A Rocket League team known as Blasters have won the Lenovo Regions Rocket League tournament this evening, beating Wolves in the grand final.
Blasters (aka Blaster 03, representing Wales), beat Wolves Esports who were representing England in the competition.
Wolves were a last-minute addition after GigaGuys dropped out. While GigaGuys forfeited their spot in the grand finals, they still received the £1,000 for winning the regional final.
Overall, the tournament had a £10,000 prize pool, with Blasters receiving £3,000 for finishing first-place and Wolves taking home £1,500 in second place. The action was broadcast on the LenovoLegion Twitch channel.
Blasters’ coach Bunnztv was ecstatic after the win:
Each region (England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland) had qualifiers and a regional final, before the grand finals took place this evening.
The finalists were:
Reverdam (qualified to represent Ireland region):
- Reever “SmokezRL” Ryan
- Jayden “Stealth” Court
- Joshua “Revezy_” Wright
Blaster 03 (qualified to represent Wales region):
- Charlie “Cb_RL” Bird
- Karl “Gamble0555” Gamblin
- Owain “foxy champz” Lamb
GigaGuys-1 (qualified to represent England):
- Noah “noahsaki” Gillespie
- Aston “AccroRL” Smith
- Zakariya “TriToNRL” Gavrilenko
Milkmen (qualified to represent Scotland):
- Andrew “Nozai10” Gamble
- Joshua “whip” Lewis
- Tye “HoppyTye” Hopkins
Casters:
In terms of casting talent, this consisted of John ‘JohnnyBoi’ MacDonald and Callum ‘Shogun’ Keir. Plus, Jasmine ‘Veracity’ Kanuga was the host for Legion’s first esports tournament with analyst Mike ‘Gregan’ Ellis also reporting live on the action.
More UK Rocket League news
In other recent UK Rocket League news, Team Queso finished runners-up at the RLCS Winter Major on the weekend after an incredible lower-bracket run, with a UK player breaking a goals record.
And speaking of representing Wales, Esports Wales announced new Welsh Masters tournaments recently in search for talent ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Esports Championships, which also features Rocket League.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
