There is just over a month before the year’s climax to the Yu-Gi-Oh! season! The 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! UK National Championships will be held in Sheffield on the 25 - 26th of April at the English Institute of Sport.
Hundreds of players will participate in Local and Grand Qualifiers around the country qualifying for the main event and their chance to become the Yu-Gi-Oh! UK Champion!
For those who are not fortunate enough to win a slot for the main event there will be plenty of side events so you will not miss out on all of the Yu-Gi-Oh! action. We will also be hosting the first ever Dragon Duel National Championship for all qualified players, so it’s definitely the place to be for up and coming duelists!
Date: 25th-26th April Entry: Qualification only via National Qualifier events.
Venue: English Institute of Sport Coleridge Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S9 5DA http://www.eis-sheffield.co.uk/
Prizes: 1st: Laptop, trophy, Shonen Jump prize card, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
2nd: Nintendo Wii, trophy, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
3rd-4th: Ipod Nano 8Gb, trophy, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
5th-8th: Ipod Shuffle 4Gb, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
9th-16th: Ipod Shuffle 1Gb, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
17th-32nd: Commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
33rd-64th: Commemorative pen
National Side Events
At Sheffield we will be offering all sorts of events for Yu-Gi-Oh! players, competitive and casual, new and experienced or even if you are just looking to have some fun and maybe win a few booster packs.
Please check back for a full time schedule but for the meantime we can announce that we have the following side events planned.
On both days we will have a Structure Deck Challenge – each player who plays will receive a randomly selected Structure Deck to play with! The winners of the Challenge will win a bundle of Yu-Gi-Oh! structure decks!
Also on the Saturday we have the Parents Cup – an event only for the parents! If you are taking someone along for the Dragon Duel or want to take an interest in Yu-Gi-Oh! as well then this is the event for you!
We will be running win-a-box tournaments both days as well with prizes for everyone who participates.
Each day there will be 3 *featured* side events giving out booster prizes from current sets!
Highlander Tournament – This is a special constructed tournament where players can only have one of each card in their deck! “There can be only one!”
Traditional Tournament – Play with the most powerful cards ever. This will be a normal constructed tournament following the traditional restriction list. Cards such as Raigeki and Chaos Emperor Dragon were so powerful that they had to be Forbidden from normal tournaments but now you can play with them.
Pharaoh Puzzle – A special brand new knockout tournament where every player who enters receives a single booster pack to play with. That’s not all, when a player wins he will receive his opponent’s booster pack and play with that too! This continues on until there are only 2 players left with the most powerful decks. Winner takes all!
Megabanned Challenge – A special constructed tournament. Decks cannot contain any Forbidden, Limited or Semi-Limited cards. Every card that you can play you can play three of! This was very popular at least year’s National tournament and we hope to see more of the same this year.
Tag Team Event – Standard tag team tournament.
Creature Feature – A special constructed tournament. Players can only play with one monster type! Create a deck that only has Beast monsters or Spellcasters. Who’s better? Machines or Warriors? Choose your favourite and see how far you can go!
Hundreds of players will participate in Local and Grand Qualifiers around the country qualifying for the main event and their chance to become the Yu-Gi-Oh! UK Champion!
For those who are not fortunate enough to win a slot for the main event there will be plenty of side events so you will not miss out on all of the Yu-Gi-Oh! action. We will also be hosting the first ever Dragon Duel National Championship for all qualified players, so it’s definitely the place to be for up and coming duelists!
Date: 25th-26th April Entry: Qualification only via National Qualifier events.
Venue: English Institute of Sport Coleridge Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S9 5DA http://www.eis-sheffield.co.uk/
Prizes: 1st: Laptop, trophy, Shonen Jump prize card, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
2nd: Nintendo Wii, trophy, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
3rd-4th: Ipod Nano 8Gb, trophy, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
5th-8th: Ipod Shuffle 4Gb, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
9th-16th: Ipod Shuffle 1Gb, playmat, commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
17th-32nd: Commemorative pen, invitation to Continental Championship
33rd-64th: Commemorative pen
National Side Events
At Sheffield we will be offering all sorts of events for Yu-Gi-Oh! players, competitive and casual, new and experienced or even if you are just looking to have some fun and maybe win a few booster packs.
Please check back for a full time schedule but for the meantime we can announce that we have the following side events planned.
