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The TechnoTicks and friends are again hosting Bash At The Beach to be held Oct 3rd at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.
Registration is free; we only ask a donation to help fund the Connecticut FLL program.
Details are here: http://www.batb.us/
We will also be holding a meeting of NE area teams wishing to organize travel plans to Atlanta this year early to help keep costs down, such as chartering a plane.
Ken Streeter
31-08-2009, 15:02
Jon,
Team 1519 is looking forward to participating in Bash at the Beach again in 2009.
I sent in a query last Friday to the email address listed under "registration" on the web page, but haven't heard back from Matt yet. Is there a different contact address I should be using instead?
Thanks,
--ken
smurfgirl
31-08-2009, 16:40
Awesome! I'm hoping to be able to come home for Bash at the Beach, it has always been one of my favorite off-season events. :) I'm going to California for the SWE National Conference in October and I was worried that they would overlap, but it looks like I'm in luck!
I'll be holding a brief Introduction to FIRST presentation for new team mentors, students, parents, sponsors, etc.
I'll also be hosting a NEMO meeting at Bash.
Contact me for more details. kkentfield [at] usfirst [dot] org.
Ericgehrken
15-09-2009, 22:43
What is the fee for a pre-rookie team to register for this event?
There is no fee for registration. We are asking for at least a $50 donation to CT FLL. You can register at http://www.batb.us/
We will try to have a couple of extra robots for the rookies to use....so come and join the fun!
Francis-134
27-09-2009, 17:14
Looks like Bash is less than a week away! I'm certainly looking forward to it.
Any idea on a schedule or a team list?
Looks like Bash is less than a week away! I'm certainly looking forward to it.
Any idea on a schedule or a team list?
The school will be open by 7:30 am...we will start at 9 am..send an email at the link at batb.us
Schedule
BASH@The Beach October 3, 2009
Lyme Old Lyme Middle School
6:30 am - Gym open for set up, final details, signs out on road.
7:30 am - Pits open
8:00 am - Field open for practice
9:00 am–9:15 am - Opening ceremonies
9:15 am - Qualification rounds begin
9:30 New mentors, parents, team workshop. Kathy Kenfield
10:30 NEMO workshop Kathy Kenfield
11:30 am–12:30 pm - Lunch (rounds will continue until a convenient stopping point)
12:30 pm - Qualification rounds resume
2:30 pm - Qualification rounds end, alliances announced
2:45 pm–4:30 pm - Elimination finals
4:30 pm - Closing ceremonies
BrendanB
02-10-2009, 11:28
Alright folks, less than 20 hours until BASH AT THE BEACH!!!!!!!
I'm soooo excited for tomorrow!!!!:yikes:
Elgin Clock
03-10-2009, 20:09
How did it go? Updates?
BrendanB
03-10-2009, 21:46
Okay, BIG thanks to teams 236, 1699, 1740, 2168, and 2067 for hosting, volunteers, you made getting up at 3:30 this morning soooo worth it! :]
Teams 558 and 839, it was really nice having you guys on our alliance and it was really nice being able to make it to the semi-finals with you guys!
Congratulations teams 40, 238, and 1099 on their victory today!
Don't remember all of the other awards. Been 18+ hours time for bed.:rolleyes:
The TechnoTicks want to thank all the teams who came to the BASH yesterday. You certainly made our 11th BASH a rousing success! Your contributions to the CT FLL will help ensure the continued success of this effort.
We want to thank our fellow hosts 1699, 1740, 2168, and 2067 for all the hard work they did.
It was also great seeing the enthusiasm from the rookie teams present. The CT Regional will certainly rock in 2010!
Kingofl337
04-10-2009, 18:54
Team 40 would like to thank everyone who was involved in running this great event.
You guys did an excellent job, it was great to just play the game with little to no interaction from the refs. I personally didn't here a penalty call all day. Thank You!
Thank you to team 238, and 1099 for being awesome partners.
A belated but big thanks to teams 236, 1699, 1740, 2168, and 2067 for hosting yet another awesome Bash! And thanks to Kathy Kentfield for a thorough, detailed and informative NEMO session. Finally, 1519 and 839, we've seen you play many times of the past few years; it was great finally working with you! As always, Bash is a great way to kick off the FIRST season. Our new team members were totally hooked!:)
The TechnoTicks and friends are again hosting Bash At The Beach to be held Oct 2nd at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.
What: Bash at the Beach
When: Saturday, October 2nd, 2010. Doors open at 7am and the event starts at 9am.
