Hello one and all,
It is coming up to that time of the year again as we start looking towards issuing a rules pack and selling tickets for next March's UK40KGT. On it's innaugural flight last year the UK40KGT proved to be both hugely popular, more so than we ever anticipated, and a massive success with a great time been had by all who attended. This year we are looking to build upon that success and start to look to take the UK40KGT to the next level. It is for that very reason that we writing this to you all. As you are all no doubt aware the UK40KGT was organised by a committee of gamers drawn from across the gaming community and headed up by Neil Kerr (aka Skcuzzlebumm). Unfortunately, due to many and varied real life commitments the majority of the committee are going to be unable to continue in their capacity as organisers of the event. For example, in Neil's case he is entering the final year of his degree, and will also be travelling back and forth from Sweden on a regular basis. So it is with a heavy heart that the current committee are standing down from their positions, and Neil taking a step back from chairman.
However don't panic all is not lost!
The UK40KGT will still be going ahead on 24th & 25th March 2012, and it will be still be held at Maelstrom Games' Eye of the Storm in Mansfield.
But who is going to run it?
After much discussion and deliberation amongst the committee and with various other gamers we have taken the decision to hand control of the UK40KGT over to Dave Symcox, Nathan Roberts, Gary Percival and BJ Mason, collectively they are the chaps who produce and or are regularly involved with the 40KUK podcast. We decided to hand the organisation over to them for a number of reasons;
1. That they are all well seasoned and experienced tournament gamers and so know what makes up a great event.
2. That they are all permanently based in the Nottingham area and therefore logistically are well placed to continue to run the UK40KGT at Maelstrom Games.
3. Both Dave and BJ come from an events background and as a result are aware of how to plan and organise, as well as just how much work they need to commit to improve upon last years success.
4. The 40KUK podcast will then be ideally placed as a tool to promote the event even further and run all manner of exciting build up segments in the run up to March next year.
All this means that the UK40KGT will be in the perfect hands to both keep running and expand it's status as 'THE TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR', and eventually seek to realise the original mission statement to run regional events up and down the
UK and even in Ireland. The guys are fully committed that this is going to be an evolution, not a revolution, with things remaining the same as last year and only minor tweaks being made in accordance with feedback received from you, the gamers. In addition, we will remain in the background in advisory roles for the first year, assisting the guys if and when they need it - though in all honesty after seeing their planning matrix we doubt we are going to be needed.
At the end of the day this is and will remain the tournament for gamers, by gamers.
Tickets for next years event will be on sale Saturday 1st October and details regarding that and the rules pack for next years event will be issued over the next couple of weeks via email and the usual forums, and will also be available at www.40kuk.com
So there is not much else for us all to say, other than a big thank you from the committee for all your support last year and good luck to 40KUK guys in sending the UK40KGT stratospheric!
If you have any questions at all regarding the handover, or the event itself please feel free to either contact us at the usual address:
uk40kgt@gmail.com, or the new organising committee at:
uk40kgt@40kuk.com
Take care and we hope to see you all again in March, where we, last years organisers, will all be playing :-)
Kindest regards
Last years organising committee; Ben, Ian, Neil, Matt, Max, Mike, Myles and Rob