On both days we will have a Structure Deck Challenge – each player who plays will receive a randomly selected Structure Deck to play with! The winners of the Challenge will win a bundle of Yu-Gi-Oh! structure decks!
Also on the Saturday we have the Parents Cup – an event only for the parents! If you are taking someone along for the Dragon Duel or want to take an interest in Yu-Gi-Oh! as well then this is the event for you!
We will be running win-a-box tournaments both days as well with prizes for everyone who participates.
Each day there will be 3 *featured* side events giving out booster prizes from current sets!
Highlander Tournament – This is a special constructed tournament where players can only have one of each card in their deck! “There can be only one!”
Traditional Tournament – Play with the most powerful cards ever. This will be a normal constructed tournament following the traditional restriction list. Cards such as Raigeki and Chaos Emperor Dragon were so powerful that they had to be Forbidden from normal tournaments but now you can play with them.
Pharaoh Puzzle – A special brand new knockout tournament where every player who enters receives a single booster pack to play with. That’s not all, when a player wins he will receive his opponent’s booster pack and play with that too! This continues on until there are only 2 players left with the most powerful decks. Winner takes all!
Megabanned Challenge – A special constructed tournament. Decks cannot contain any Forbidden, Limited or Semi-Limited cards. Every card that you can play you can play three of! This was very popular at least year’s National tournament and we hope to see more of the same this year.
Tag Team Event – Standard tag team tournament.
Creature Feature – A special constructed tournament. Players can only play with one monster type! Create a deck that only has Beast monsters or Spellcasters. Who’s better? Machines or Warriors? Choose your favourite and see how far you can go!
| UK National Qualifiers | |||||||
| Type | Date | Venue | Address | City | Postcode | Tel | |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Roundabout Toys | 8-12 Wellington Street | Ashton-Under Lyne | OL6 6AJ | sales@roundabouttoys.com | 0161 3432344 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Runik Games | 1 Central Walk | Bury St. Edmunds | IP33 1BS | symon@runikgames.com | 01284 719607 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | 131 Games | Hop Pole Hotel, 140-142 Wistaston Road | Crewe | CW2 7RQ | thomas.snook@btinternet.com | 07748801973 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Spellbound Games | Craig House, 64 Darnley Street | Glasgow | G41 2SP | spellboundglasgow@yahoo.com | 07917 610 804 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Phoenix Games | 51 Church Gate | Leicester | LE1 3AL | steve@phoenix-games.co.uk | 01162 515003 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | The Games Club | County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place | London | WC1H 0JW | play@thegamesclub.org | 07958 224 084 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Game HQ | Fellowship Hall, South Parade | Sutton Coldfield | B72 1QU | danielsnape@hotmail.com | 01543 377 573 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Upminster Yu-Gi-Oh! | St Laurence Church Halls | Upminster | RM14 3 | lawremar@hotmail.com | 07971814368 |
| Nats Local | 14-Mar-09 | Witch Engine | 7 South Western Terrace | Yeovil | BA20 1NB | lshaw@witchengine.com | 01935 427077 |
| Nats Grand | 14-Mar-09 | Ground Zero | The Towers, Botany Avenue | Mansfield | NG18 5NG | rosedragon@ntlworld.com | |
| Nats Grand | 14-Mar-09 | Antics | 30 Royal Place | Plymouth | PL1 1DU | yugiboy01@msn.com | 07792 051749 |
