We started by being hosted by Rhodri in the M-SParc on tour location on Bangor High Street.
It was a smaller meet because we had bigger plans!
We gave a yoshi egg surprise to anyone who greeted us with “YOSHI!” in a Yoshi voice!
We had our league session and our raffle, but no main tournament. (Due to time constraints.)
The event itself was just 11-3, featuring mostly Mario Kart (whether that was on the big central screen, or people practising amongst themselves.)
We also spotted some new guys having fun on Taiko No Tatsujin, and some older members playing some Zelda too!
Evie (who won the Tableturf battle at the last event) was entered into the league by her friend John, despite not wanting to enter; but it saw her well as she got the maximum points and ended up in the final tie breaker, with only Rhys as her rival! (Rhys took the session victory, and won the Mario Hat and the fiver!)
Round 1 was balloon battles amongst random tracks.
John had the highest score by far, as he ended up with 40 points. Rhodri was due to win but after we thought the round had finished for him, he got hit, and his points halved! oops!
Round 2 was our “standard” round this time, so normal VS races, but on food themed tracks in honour of where we were headed next!
Coconut Mall – Cheese Land – Sky High Sundae – Donut Plains.
It was great having that big screen in the middle as everyone was able to get a good view of what was going on. (It did sort of close off the back of the room, but this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, as it meant there was a quiet corner for those that needed it.)
The tie breaker between Evie and Rhys was a single race on Sweet Sweet Canyon.
We finished part 1 of the event with our raffle of mario themed things!
We closed the event in Bangor just after 3pm, to give us enough time to get to Cineworld in Llandudno Junction to see the new Super Mario Bros Movie at 4pm. We got there with enough time to order some snacks, and round everyone up so we could all go in together.
The film was fantastic, everyone really enjoyed it. I personally loved the subtle nods to older Nintendo references, as well as the humour in general. There was a nice but funny touch with a grand piano too, so this pianist was happy! (Now just to find that sheet music…)
We had our various plushes to keep us company too!
There were 17 of us as a group, including one last minute decision and a mum with her younger son!
It was lovely to be able to do a little road trip again for our community (We have enough drivers again, awesome!)
The film finished at 10 to 6, which was perfect timing for the booking I’d made for us all at the neighbouring Pizza Hut… except it wasn’t because even though I’d booked in person nearly two weeks previously, the staff had no record of our booking… Thankfully one of the staff managed to scramble three separate tables for us to sit at, so we were able to get our fill of pizza in…. well, except for myself who was told there was no Gluten free pizza bases in stock, so the only thing on the menu I could actually have was chicken wings… so the pizza experience was completely underwhelming for me, but I’m glad everyone else was able to get their fill!
And Efan sadly missed out on the main group photo, so I promised him we’d do one again before we all left. People started leaving bit by bit though, so by the end of the evening, there were about half of us left, but I got us in for a selfie anyway!
Everyone was buzzing after, so I’m glad to hear that everyone had a good time!
I’m not sure when we’ll next do a road trip, but hopefully it won’t be another four years 😉