Report from the Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2011

Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2011

On Saturday 22nd October the 2011 Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships took place at The Knights Templar Pub on Chancery Lane, London. Over 200 people took part in the Individual and Team Competitions at the event organised by the team at Wacky Nation, with 128 players battling to become the 2011 UK RPS Champion. For the third year running the winner came from Woking! With the 2011 honours going to Max Deeley.

Photo: From l-r Oliver 'The Machine' Florence, Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley - note Richard & Marc throwing the illegal RPS move of 'Sausage'

Our group of six players had a mixed bag of results in the individual competition, with Oliver 'The Machine' Florence doing the best of the bunch and reaching the Semi-Finals, having had to face-off against, and defeat, team-mate Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried in the third round. The third round loss for Emily was the same stage she exited the 2010 UK RPS Championships. Of note was the fact that both Ollie and Emily received 'Byes' in the first round of the contest as their opponents were in no condition to perform!

Photo: 2011 UK RPS Contender Oliver 'The Machine' Florence shows off his t-shirt prize for reaching the Semi-Finals

The 2011 tournament used a knockout format rather than the round-robin system employed last year, this meant that players were only guaranteed one match and Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd was the first of our group to fall, losing in the first round. I followed soon after with a straight 2-nil defeat. Brad and I were in good company in our losing efforts, as the 2010 UK RPS Champion - Paul Lewis - also fell at the first hurdle.

Photo: Richard shows that three hands are not better than two

Photo: Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd (bottom right) cuts a lonely figure having crashed out in the first round

Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley was the only member of our troupe to be drawn on the rowdier Table One, but despite nerves on his debut won through round one. However, in round two he was drawn to face a giant of a man who almost dislocated 'The Roller's' shoulder in the opening handshake! This obviously impaired Bazeley who unfortunately lost the match and decided to make the long journey back to Wellingborough, but not before he gave a post-match interview.

In the Team contest 16 teams of four players lined-up to be crowned Champions. Our team - The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors - finished in tied 5th/6th place, alongside longtime Dodgeball rivals the WDW, following a win in the first round, but a loss in the Quarter Finals. The team consisted of myself, Emily, Ollie and Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, who didn't enter the individual event but instead spent his time sharking people in Challenge RPS matches.

Photo: The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) in their lair before the team tournament. From l-r 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence, Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - once again note the players throwing the illegal RPS manouvre of 'Sausage'!

Ahead of the tournament the competition sponsor Sportingbet had a betting special running with a number of different markets priced up. Emily and I managed to recoup some of our spending with a win on the winning hand combination.

Photo: The Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) team. From l-r Paul 'The Terminator' Jones, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence

You can view a number of videos from the 2011 (and 2010) UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships on my YouTube Channel.

You can also register your interest to compete in the 2012 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships on the UK RPS website.

Links:
- Wacky Nation Website
- UK RPS Official Website
- The Rules of Rock Paper Scissors
- GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham
- Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at The Crown in Bristol
- The Weymouth Preliminaries Rock Paper Scissors Contest
- RPS-101
- Sportingbet
- UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2010 - Report, Photos and Videos from the Event!

Countdown to the Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2011

The countdown to the Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2011 is well and truly on, with the deadline for registration for the tournament closing at 10pm tonight (21st October).

Even if you aren't able to enter the event itself, you can still enjoy a flutter on the Sportingbet website as a number of different markets for the competition have been priced up - UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships Betting Special.

According to the chat on twitter I'm at odds of 4/1.

The Weymouth Preliminaries Rock Paper Scissors Contest

Ahead of the upcoming 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships a bunch of Minigolfers, some of whom will be competing in the tournament, faced-off in The Weymouth Preliminaries Rock Paper Scissors Contest at the Weymouth Annual Octoberfest Beer Festival.

The tournament saw five competitors square-off in 'best-of-3' matches. The results and order of play were a little hazy, possibly due to the effects of the environment that the contest took place in!

