The UK & Ireland sectional for the Crossfit Games will be held at the Mildenhall Airbase on Saturday 20th March 2010
This is a Nitty Gritty page that the organisers of the Uk & Ireland sectional event will use to publish useful information about the event.
How to register
http://games2010.crossfit.com/
The box office should open the 23/25th of December
Transport/ accomodation:
Local Hotels
Beck Row (outside base gate)
Bird in Hand (01638-713247)
Fairleigh Guest House (01638-714240)
Mildenhall Village
Riverside Hotel (01638-717274)
Bell Hotel (01638-583511)
Orchard House B & B (01638-711237)
Barton Mills
Travel Lodge (0871 984 6006)
Olde Bull Inn (01638-711001)
Tuddenham St. Mary’s
Tuddenham Mill (01638-713552)
Worlington
Worlington Hall (01638-712237)
Lakenheath
Lakenheath Hotel (01842-860691)
Icklingham
Plough Inn (01638-711770)
ALL OF THE ABOVE HOTELS ARE WITHIN 8 MILES OF RAF MILDENHALL
Newmarket (11 miles)
Bedford Lodge (01638-663175)
Heath Court Hotel (01638-667171)
Bury St. Edmunds (15 miles)
Priory Hotel (01284-766181)
Ramada Inn Bury St. Edmunds (01284-760884)
Cambridge (26 miles)
Holiday Inn Cambridge (08719-429015)
Sleep Inn Cambridge (01954-268400)
University Arms (01223-351241)
Stansted Airport (45 miles)
Hilton Stansted (01279-680800)
Radisson Stansted (01279-661013)
Public Transport
From: Ely there are Bus or Taxi links to Mildenhall.
The Brecks Warrener Bus provides a scheduled service linking Thetford (12 miles) and Brandon (10 miles) Bus and Rail stations to nearby Lakenheath and they can connect onto Mildenhall with the on demand service, with prior notice, contact tel +44 (0)1638 608080 or e-mail to info@brandoncop.org.uk
Mildenhall is a coach hub with regular services, via National Express, to Norwich, London’s three main airports – Stanstead, Heathrow and Gatwick – and local major towns Newmarket, Cambridge, Ely, Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford.
There are rail stations at all these towns. Ely (16 miles) is the nearest and with the most frequent connections and services south into London, Kings Cross station and north to the Midlands and beyond.
Local Taxi sevices provided by M&L Taxis (01638-712261) and Phoenix Taxis (01638-533060)
Games Standards Rules Regulations.
As the games are constantly evolving, we will post new rules and standards below. In the meantime here are some of last years standards. Perhaps it would be a good idea to incorporate them into your training
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Run – Any technique as long as the prescribed distance is covered.
Pull Ups – The chest (anywhere from the sternum down) must make contact with the bar. The body must then be lowered to full arms extension, with no bend in the elbows.
Kettlebell Swing – The kettlebell must swing from between the legs to above the head so at least part of the ear is exposed in front of the arms.
Clean & Jerk – The bar must be lifted from the ground to over head with a clean grip. In the overhead position, the hips must be fully open and arms extended so at least part of the ear is exposed in front of the arm.
Hand Stand Push Up – At the bottom of the rep the head will make contact with the floor. At the top of the movement the arms will be fully extended and the feet will be in contact with the wall. Hand width will be no wider than your barbell press grip. This will be measured and marked on the floor at your station.
The future
Over the next few months we will be telling you what your local Crossfit Centre can do to help you prepare and what you can personally do to help the event along, even if you are not competing.
For now, book mark this site and we will add as much information as possible as soon as possible.
Security
what we will say is that every entrant onto the base will need to be security checked, so ticket sales for this event will probably close two weeks before the event date!
Get your tickets now.
Contacting the organisers in the UK.
On one level, Andrew Anthony and Kempie will be delighted to answer your questions about the event, however, the chances are that, if you need to ask the question, others may need the same information, so write any questions you may have in comments so we can give a public answer!
If the matter is very personal of course you can email us individually. Here are our details with our general areas of responsibility
Anthony: xfitaddict@googlemail.com venue
Andrew: andrew@crossfitlondonuk.com marketing /system support/health and safety
Kempie: kempie@hotmail.com rules and events
Media,
If you are a member of the media, please email Andrew@crossfitlondonuk.com
Commercial sponsors
If your company or organisation is interested in being publicly associated with this years Uk & Ireland Sectionals, do email Andrew@crossfitlondonuk.com
THIS YEARS CORPORATE SUPPORTERS
Beaverfit is delighted to be one of the sponsors of this years event
BeaverFit is a company producing old school gym equipment. We take pride at the fact we will build any bespoke equipment for personal use, for professional use and for gym use. At BeaverFit we design and manufacture everything from basic drag-sleds to complex custom build pull up frames. We have a massive manufacturing facility and with the experience to be to able listen to our customers needs and build innovative equipment that will withstand decades of abuse.