| Nats Grand | 14-Mar-09 | Swansea Card Games | The Rhyddings, Brynmill Avenue, Brynmill | Swansea | SA2 0BT | ioanllwyd@hotmail.com | 07779 968168 |
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | The Gaming Crypt | 14 Lloyd Street | Altrincham | WA14 2DE | sales@thegamingcrypt.com | 0161 9299919 |
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | Pharoahs Elite | Rivets, Mandeville Road | Aylesbury | HP21 8AB | deslogos1974@ntlworld.com | 07521 978654 |
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | Daydream Nation | St. Mary Magdalen's Community Centre, 55 Upper North Street | Brighton | BN1 3FH | day67@hotmail.com | 01273 687877 |
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | Welsh Games Club | 72a Severn Grove, Canton | Cardiff | CF11 9EP | http://welshgames.proboards.com/ | |
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | Lough Games Club | 30 Trinity Lane | Louth | LN11 8DL | ||
| Nats Local | 15-Mar-09 | Reading Yu-Gi-Oh! | RISC, 35-39 London Street | Reading | RG1 4PS | mike.wanless@ntlworld.com | 07999569979 |
| Nats Local | 21-Mar-09 | Spirit Games | 114 & 115 Station Street | Burton on Trent | DE14 1BX | vegetasonofskalamanda@hotmail.com | 07966 830866 |
| Nats Local | 21-Mar-09 | Shadowgames | Centercom Meeting Place, 602 North Row, Seclow Gate West | Central Milton Keynes | MK9 1LS | shadowgames@hotmail.co.uk | |
| Nats Local | 21-Mar-09 | Excelcion Events | Springfield Community Centre | Kempston | havok@mcs.cc | 01234293508 | |
| Nats Grand | 21-Mar-09 | Homerton Library | Homerton High Street | London | E9 | jackhawkins@excite.com | |
| Nats Grand | 21-Mar-09 | Fanboy3 | 17 Newton Street | Manchester | M1 1FZ | enquiries@fanboy3.co.uk | 0161 2477735 |
| Nats Grand | 21-Mar-09 | Gamers Guild | Normandy Village Hall, Manor Fruit Farm, Glaziers Lane | Normandy | GU3 2DF | benward@gamersguild.co.uk | 07949359750 |
| Nats Grand | 21-Mar-09 | Mad for Miniatures | Unit 17, The Market House | St. Austell | PL25 5QB | vini@madforminiatures.com | 01726 72259 |
| Nats Local | 22-Mar-09 | Gillingham Gamers Club | Oast Commnuity Centre, Granary Close | Rainham | rekab.1@virgin.net | 07980075969 | |
| Nats Grand | 22-Mar-09 | Highlander Games | 98 Annfield Road | Dundee | DD1 5JH | gary.campbell1@homecall.co.uk | 01382 666315 |
| Nats Grand | 22-Mar-09 | Rockbottom Toys | Bargate Centre | Southampton | SO14 1HF | rockbottom@btconnect.com | 02380633947 |
| Nats Local | 28-Mar-09 | OOTW Cards | Freston Hall, Freston Gardens | Cockfosters | EN6 9LX | ootwcards@gmail.com | 07974678009 |
| Nats Local | 28-Mar-09 | Shadow Realm Tournaments | Premier Inn Hotel, Newbridge Street | Newcastle | NE1 8BS | shadowrealmtournament@googlemail.com | 0191 442 2784 |
| Nats Local | 28-Mar-09 | Antics | 30 Royal Place | Plymouth | PL1 1DU | yugiboy01@msn.com | 07792 051749 |
| Nats Local | 28-Mar-09 | Upminster Yu-Gi-Oh! | St Laurence Church Halls | Upminster | RM14 3 | lawremar@hotmail.com | 07971814368 |
| Nats Grand | 28-Mar-09 | UK Card and Games | Durley Hall Hotel, Durley Chine Road | Bournemouth | BH2 5DU | russ@ukcardsandgames.co.uk | 07879 073525 |
| Nats Grand | 28-Mar-09 | Patriot Games | Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street | Sheffield | S1 2JB | jim@patriotgames.ltd.uk | 01142 731762 |
| Nats Local | 29-Mar-09 | Static Games | 39 King Street, Trongate | Glasgow | G1 5RA | kenneth@a1comics.com | 0141 552 9785 |
| Nats Local | 29-Mar-09 | Lough Games Club | 30 Trinity Lane | Louth | LN11 8DL | ||
| Nats Grand | 29-Mar-09 | Jumanji Games | University of Bath, UBSA Building | Bath | BA2 7AY | Jumanjigamesclub@live.com | |
| Nats Grand | 29-Mar-09 | Gillingham Gamers Club | Oast Commnuity Centre, Granary Close | Rainham | rekab.1@virgin.net | 07980075969 | |
