SQL Relay National and Local Prizes

Today I found out what a great prizes are being offered at SQL Relay..

If you come along to one of the local events (running between 3rd to 5th October: In Birmingham, Manchester, Farnham, Kent, Bristol, London, Hatfield, Leeds, Southampton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Exeter, Cambridge, Essex and Maidenhead)

Not only will you have the chance to go home with one of the following prizes. 

• Red Gate shirts
• Wrox book / stickers
• SQLBits 10 Friday ticket
• 1 PASS 2010 DVD

But you will also be entered in a draw for the following prizes;

• Red Gate SQL Developer bundle
• A collection of Wrox books
• SQLBits 10 Conference Pass
• 1 PASS 2010 DVD

Its an amazing list of prizes!

The SQL Relay ‘Finishing line’ event on the 6th of October where Itzik Ben-Gan will be speaking is very close to being fully booked!

So register now before its too late!

 

A big thank-you goes out to all the companies that have sponsored the SQL Relay.

SQL Relay Swag from Red Gate

Another day, another parcel...
This time an intriguing small box from Red Gate.

I could tell it was from Red Gate.. the red box, the Red Gate logo.. all clues..

Inside...
Two Red Gate t-shirts and two Red Gate pens.

So two lucky people are going to get Red Gate t-shirts at the next Southampton SQL Server User Group.


The SQL Community in the UK will be hosting its first SQL Relay, a series of events culminating in Itzik Ben-Gan (SQL Server Author and MVP, Co-Founder of SolidQ) presenting at Microsoft’s London HQ, Cardinal Place on the 6th October.
Southampton's SQL Relay event is on the 5th of October, Justin Langford (Coeo) will be talking about SQL Server Denali and Nicholas Colebourn will be discussing designing tables for scale.

SQL Relay Swag from Wrox

When I got in from work today there was something waiting for me… 
The swag from Wrox for the SQL Relay…

Coasters, key rings, pens, stickers and a copy of Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting.  Justin Langford one of the authors will speaking at Southampton SQL Server User Group’s SQL Relay event on Wednesday 5th of October. [I will see if he will sign it! The book is staying in its plastic covering until the SQL Relay event]
SQL Relay is a series of SQL User Groups happening up and down the country between the 3rd and 6th of October,
Events are happening in: Birmingham, Manchester, Farnham, Kent, Bristol, London, Hatfield, Leeds, Southampton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Exeter, Cambridge, Essex and Maidenhead..
See you there!!

SQL Relay–Filling up fast.

The SQL Relay events are booking up fast; over 239 people have registered so far.

So register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!!

If you know you can’t make it, unregister – it will mean someone else can go in your place.

The London (finish line) Event is 70% booked already!

SQL Relay is part of the National SQL Server Week, which starts with SQLBits on the  29th of September and finishing with Itzik Ben-Gan presenting at the finishing line event.

For details of the SQL Relay visit http://www.sqlserverfaq.com

SQLBits + SQLRelay = National SQL Server Week

National SQL Server Week

From the 29th of September to the 6th of October, it’s the first National SQL Server Week in the UK.



SQLBits + SQL Relay = National SQL Server Week

29th September - Day 1 - Thursday - SQLBits Training Day

30th September - Day 2 –Friday - SQLBits Conference Day

1st October - Day 3 –Saturday - SQLBits Conference Day (Free)

2nd October - Day 4 - Sunday – Rest, Ahhh....

3rd October - Day 5 – Monday - SQL Relay Day 1 - Birmingham  ~   Farnham, Surrey  ~   Kent  ~   Manchester  (Free)

4th October - Day 6 – Tuesday - SQL Relay Day 2 - Bristol  ~   Hatfield  ~   Leeds  ~   London  ~   Maidenhead  (Free)

5th October - Day 7 – Wednesday - SQL Relay Day 3 - Cambridge  ~   Cardiff  ~   Edinburgh  ~   Essex  ~   Exeter  ~   Southampton  (Free)

6th October - Day 8 – Thursday - SQL Relay Finish Line - London - Cardinal Place  (Free)



Where else can you get 7 days of SQL?

Essex, Cambridge and Maidenhead…

What do Essex, Cambridge and Maidenhead all have in common?

Yes – you guessed it!

They all have new SQL User Groups (UG) and they are all joining in the SQL Relay!  A Four day SQL-a-thon, a series of events culminating in Itzik Ben-Gan (SQL Server Author and MVP, Co-Founder of SolidQ) presenting at Microsoft’s London HQ, Cardinal Place on the 6th October.

Check out the SQLServerFAQ site for details of your nearest community event.