Secret Wars Final Last Saturday........

Ok so it's taken me a while to put this up but hey, I have a life, and I'm lazy which is why I jacked most of the post from the Monorex blog! Bang.

Hicks is the new London champion!

Wow - still shocked and from an amazing night...over 1500 came through the door with a one in one out all night!! Thanks for all those who came down and had the patience to chill outside.

This Secret Wars was probably the best so far - everything went perfectly and the venue was a huge step up from Cafe 1001. A very proud moment seeing how far Secret Wars has come in just over 2 years....The USA is next!

With Reeps favourite to win, Hicks came in feeling little pressure - Both guys had a plan and both were well prepared for an intense and exciting SW battle.

The crowd was electric and the atmosphere at times was tense...The battle finally kicked off around 10:30pm and people stood in awe as the guys got to work on the large white walls (12ft wide by 8ft high).

For 5 HOURS DJ Session kept the crowd rocking with a stack of tunes new and old, with the crowd screaming with every mix.

When the time came to get the judges on stage, the tension began to mount and I found it hard to get anywhere the stage. First up to judge came Ligaya (Victoria & Albert Museum) who decide to give her vote to Hicks, then Reeps came fighting back with a massive decibel smashing crowd vote 1-1....It came down to the final judge - Brett from MTV / 1/10, after much thought and pacing on stage he finally pulled out his edding board marker and scribbled Hicks on his white board!!

We have a new and very worthy champion....Hicks (54 crew)

Thanks to all those who came down and supported and a huge thanks to the entire team on the night and edding markers for linking us up as usual.

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The set up during the day.

Sketch for the outside banner by Jimi Crayon - Oh and who stole it?? please leave a comment to say it is safe and in a good home....

Hicks getting interviewed by one of many TV channels in attendance.

The HUGE queue of people trying to get in from 8pm - Over 1500 people came through the door and it was one in / one out all night..Sorry to those that did not get in!





Final wall - Reeps (Left) & Hicks (Right)


photos taken from - Elliot Rebellious & Phil Gabriel

Also check out this amazing full length timelapse from Light and Time - http://www.lightandtime.co.uk/rushes/secret_wars_timelapse.mov