7.750)
3 Max Freeman (5.535) (5) (6.535) (6.400) (1) (6.600)
4 Jack Nichols (5.839) (4) (6.639) (5.845) (14) (8.645)
5 Jon Bell (5.939) (6) (7.139) (5.570) (6) (6.770)
6 Cedric Blanc (6.592) (1) (6.792) (6.650) (6) (7.850)
7 Naomi Grigg (6.711) (1) (6.911) (6.237) ( (7.837)


Freejump Competition

Name (height achieved)

1 Sebastien Laffargue (1.20m)
2 Martin Wiegersma (1.15m)
3 Thomas Vilcans (1.15m)
4 CJ Lee (1.10m)
5 Igor Cheremetieff (1.10m)
6 Xuan Le (1.10m)
7 Max Freeman (1.05m)
8 JB Milleret (1.05m)
9 Gregoire Pinto (1.05m)
10 Jack Nichols (1.05m)
11 Cedric Blanc (0.95m)
12 Jeremy Lacivita (0.95m)
13 Chris Leven (0.90m)
14 Naomi Grigg (0.85m)
15 Chloe Seyres (0.80m)
16 Isabelle (0.80m)


Slide Competition

1 Taehong Kim (No Break Slalom Team, Korea)
2 JB Milleret (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club / générations roller, UK / France)
3 Rudy Op’t Veld (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
=4 Jeremy Lacivita (US Freestyle Skating Association, USA)
=4 Thomas Vilcans (4WheelFreestyle, Germany)
6 Cedric Blanc (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
7 Joshua Edwards (UK)


Freestyle Dance-off

1 John Kirkham (NorthernRoll, UK)
2 CJ Lee (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
3 Naomi Grigg (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)
4 Cedric Blanc (LondonSkaters Freestyle Club, UK)

[Naomi]

(the very wise lesson from the mom: before leaving on a trip there are only 3 things you shouldn't forget: passport, tickets and bankcard... all the rest, but skates, is unimportant)

I just did one of those 3...

I left home with only an expired credit card... loser... I only found out at the end of a meal that I tried to pay for...

[emma]

Very good trick that I should remember... most probably someone else paid for your meal, no?
So the travelling rules are changed to: you should not forget skates, passport, tickets, a valid credit card and an expired one!