Where: Lyme- Old Lyme Middle School, CT
Cost: $100 per team
Capacity: Space is limited.
Additional Info: It's a "Beach" theme, come prepared! Contact bash@region18.org for more info.
Details are here: http://www.batb.us/
smurfgirl
17-09-2010, 00:28
I'm hoping I'll be able to make it back home for the Bash this year!
This is a great way to get prospective students, parents, mentors, sponsors and school administrators to understand what FIRST is all about. I'm hosting an "Introduction to FIRST" session immediately following Opening Ceremonies. I'll briefly explain what FIRST is and then take everyone on a quick tour of the competition.
I'm also holding a NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting for adult mentors at 10am. It will be an open discussion of all non-technical topics of interest.
Hope to see you there!
A slight change in the times of the sessions I'm doing - 9:30am for the Intro to FIRST session and 10:30am for the NEMO meeting.
Sam Lipscomb
19-08-2011, 12:02
Any info on the 2011 Bash? I'd love to volunteer!
O'Sancheski
19-08-2011, 12:18
Any info on the 2011 Bash? I'd love to volunteer!
Yes, could we please have some info. I just hope you don't schedule it for October 1st. because I know that the first SATs of the school year are on that day. I will be taking them that day as well as many of the juniors/seniors that are part of CTFIRST.
DonRotolo
21-08-2011, 21:10
I just hope you don't schedule it for October 1st.
This Link (http://www.firstnemo.org/calendar.htm) brings bad news for you.
Found with a Google search.
glchurrski
22-08-2011, 16:56
Too bad - Bash@Beach is lots of fun, the SAT's not so much.
We are looking forward to all at the OCT 1 Bash at the Beach!
We will be opening up registration soon (as we are still dealing with a HS construction project and delayed school opening logistics) & will post here as soon as the 2011 site is live.
In the meantime, if there are any FRC FMS/Scoring System experts out there that are available to volunteer, we would love to have you (and house/feed/host you FRI & SAT nights if that helps). Other volunteers of course are welcome as well!
Folks can contact me via PM or leaving a note here.
Time to do the LogoMotion at the Bash - Vince
MooreteP
12-09-2011, 18:59
Hey Vince,
I can help with game announcing this year again if you like.
Team Paragon looks forward to this event every year.
Good luck with your logistics.
O'Sancheski
12-09-2011, 19:09
We are looking forward to all at the OCT 1 Bash at the Beach!
We will be opening up registration soon (as we are still dealing with a HS construction project and delayed school opening logistics) & will post here as soon as the 2011 site is live.
In the meantime, if there are any FRC FMS/Scoring System experts out there that are available to volunteer, we would love to have you (and house/feed/host you FRI & SAT nights if that helps). Other volunteers of course are welcome as well!
Folks can contact me via PM or leaving a note here.
Time to do the LogoMotion at the Bash - Vince
I was wondering why you guys chose to do Bash on the day of the SATs. This is not the first time that an an off season event has been on the day of SATs. I know that you always do it on the first Saturday of October.
Oh well. I hope you guys have an awesome event. I know that Aces High is very excited to attend.
Senor Mas - consider yourself "hired" for the gig! Thanks for volunteering.
Joe - I guess we just got into a bad date tradition regarding SATs but it is driven by a date that is late enough to get things started once the school year kicks off but early enough to give us time to shift into FLL mode (where we help make fields for the whole state, and host our own FLL event). Not really good excuses, but that is the reasoning behind the scheduling madness.
O'Sancheski
12-09-2011, 20:35
Senor Mas - consider yourself "hired" for the gig! Thanks for volunteering.
Joe - I guess we just got into a bad date tradition regarding SATs but it is driven by a date that is late enough to get things started once the school year kicks off but early enough to give us time to shift into FLL mode (where we help make fields for the whole state, and host our own FLL event). Not really good excuses, but that is the reasoning behind the scheduling madness.
I understand completely. I will try to head down after I take the SATs to at least watch the elimination matches.
There will be a NEMO meeting from 10am to noon, location TBD. We'll either open up the discussion to any non-technical topic of concern to the group. Please let your adult mentors and parents know so they attend.
www.firstnemo.org
plnyyanks
17-09-2011, 08:28
Any word on when registration opens yet? I just looked at the website (http://batb.us) and it looks like they're having some technical difficulties. Keep us updated...
At the CT FIRST University Day today we announced that interested teams should contact Mike Gentry, mgentry [at] ctfirst [dot] org if intetesyed in attending Bash.
