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Ex Trent Barton Rainbow 3 Optare Excel, 242, is seen at Derby Roundhouse on a student shuttle service. This bus now operates with fellow Wellglade subsidiary Notts & Derby.
Another one of those 'gradual design progression' cars, the Lotus Excel was largely based on the Lotus Eclat, which was based largely on the Lotus Elite II. But this is where that particular design chain came to an end.
The Lotus Excel was built between 1982 and 1992 as one of only a few cars on sale by the company while it was going through its difficult financial decade. At the time of production only the Esprit was really keeping the company afloat, with only these two cars being on sale until the construction of the Piazza, a joint venture with Isuzu. It wouldn't be until the return of the Elan in 1989 that the company would have developed another new Lotus.
The Excel, although not going down in history like the Esprit, has had some claim to fame with the Top Gear boys, with James May converting one into a Motorhome by simply placing an aircraft fuselage on its roof, and Richard Hammond turning one into a submarine for the James Bond 50th Anniversary special, creating a successful submersible car despite a few leaks here and there.
The Royal Victoria Dock is dominated by the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, constructed on the north quayside and opened in November 2000. This is where we were heading for the Women's Team Foil event. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, ExCeL London was divided into five sports halls with capacities ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 that were used for boxing, fencing, judo, taekwondo, table tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.
Royal Victoria Dock was opened in 1855 on a previously uninhabited area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first of the Royal Docks and the first London dock to be designed specifically to accommodate large steam ships.
The dock was an immediate commercial success, as it could easily accommodate all but the very largest steamships. By 1860, it was already taking over 850,000 tons of shipping a year - double that of the London Docks, four times that of St Katharine Docks and 70% more than the West India Dock and East India Docks combined. It was badly damaged by German bombing in World War II but experienced a resurgence in trade following the war. However, from the 1960s onwards, the Royal Victoria experienced a steady decline - as did all of London's other docks - as the shipping industry adopted containerization, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1980.
MALAYSIAN INVASION MMA FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP LAUNCHED
Tune Talk’s initiative to develop world’s fastest growing sport amongst Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 FEBRUARY 2013 – In acknowledgement of the rapidly growing popularity of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as a mainstream sport across Asia and globally, Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid today launched the Malaysian Invasion MMA Fighting Championship (MIMMA FC) with the aim of further developing and promoting the sport amongst Malaysian youths.
Offering cash prizes totaling RM150,000, MIMMA FC is going to be the first professionally managed pan-Malaysian amateur fighting championship with around 500 participants expected at the two-day preliminary Tryouts to be held in Kuala Lumpur 23-24 February 2013.
The amateur championship is open to all Malaysians aged 18 and above who are medically fit.
They will be fighting it out in the Flyweight (up to 56.7 kg), Bantamweight (up to 61.2 kg), Featherweight (65.8 kg), Lightweight (70.3 kg), Welterweight (up to 77.1 kg), Middleweight (up to 83.9 kg) and Light Heavyweight (up to 93 kg) weight classes.
Participants will be assessed for their striking, grappling and sparring capabilities – the three key skills required for the sport which combines multiple martial arts disciplines like karate, taekwondo, silat, muay Thai, boxing, wrestling, judo and Brazilian jiujitsu, into a single competition. Fighters will battle it out against each other inside a specially-designed 900 sq. ft. metal enclosure and presided by professional referees and judges.
From the Tryouts, 112 participants will proceed to the Ladder Match round that will take place 23-24 March 2012. This will be followed by the Quarter Finals on 20-21 April 2013 and Semi Finals on 18 May 2013. The MIMMA FC Champion for each weight class will be crowned at the Grand Finals is scheduled for 15 June 2013. All the rounds will be held in Kuala Lumpur.
MIMMA FC is the brainchild of YB Khairy Jamaluddin and Tune Talk CEO Jason Lo, who had previously partnered for the hugely popular and successful reality football talent search show, ‘MyTeam’.
MIMMA FC co-creator YB Khairy Jamaluddin said: “We would like to see more Malaysians get involved and excel in sports and MIMMA FC is a great avenue for youths out there to prove their skills and capabilities. Being the fastest growing sport in the world, it is crucial that we nurture and develop local talents in MMA from now and we hope to see more Malaysian MMA Champions at the regional and global levels.”
Tune Talk CEO Jason Lo said: “We are organising MIMMA FC to cater to the rapidly growing interest towards MMA in Malaysia. Through this championship we seek to unearth amateur talents from the grassroots who can potentially be groomed to become professionals. MIMMA FC will be an excellent platform for all MMA enthusiasts who have been training and participating in MMA activities. MIMMA FC will enable them to compete in a professionally-managed championship with proper rules and regulations, which ensures safety despite the aggressive nature of the sport.”
The launch of MIMMA FC here today was attended by scores of gym owners and MMA trainees in strong support of the initiative. Also present was ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) Senior Commercial Director, Maja Grimnitz.
“Organising MIMMA FC is a natural continuity to Tune Talk’s sponsorship of the ONE Fighting Championship that just concluded to a roaring success last Saturday. The packed Stadium Putra where the ONE FC was held is a clear testimony to the popularity of MMA amongst Malaysians. We trust MIMMA FC will receive similarly generous support from the community and we look forward to corporate partnerships and sponsorships to ensure an even bigger success,” added Jason.
For more information or to sign up for MIMMA FC, log on to www.malaysianinvasion.com.
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Looks like Safeguard intend to keep their Excels for a while longer, as all three - as well as the Mini Pointer Dart - have been retrofitted with LED destination displays.
Here's X307 CBT showing off its new blinds while heading up Egerton Road on the 4.
Perhaps more significantly, this move means that the only buses which now run into Guildford with old roller blinds were Sunray's - but as they're now using Edward Thomas Volvo B10Ms which don't have blinds, then we could well have seen the last manual blinds in Guildford.
I'm not including Carlone's breadvan M192 TMG, as it might have roller blinds, but it doesn't have any destinations on it...
Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey.
Trent Barton operated the very long Manchester to Nottingham Transpeak rather curiously with a batch of these long Optare Excels, hardly the work such vehicles were designed for. Following Centrebus taking on Trent Barton's Dove Holes depot and amalgamating the operation with that of Bowers to form High Peak most have been replaced with heavier-duty and more modern Scanias. Obviously one or two linger on though, and here is what's now High Peak's 685 (W224 PRB) in Buxton bound for Nottingham.