Firstly, a 'random' draw was held to see who would face who in Round One, and then battle commenced...

Results:
- Oliver 'The Machine' Florence lost to Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried 1-2
- Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried beat Paul 'The Terminator' Jones 2-1
- Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley - bye to Round Two
- Oliver 'The Machine' Florence lost to Paul 'The Terminator' Jones 1-2 in a 'Best Loser Match'
- Paul 'The Terminator' Jones lost to Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley* 1-2
(* Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley was given a 'Public Warning' for playing an illegal throw of 'Sausage' in the first game)
- Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried beat Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley 2-1 in the 'Final' - see below for footage

Video: RPS - Weymouth Preliminaries at Octoberfest - The 'not' Grand Final



However, it had been forgotten that Emily had in fact won her first round match against 'The Terminator' and was through to the next round too!!!

So, in the 'Actual' Grand Final (which was not filmed) Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried defeated Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried 2-1.

Weymouth Preliminaries Ultimate Grand Champion of RPS 2011 - Emily Gottfried

Second Runner-up Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley summed up the contest perfectly when he said "Can't even organise a tournament at a p*ss-up!"

Next time I think a Round Robin Tournament Format will be used!

2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships - Event Details at Wacky Nation. The 2011 Championships are being sponsored by Sportingbet.

Other Blog Posts about the great game of Rock Paper Scissors:
- UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2010 - Report, Photos and Videos from the Event!
- GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham
- Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at The Crown in Bristol

Janken

Team Entry Now Open for the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships in London

Entry for the team tournament at the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships has now opened.

Teams of four have been invited to compete in the Wacky Nation organised event that will take place on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at the Knights Templar pub on Chancery Lane.

The team event will be taking place in addition to the individual competition which will see over 200 competitors in action for the national RPS title!

You can get all the details on this great event on the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships website.

2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships in London on Saturday 22nd October

The team at Wacky Nation have announced the date for the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships. The 5th Edition of the Tournament will take place in London on Saturday 22nd October at the Knights Templar pub on Chancery Lane.

You can find all the details of the 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships at the dedicated website here.

Report from the 2010 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships (including photos and videos from a selection of matches). Last year Emily reached the third round and finished with a record of Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1. I crashed out in round two and ended with a record of Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1.

The 2011 tournament will also feature a Team Event, one that the Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) will surely be entering!

Links:
Wacky Nation Website
UK RPS Official Website
The Rules of Rock Paper Scissors
GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham
Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at The Crown in Bristol
RPS-101

"Go With The Flo" Minigolf Doubles Team finish 7th of 14 at the GMGC Green Doubles Minigolf Championship

28th February 2011
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For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report - "Go With The Flo" Minigolf Doubles Team finish 7th of 14 at the GMGC Green Doubles Minigolf Championship

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried competed in the GMGC Green Doubles Championship at the 18-hole Minigolf course in Hither Green on Sunday 27th February. Richard teamed with Walton-on-Thames’ Oliver Florence in the six-round event and finished in 7th spot of 14 teams.

Photo: Co-Captain Oliver 'The Machine' Florence (l) and Vice-Captain 'Squire' Richard Gottfried

The tournament was played in a matchplay format over 18-holes and was split into two stages, with a draw for the round robin qualifying stage, and knockout play-offs for positions 1-8 and 9-14.

The pair finished with a win/loss record of played six, won two, drew two, lost two.

The tournament was won by Hither Green's Nick Sandqvist and James Rutherford.

Results for the "Go With The Flo" Minigolf Doubles Team - 27/02/2011
Match 1 - beat Gareth Holmes & Terry Exall 2up
Match 2 - drew with Nick Chitty & John 'Ted' McIver
Match 3 - drew with Seth Thomas & Chris Smith
Match 4 - lost to Seth Thomas & Chris Smith 4&2
Match 5 - lost to David Donnelly & William Donnelly by one-hole in a sudden-death play-off
Match 6 - beat Alan Norman & Marion Homer 2&1

Richard said “I’m very pleased with our team performance today. This was the first time we’ve competed as a pair and I thought we worked well together. It was great to be undefeated after three rounds, and we won the important 7th/8th place play-off to round off an intense day of competition at one of the toughest Miniature Golf courses in the UK.”

