UK Pokémon Regional championships

The UK and Ireland Pokémon Championships is an event held by Nintendo in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Regional competitions are held in several regions around the countries. Contestants would fight in a tournament using the Pokémon game that was popular during the time of the event.

Pokemon Championship 2000

The first champion was held during the summer of 2000.cite web | work=WirePlay | title=Pokemon Championship News - WirePlay Forums | url=http://forums.wireplay.co.uk/showthread.php?t=135820 | accessdate=2007-06-06] Players were invited to register and take part in regional finals during the months of July and August, but were restricted to using Pokémon Red and Blue. Battles were played using Pokémon Stadium and were subject to several championship and battle rules. Anyone visiting the regional events were allowed to download Mew onto their Pokémon Red or Blue cartridge and were limited to one per person.

The regionals were held in 14 cities during the months of June and August 2000. In each regional event, players won a gym badge based on the badges earned in Pokémon Red and Blue. Each regional consisted of eight rounds, with the winner of the final having all eight gym badges (the runner-up with seven). The winner and runner-up of each regional both represent their region for the final in London.

The final was held on 1 September 2000 at the Millennium Dome, where the regional finals battled against each other in a final competition. The winner of the national competition represented the UK and Ireland in the European final, which was hosted the following day, and the World Championships later that month.

2006 Regionals

Regional battle events were held in April 2006 and the players competed for cards and electronic games. The largest regionals were held in London and Bournemouth. The 15 years and over winners are listed as follows;

Scotland (Glasgow)

1st - Cole Bendall

2nd - Fred Entenmann

3rd - Andrew Ritchie

4th - Gordon White

North East (Hull)

1st - Andy Stone

North West (Manchester)

1st - Nitesh Doolub

2nd - Andy Stone

London

1st - Sami Sekkoum

2nd - Faisel Khan

3rd - Justin Kempley

4th - Martin Hart

South Coast (Bournemouth)

1st - Dominic Jordan

2nd - Justin Kempley

3rd - Sami Sekkoum

4th - Andy Stone

The 11-14 years and over winners are listed as follows:

North East (Hull)

1st - Alex Bramham

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