I didn't go so I can't give you a run down of what went on, but there was an event at the weekend at the NEC - there were lectures, trade show, comp and come and have a go if you think you are hard enough section to keep people entertained. All I know from a text message of Mark Croxall is that he got through to the final!
PlanetFear.com have a thread about it all
here. Theres a review by a German dude which Graeme Alderson ran through Google's translator engine and as you can imagine the translation is hilarious. Here's a snippet where he describes watching big Malc do the biz:-
"So far I had in each case belong that he would be strong, but could I see there: The chap is correctly, correctly strong! Where Ben and Stephane rumzappelten and exerted obviously, Malcolm screwed on like a schmied and I asked myself, why the others had such problems, if looks nevertheless with him so easy. Impressing!"
Touch of class!