FK UK
Strength Power Speed Ltd
http://strengthpowerspeed.co.uk/
Absolute Performance are specialists in the supply of functional strength and conditioning equipment and work closely with their clients to develop an equipment package that is tailor made for the facility in question. The requirements and budgets of each client can be remarkably different, as such bespoke solutions are essential when ensuring that facilities are “fit for purpose” whilst offering value for money.
Our products range from Olympic bars, bumpers and power racks to matting solutions, medicine balls and strongman equipment.
Please feel free to contact us at: a info@aperformance.co.uk or visit our website at www.aperformance.co.uk
If your company or organisation is interested in being publicly associated with this years Uk & Ireland Sectionals, do email Andrew@crossfitlondonuk.com
Related posts:
There are a few of us looking heading over to Mildenhall together (and splitting costs, etc.) on this thread at FK.UK:
http://www.funckey.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=1745
Check it out if you want to join in the adventures… or just fancy some banter about the UK sectional
Just say for talks sake someone fails the security check, will this mean they don’t get the chance to qualify?
To make it absolutely clear, if you failed the security check you would not be able to enter the base, and so you would loose the chance to qualify at this particular venue. That would not stop the individual going to another venue elsewhere
I will, however, try and indicate under what circumstances such a failure would occur without compromising the security of the base!
But I ought to make the point that if someones security profile is so poor that it prevents them from entering an airbase, it could well stop people entering the united states and getting through their passport controls
ll report back asap
Andrew
Hey,
Re the logo. It’s the UK & Ireland Qualifier.
I know it’s the Union flag n’all, but there’s no way I would put it on our website! It’s just a bit sensitive for us as we have people from both sides of the community training with us, plus I bet the Irish bods will feel slightly pissed at it..
Done!
crossfitfife.com
what you been up too Johnny Boy?
I am a crossfitter based out of Liverpool. I signed up for the sectional qualifier, but I currently have no way of getting to Mildenhall. I don’t have a car, but would be willing to take a train to try and get a ride with someone. If anyone based in Manchester, London or some other place that is easy to get to by train would be willing to help me out I would be much obliged.
Megan
I happen to know that a whole bunch from Crossfit Central Manchester are heading down to Mildenhall. You may want to see if any of the folks from there or Crossfit Manchester have space in one of their cars.
Regards
Peter
Peter,
Thanks for the tip, I will loook into it.
Best,
Megan
Megan – I’ll be travelling down with the other guys and girls from Manchester. I’m sure we’ll be able to help you out with a lift. Find us on Facebook (search for Crossfit Central Manchester) if you’re on it – or alternatively drop me an email at matt_foster@hotmail.co.uk.
Cheers
Matt
So I am a total novice when it comes to the Games. I was wondering if anyone knew a good source of information about how they are run. Specifically I am wondering about scaling and what happens if I can’t complete a workout. I will be training hard, but right now I can’t do a muscle up or a handstand push up or even high rep pull ups. I am just wondering what would happen if these events were to come up in the qualifier and I could not complete them. Thank you to anyone who could provide me a little guidance.
Hi Megan
If an exercise were to come up which meant you didn’t think you could complete a workout you will be allowed to scale, however this would preclude you from qualifying from the sectionals to the regionals. There has deliberately been emphasis put on allowing as many people to compete as possible, whatever their standard so don’t let not being able to perform specific exercises put you off competing. On the day you may even find you can do exercises you didn’t think you were capable of due to the inspirational atmosphere that no doubt will exist.
Hope to see you there. Mike
Can someone please post details of nearby hotels, B&Bs etc to the venue. We’d like to get all our travel and accommodation plans squared away by end of January.
Cheers.
Hello,
I’ve recently registered for the games and named a friend to come as a guest, which is included in the entry fee. I received the confirmation email but there is no mention of the guest on the reply.Is this ok or have I made a mistake on registering?
Many thanks
the CrossFit Central Manchester Invitational Games.
We would all like to compete in the CrossFit Games in Aromas but alas, only 3 men and women from Europe will be able to do so, so we thought it would be a great weekend to host an Invitational to all CrossFitters to have a go at the WOD’s at this years 2010 Games.
