{"id":19970,"date":"2020-03-13T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19970"},"modified":"2020-04-03T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T07:12:45","slug":"pi-wars-2020-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19970","title":{"rendered":"Pi Wars 2020 postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19953\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19953\" class=\"wp-image-19953 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=560%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=560%2C271&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=260%2C126&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Disaster-Zone-Alternate-banner_sm.jpg?resize=160%2C77&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disaster Zone!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t already know, we have decided to postpone <strong>Pi Wars 2020<\/strong> for the time being due to the Coronavirus pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/piwars.org\/2020-competition\/pi-wars-2020-postponement-due-to-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The full statement can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t already know, we have decided to postpone Pi Wars 2020 for the time being due to the Coronavirus pandemic. 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