Ends

Photos from the event:

The GMGC Green Doubles Trophy - won by Nick Sandvist & James Rutherford

John 'Big Top Ted' McIver shares Richard and Oliver's good fortunes at the GMGC Green Doubles tourney today!?


Richard & Oliver with their winnings - and playing round one of an impromptu Rock Paper Scissors Match! Ollie goes one-up with Paper.

Richard draws level with Paper.

The duo tie on Rock.

Richard wins with Rock!

A fourth game sees Oliver win with Rock.

Oliver holds aloft the scoring table following the team's seventh place finish.

Richard Gottfried's Minigolf Doubles Career Record - at 28/02/2011 (last match 27/02/2011).

Minigolf Doubles Win/Loss Record (in all friendlies & full BMGA Tour events)
Played - 51
Won - 24
Lost - 22
Drawn - 5

Minigolf Doubles Win/Loss Record (in BMGA Tour events)
Played - 25
Won - 13
Lost - 7
Drawn - 5

Minigolf Doubles Record (in BMGA Warm-up Doubles events)
Played - 2
First - 0
Second - 1
Third - 0
Other - 1

Other Minigolf Doubles Information
12 playing partners (regular BMGA competition team mate is Kevin Moseley)
25 competitive matches
26 friendlies
35 matchplay matches
12 strokeplay format matches
1 point-play-system match
1 match decided by Coin Toss
2 BMGA Warm-up Doubles events

Minigolf Doubles Playing Partners To Date:
1 - Emily Gottfried
2 - Matt Smith
3 - Andy Gonsalves
4 - Owen Johnson
5 - Paul Johnson
6 - Kevin Moseley
7 - Chris Harding
8 - Simon Hall
9 - Leo Kukielka
10 - Christopher Gottfried
11 - Alan Norman
12 - Oliver Florence

Full Minigolf Doubles Record for Richard Gottfried - Click to Enlarge

Gottfried & Norman Team-Up, and Minigolf Doubles Record Update

Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at The Crown in Bristol

While at the Geoffrey Oi!cott gig on Saturday night we held an impromptu Minigolfers Rock Paper Scissors Tournament (following on from the GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham in January)

Irchester's Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley had triumphed at the Star City event, with an impressive undefeated streak of 4 wins in a row, in the 'best-of-3-throws-winner-stays-on' format event. But this time out he lost to a slightly confused Alan Norman, who was DQ'd in his next match for using an illegal RPS throw!?

Full Results from the GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Bristol
Match 1 - Marc Bazeley beat Richard Gottfried
Match 2 - Marc Bazeley lost to Alan Norman
Match 3 - Alan Norman was disqualified for using an illegal throw of 'Sausage' in his match versus Brad Shepherd
Match 4 - Brad Shepherd beat Chris 'Lobster Scrumpy' Jones in the final

No photos from the matches exist, although there is a great video of Alan Norman's dancing following the Punk Gig!

GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham

Following the action at the BMGA Star City Open minigolf tournament, and prior to the mayhem of the Laser Station Challenge on Sunday 23rd January a bunch of players waited in the Beach Road Cafe Bar playing pool and whiling away the 25 minute wait.

With some time still to spare the Guild of Rock Paper Scissors (GoRPS) arranged an impromptu RPS Battle!

With seven players competing it was Irchester's Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley who triumphed, with an impressive undefeated streak of 4 wins in a row, in the 'best-of-3-throws-winner-stays-on' format event!

Photo: Kevin 'Max' Moseley throws an agressive 'Paper', only to be cut short by Northamptonshire's RPS #1 Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley.