Date 17th July 2010
Event Time: 9am until 6pm
Location: CrossFit Central Manchester
There could be any number of WODs on the Saturday so who knows what to expect! After the fun and games we will then all head into Manchester’s Northern Quarter for food and drinks.
If you or anyone else at your affiliates and community would like to attend as an athlete, spectator or as a judge then please let us know by confirming on info@crossfitcentralmanchester.co.uk
The cost to compete will be £10 per athlete which will cover refreshments, and a prize for the top men and women of the day.
Please forward this invitation to all known CrossFitters who think will be interested
3-2-1 Go!
Best regards
Dominic Beardwell
Crossfit Central Manchester
http://www.crossfitcentralmanchester.co.uk
e: info@crossfitcentralmanchester.co.uk
m: 07595 926128
a. Fighting Fit, Unit 33, Viaduct Street, Manchester, M3 7WX
Has anyone contacted base security or any other POC at the air base to see what the entry pre-requesites will be? I work at Mildenhall, and have not yet seen this event advertised…
UPDATE
Hi Guys a quick extract from an email from Kempie
“Registration for the event will be 6pm to 9pm on the friday night and should provide sufficient flexibility for pretty much everyone. Also, many would want to try and get their bearings the night before the event so there are no last minute dramas on the day.
On the same theme there will be a compulsory judges meeting on the evening before (lets say 8pm) to discuss ROM standards and how the day will be run”.
Anthony ( from Mildenhall HAWC) will come back to us next week with details of local hotels, B & B;s etc. He will also talk about security issues and the information required for clearance.
Its nice to welcome some commercial supporters of the Sectional including mens Fitness, who will also have some staff taking part.
And Adam, we don’t have control over the head office registration system, so drop an email back to head office ( there should be a query email on your registration confirmation),
some great coverage from FK UK
http://www.funckey.co.uk/news/fkuk-sponsors-crossfit-games-sectional/
Hi, was just wondering if anyone knows how many people have entered the UK qualifiers?
3 of us travelling down from Carlisle , I’m not expecting to qualify but really looking forward to the experiance. Really hoping that’s there’s running involved in one if the events, anyone else got any ideas what we’ll get on the day?
Hi Wes
As of 30th Jan 47 men and 6 women.
The events are being sorted out by Kempie and are top secret.
Good luck see you on the day
Thanks Dave, made more nervous now knowing how many will be competing, still relishing the challenge though, 6 weeks of hard graft to go!
t shirts: the chances are that, if you are a competitor or a volunteer, you will be getting a t-shirt.
can you email andrew your name, whether you are a Official or competitor and your -t-shirt size
before
Friday 12th Feb, as Im ordering on monday!!
andrew@crossfitlondonuk.com
FK.UK have picked up on equipment and sponsor announcements that could give clues to the events:
http://www.funckey.co.uk/news/psst-crossfit-sectionals-events-rumours/
Also, you can keep your ear to the ground in a number of ways…
Keep your eye on the FK.UK website – we will pass you details as we find them out!: Website
Join the event discussions on the new dedicated forum section: Forum
Follow the FK.UK twitter feed for announcements and updates: Twitter
Check out the Facebook event page for news and info Facebook
CrossFit Reading Strength and Power Invitational, in Association with FK.UK
http://www.crossfitreading.co.uk/page34.htm
Get your self a bargin at the UK & Ireland sectional for the Crossfit Games on 20th March. BeaverFit will be selling their GHD’s at a special games price £400 only…..
the schedule for the day
http://www.funckey.co.uk/news/sectional/crossfit-games-schedule-for-the-day/
You can check all past, present and future news stories on the Sectional through the dedicated FK.UK website section here:
http://www.funckey.co.uk/category/news/sectional/
Further snippets of info can be found by adding yourself to the official Facebook event page here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=311304276605&ref=mf
The very latest updates can be found by following the FK.UK Twitter feed:
http://www.twitter.com/FKUK
We will be tweeting live updates throughout the event too!
Important message from Anthony for all those attending the Sectional:
http://www.funckey.co.uk/forums/topic/2598-important-vehicle-details-required/
no doubt you will near more about this in weeks to come, but the final venue will now be at The parish council Office,
The Pavilion Recreation way, Mildenhall Bury St, IP28 7HG ( mins from the original airbase)
1st event at 9am… the weather is sort of against us so bring some water proofs. But, no need to clear security.. phew
fantastic day… even though rain was promised, the sun burst through late afternoon. Dealing with the photo uploads now
Results now confirmed and final:
http://scores2010.crossfit.com/scoring/uk-ireland/