| Nats Local | 04-Apr-09 | Roundabout Toys | 8-12 Wellington Street | Ashton-Under Lyne | OL6 6AJ | sales@roundabouttoys.com | 0161 3432344 |
| Nats Local | 04-Apr-09 | Spirit Games | 114 & 115 Station Street | Burton on Trent | DE14 1BX | vegetasonofskalamanda@hotmail.com | 07966 830866 |
| Nats Local | 04-Apr-09 | Patriot Games Huddersfield | 30 Wood Street | Huddersfield | HD1 1DU | Steve@patriotgames.ltd.uk | 01484 511019 |
| Nats Local | 04-Apr-09 | Mad for Miniatures | Unit 17, The Market House | St. Austell | PL25 5QB | vini@madforminiatures.com | 01726 72259 |
| Nats Local | 04-Apr-09 | Game HQ | Fellowship Hall, South Parade | Sutton Coldfield | B72 1QU | danielsnape@hotmail.com | 01543 377 573 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | 131 Games | Hop Pole Hotel, 140-142 Wistaston Road | Crewe | CW2 7RQ | thomas.snook@btinternet.com | 07748801973 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | Spellbound Games | Craig House, 64 Darnley Street | Glasgow | G41 2SP | spellboundglasgow@yahoo.com | 07917 610 804 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | Phoenix Games | 51 Church Gate | Leicester | LE1 3AL | steve@phoenix-games.co.uk | 01162 515003 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | Battlenet Norwich | 2a Queens Road | Norwich | NR1 3PR | info@battlenet.co.uk | 01603 765595 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | Reading Yu-Gi-Oh! | RISC, 35-39 London Street | Reading | RG1 4PS | mike.wanless@ntlworld.com | 07999569979 |
| Nats Grand | 04-Apr-09 | Upminster Yu-Gi-Oh! | St Laurence Church Halls | Upminster | RM14 3 | lawremar@hotmail.com | 07971814368 |
| Nats Local | 05-Apr-09 | Ground Zero | The Towers, Botany Avenue | Mansfield | NG18 5NG | rosedragon@ntlworld.com | |
| Nats Grand | 05-Apr-09 | The Gaming Crypt | 14 Lloyd Street | Altrincham | WA14 2DE | sales@thegamingcrypt.com | 0161 9299919 |
| Nats Grand | 05-Apr-09 | Daydream Nation | St. Mary Magdalen's Community Centre, 55 Upper North Street | Brighton | BN1 3FH | day67@hotmail.com | 01273 687877 |
| Nats Grand | 05-Apr-09 | Witch Engine | The Masonic Hall, 23 Hendford | Yeovil | BA20 1TQ | lshaw@witchengine.com | 01935 427077 |
| Nats Local | 10-Apr-09 | The Player's Club at 6:30pm | Langley Pavilion, Langley Road | Langley | SL3 8BS | yugioh@firestormcards.co.uk | 07957658596 |
| Nats Local | 11-Apr-09 | The Games Club | County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place | London | WC1H 0JW | play@thegamesclub.org | 07958 224 084 |
| Nats Local | 11-Apr-09 | Antics | 30 Royal Place | Plymouth | PL1 1DU | yugiboy01@msn.com | 07792 051749 |
| Nats Local | 11-Apr-09 | UK Card and Games | Hamworthy Liberal Club, Blandford Road, Hamworthy | Poole | BH15 4AZ | russ@ukcardsandgames.co.uk | 07879 073525 |
| Nats Local | 11-Apr-09 | Swansea Card Games | The Rhyddings, Brynmill Avenue, Brynmill | Swansea | SA2 0BT | ioanllwyd@hotmail.com | 07779 968168 |
| Nats Grand | 11-Apr-09 | Area 51 | 230 Gloucester Road | Bristol | BS7 8NZ | area51.online@virgin.net | 01179 244655 |
| Nats Grand | 11-Apr-09 | OOTW Cards | Freston Hall, Freston Gardens | Cockfosters | EN6 9LX | ootwcards@gmail.com | 07974678009 |
| Nats Grand | 11-Apr-09 | The Player's Club at 11am | Haymill Community Centre, Burnham Lane | Slough | SL1 6LZ. | yugioh@firestormcards.co.uk | 07957658596 |
| Nats Grand | 11-Apr-09 | Patriot Games | Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street | Sheffield | S1 2JB | jim@patriotgames.ltd.uk | 01142 731762 |
| Nats Local | 12-Apr-09 | Static Games | 39 King Street, Trongate | Glasgow | G1 5RA | kenneth@a1comics.com | 0141 552 9785 |
| Nats Grand | 12-Apr-09 | Pharoahs Elite | Rivets, Mandeville Road | Aylesbury | HP21 8AB | deslogos1974@ntlworld.com | 07521 978654 |
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