Full Results from the GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham
Match 1 - Richard Gottfried lost to Oliver Florence
Match 2 - Emily Gottfried beat Oliver Florence
Match 3 - Marc Bazeley bested Emily Gottfried
Match 4 - Marc Bazeley defeated The Leamington Spa-Based Man of Mystery
Match 5 - Marc Bazeley beat Richard 'Richard' Skeggs
Match 6 - Marc Bazeley defeated Kevin Moseley

Back in November 2010 Richard and Emily competed in the UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships (Ollie and fellow GoRPS member Paul 'The Terminator' Jones were spectators then). The GoRPS was formed that very night too!

My Crazy/Odd/Obscure/Strange Sporting Week

Saturday

• Course visits 205 and 206 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Minigolf at the World of Golf in Sidcup - practice for the 2010 Kent Open tournament
• 2010 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships at the Durell Arms, Fulham - a second-round loss

Sunday

• Kent Open Minigolf Tournament - tied for 8th and a win in the team competition

Monday

• Dodgeball Training Session and a 6-1 victory in Luton

Tuesday

• Day off

Wednesday

• 2010 Macmillan Annual Tenpin Bowling Challenge Competition at Namco Station in Luton - 3rd place finish with The Ham & Eggers Team

Thursday

• Minigolf at the Green Indoor Mini Golf - tied for 7th place in the weekly Club Tournament

Friday

• Day off, bar a bit of Ping Pong practice for the World Series of Pong

Saturday

• A re-visit to the 12-hole Crazy Golf course in Verulamium Park in St Albans, and a look at the 9-hole Putting Green

Sunday

• Ping Pong training for the World Series of Pong Slam Jam Grand Final
• Dodgeball training at Wardown Park in Luton
• A re-visit to the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Wardown Park in Luton

UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2010 - Report, Photos and Videos from the Event!

On Saturday 13th November 2010 The Durell Arms Pub in Fulham, London played host to the 4th UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships, organised by the team from Wacky Nation.

It was a fantastic event with over 80 players battling it out for the title of UK RPS Champion!

Emily was drawn to play in Group B, while I was in Group C. The format of the event saw players face-off in best-of-three Rock Paper Scissors matches (with Rock beating Scissors, Scissors beating Paper, and Paper beating Rock).

Emily finished with a record of Played 3, Won 2, Lost 1.

I ended with a record of Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1.

The event was everything I had hoped for, and then some! There was a massive crowd on hand to witness the organised chaos, with unbelievable noise, support and chanting going on throughout the evening. Players had travelled from far and wide, there were teams, societies and even Superman.

The night also included the chance to win a prize through Challenge RPS Matches which our friend Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and his mate Paul 'The Terminator' Jones took part in (having been unable to enter the main event and not even qualifying for the 'Reserve List'). In these 'Street RPS' matches, you could challenge any other person in the arena to a match to play for Wacky Nation RPS Currency. The player with the most money at the end of the evening would be declared the Challenge RPS Winner.

The Table/Arena where the epic RPS Battles took place!

In the Grand Final Paul Lewis of Woking beat Ed Blake of the Richard Richard Danes Appreciation Society in a best-of-five throws match.

Videos from the event:

The Opening Match


Emily Gottfried - Match 1


Emily Gottfried - Match 2


Emily Gottfried - Match 3


Richard Gottfried - Match 1


Richard Gottfried - Match 2


The Grand Final


Photos from the event:

Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried

Richard Gottfried plays a Challenge RPS Match against Guildford's Oliver Florence

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions - Scissors, Rock or Paper?

Richard tries a sneak attack on Superman!

Richard and some of his 'Paper' Winnings from Challenge RPS Matches

Emily wins

Florence & Gottfried watching from the sidelines

A crazy competitor plays RPS Blindfolded!? He lost

Richard Gottfried and the 2010 UK Rock Paper Scissors Champion Paul Lewis

For further details of the UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships head over to http://www.ukrockpaperscissorschampionships.com/

For more Wacky Nation events check out http://www.wackynation.com/