| Aug 22nd 2010: Carl Alsop v2 World Champion (22/08/2010 @ 18:40:21) |
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Congratulations to Carl Alsop who today became v2 World Champion in a day of action packed games. The current world rankings are now 1: Carl Alsop, 2: Scott McLellan, 3: Tommy McGovern, 4: Tom Hildreth, 5: Neil Young, 6: David Harker, 7: Paul Hildreth, 8: Cal Watt, 9: Dan Raper, 10: Matty Carr
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| July 30th 2010: Rock-It-Ball Hall of Fame Dinner (29/07/2010 @ 17:43:52) |
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Friday July 30th will see the next round of inductions to the Rock-It-Ball Hall of Fame as Ian Crosby, Graeme Wood and Carl Alsop become the 2010 inductees at an awards dinner to be held at Easingwold. Our congratulations go to Carl, Ian and Graeme with thanks for all they have done for the sport
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| July 21st 2010: Inaugural v2 World Cup on August 22nd (21/07/2010 @ 21:06:29) |
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v2 will be officially launched with the inaugural v2 World Cup at Thornton-le-Dale squash club on Sunday August 22nd. Ten of the top players from England and Scotland have been invited to this first v2 event. Spectators are welcome. The group matches kick off at 10.00 and the finals will commence at 13.20. History being made ... again
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| July 4th 2010: Raptors National Champions (08/07/2010 @ 14:20:22) |
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Congratulations to the Raptors who became national champions at the national finals in Scunthorpe. With 5 teams through to the finals the tournament was very hard fought with some excellent Rock-It-Ball on display. Raptors 1st, HellFighters 2nd, Falkirk Cannons 3rd, Cougars 4th, Tees Valley 5th. A great day and congratulations to everyone involved.
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| June 20th 2010: Raptors Regional Champions (30/06/2010 @ 11:43:29) |
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Congratulations to the Raptors who became Yorkshire and Humber Regional Champions after the most exciting season so far. Raptors finished the season on equal points with HellFighters but had a massively superior strike difference to clinch the title.
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| May 2nd 2010: England beat Scotland (06/05/2010 @ 14:24:34) |
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This was the first meeting between the two sides since Scotland snatched the World Cup from England’s grasp in 2007, however the sides bore only a slight resemblance to the sides that contested the World Cup final back then.
Although not taking anything for granted the England team were confident and ready for a tough battle. From the whistle the action was fast and frenetic and at the first break England had overwhelmed their opponents and went in 64-19 ahead. The Scots were fighting hard and blocking well but England maintained the pressure and went into half time having built up a comfortable lead of 81 points. They continued to pile on the pressure and finished the match at 233-116, breaking the World Record for the highest score in a match in the process.
The teams had a break before the next game. Things carried on where they left off with the match played at an unbelievably fast pace. England went into the first break of the second game leading 71-28. The English team then dominated the match with a power play to reach another record-breaking score as they continued to build their lead and again smashed the record they’d just set to win the second match 254-118 and lead the series 2-0.
The final game was fast and furious as the Scots fought hard to finish on a high – and indeed they managed to both reduce England’s total and take more points off them, however it wasn’t enough and England won the final match 243-130 to take the series 3-0.
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| April 13th 2010: Forthcoming International (13/04/2010 @ 16:16:45) |
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England will be playing World Cup winners Scotland in their first meeting since the 2007 World Cup on Sunday May 2nd. Both teams have a very different look but there are still some players from the World Cup who will be meeting again.
The two teams will play a series of three matches interspersed with v2 and Pairs matches.
Venue for the event is Howe Bridge Sport Centre Eckersley Fold Lane, Atherton, Manchester M46 0PJ.
Kick off is 1pm
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| March 17th 2010: New Hall of Fame Inductees (17/03/2010 @ 09:12:31) |
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Our congratulations go to Carl Alsop, Ian Crosby and Graeme Wood who are the 2010 inductees into the Rock-It-Ball Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is the highest honour that our sport can bestow and is intended for people who have made an outstanding contribution to the sport. Two people are inducted every two years until 2012 when it is intended that this will become an annual honour, however the Hall of Fame Committee felt unable to differentiate between the three people who made it through to the final stage and, as an exception, voted to honour all three. Again, our heartfelt congratulations to Carl, Ian and Graeme
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| March 9th 2010: First Rock-It-Ball Computer Game (09/03/2010 @ 20:35:18) |
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FreddyFit has a Flash-based Rock-It-Ball game on his website. Go to http://www.freddyfit.co.uk/kids/, click on the tree at the bottom to take you to the park. In the centre of the park you'll see a couple of Rock-Its. Click on them to go to the game. It's running a little slow at the moment for some reason but they are looking into it ...
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| Feb 27th 2010: Rock-It-Ball on GCSE Curriculum (27/02/2010 @ 12:53:09) |
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We heard recently that EdExel are happy to approve Rock-It-Ball as part of the GCSE curriciulum on a school by school basis. Those people who wish to use Rock-It-Ball as part of their GCSE can contact us and we'll give you the contact details for the guy at EdExel
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