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This is where I try and give due comment on some of the things that went well and some that didn't.
BOUQUETS
Exeter University
The venue was ideal, the facilities good, the organisation fine. Especial thanks to Peter Slader and the guy from the Computing Services department who solved all my Internet access problems.
Rose Pride
A fine swansong from Rose. Despite the dramatic increase in numbers the organisation held up well.
Alan Dibley
How can anyone carry on being interesting about these robots for hours at a stretch? Alan does a great job as M.C.
John Pickering, Derek Glew and the rest of the Micromouse committee
Thank you for maintaining this fine competition.
Mike Rodd
His opening speech promising I.E.E. support for a larger, distributed competition next year will maintain the enthusiasm of the schools teams. 250 teams is a large commitment.
Ian "fingers" Louttit
Dragged in with little warning, he kept me supplied with team and mouse photos to put on the web site.
All those who used a DASH FREE kit
Thank you for showing what can be done with a kit.
Not everything was perfect, these are things where we can hope for improvements next year
Motorway traffic holdups
I can't be only one who spent an hour virtually stationary on the motorway on Friday night. If the competition can be distributed to local centres next year we might all save a lot of time.
Duncan Louttit
I promise that next year I will show the photographer where to put his fingers and how to use the red-eye reduction system on the camera.
All the people who broke their mouse on the way to the competition
Pack it better next year and don't drop it!
Educational suppliers
Please can we have more starter kits. Someone should be able to challenge DASH FREEs.