{"id":18149,"date":"2018-02-01T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T10:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18149"},"modified":"2018-02-01T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T10:25:21","slug":"pi-wars-2018-all-about-this-years-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18149","title":{"rendered":"Pi Wars 2018 &#8211; all about this year&#8217;s competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piwars.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=560%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=768%2C283&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=560%2C207&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=260%2C96&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Logo-v2-RGB-800.jpg?resize=160%2C59&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>This year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/piwars.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pi Wars<\/a>\u00a0competition is really hotting up with 76 teams currently preparing to take on our <a href=\"https:\/\/piwars.org\/2018-competition\/challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven challenge courses<\/a>. Tim&#8217;s hard at work making courses and I&#8217;m hard at work sending out emails and doing all the administration work that comes with an event such as this!<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<strong>family-friendly<\/strong> event takes place on <strong>21st-22nd April<\/strong> at the <strong>Cambridge Computer Laboratory<\/strong>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/ti.to\/cambridge-raspberry-jam\/pi-wars-2018-spectators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>book tickets here<\/strong><\/a>. <strong>Tickets are free for volunteers and for those under 18<\/strong> and just \u00a35\/\u00a37 for adults for one day\/two days.<\/p>\n<p>Over on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/pi-wars-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DesignSpark<\/a><\/strong>, I&#8217;ve written an article which tells you more about the event, how we go about organising it, the challenge courses and how to get involved with the event by judging and marshalling during the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/pi-wars-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a look at that article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to see you at the event! Even more information can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/piwars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Pi Wars website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Pi Wars\u00a0competition is really hotting up with 76 teams currently preparing to take on our seven challenge courses. 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