KevinGoneNuts
17-09-2011, 18:18
Um you may want to check your site... I just visited it and it said it had been hack by the gaza hacking team....
Chris is me
17-09-2011, 19:41
I'm also getting the slightly frightening looking terror thing instead of the website.
Chris is me
17-09-2011, 19:42
at ct.first.org ?
At the bash homepage link included in the first post.
Thanks....I'll report that to Mike!
Notified the url's owner of the situation. I suspect it happened because I mentioned the url in my first post, along with my signature with the words 'Tel Aviv'......it's sad that there are people who use this technology to just spread hate!
linuxboy
17-09-2011, 23:24
Notified the url's owner of the situation. I suspect it happened because I mentioned the url in my first post, along with my signature with the words 'Tel Aviv'......it's sad that there are people who use this technology to just spread hate!
Another possibility as to the cause is if someone visited the site from an insecure AP in Israel (Jacob is in Israel) some group of hackers may have been monitoring network activity for sites they could hack.
Also it looks like just the index has been changed because if you look on Google's Cache of the site the links to other pages on the site work.
PS Jacob, if your reading this that wasn't meant to blame you, just saying public wifi, especially badly set up public wifi can be poisoned really easily
plnyyanks
26-09-2011, 19:35
Is there an entrance fee for Bash this year? If so, could someone point me to where I could find more information about that, or shed some other light on the situation? Thanks in advance.
Information has gone out to all the FRC teams in Connecticut already - but here is the info from the flyer in case you missed it:
13th Annual Bash @ the Beach
October 01, 2011
Old Lyme, Connecticut
Sponsored by Dominion Robotics
Hosted by Teams
236 Techno Ticks (13 Years and Still Ticking)
1699 Bacon Academy Robocats, 1740 Ledyard High Colonels
2168 Fitch Aluminum Falcons and 2067 Apple Pi
Based on the 2011 game Locomotion(but it is really a beach party)
Photo Cabana Free Leis
Awards
The Millstone Power Station, Gracious Professionalism Award -
Beach Bums - The Robot and Team that best capture the essence of the BEACH!
Most Crowd Stirring - The Team that gets the crowd to the edge of their seats.
Most Photogenic - The Robot/Team that can not stay away from those cameras.
The KISS Robot - Keep it Simple and Smart, for simple but effective design.
Teacher’s Pet - The Robot/Team that is the Judges’ Favorite.
Most Diverse Robot - The Robot that can do it all.
Spirit Award - The team that gets the house ROCKIN’, on and off the field.
Most Futuristic Design - The Robot that drives technology of the future.
All Business - The Team that is serious about their robotics and their FUN.
BASH merchandise available
Breakfast lunch and snacks available for purchase
Please bring a $100 donation for Team 236’s FLL program
Email gentrme@comcast.net for registration and details
Also, just a clarification on the e-mail your team may have received:
the workshop for pre-rookie teams and/or mentors or students who are new to FIRST this year will be held from 9-10am, room TBD.
The NEMO meeting for all adult mentors who deal with the non-technical stuff on a team will be held from 10am to noon; feel free to come and go as your schedule dictates. Room TBD.
Beginning to get stoked about the Bash. Team meeting earlier tonight had newbies and veterans "marveling" at our pile of electrified aluminum. We discovered that somehow one of the connectors that powers a pneumatic solenoid is missing. No luck finding the little devil either. Might be "in the bag" wherever that plastic sack got stashed. So I'll be circulating a color wanted poster in the pits at BATB, with the plea to borrow one for the day. I'll attach a picture here in case there one of you dear readers can connect our solenoid for a day.
I also found out just how (un-)marvelous our team's communication is. We apparently owe thanks to R.A.G.E for the use of one of their "STOP" buttons at the Hartford regional. I'm now told that ours is not operational despite attempts to repair it. So there are two sources of horror here: bad comm disease AND a failing single point of failure that prevents the robot from starting at all. What?!?! We only have ONE of these? Now there would have been a good e-mail to write, right?
So we hobbled through checkout of the robot by wiggling the stop button cable at the point of entry into its case until the tiny green spot showed up. We got the robot to work, but we're going to need a reliable device for BATB.
So, I'll be cruising the pits with two pictures, in my quest to put our robot into contention. Thanks in advance for any help you can muster for us.
Mark McLeod
29-09-2011, 08:40
The Stop button, if not the solenoid, is unnecessary.
The Driver Station space bar is a much more robust and dependable method of stopping the robot in an emergency (or otherwise).
You can bypass the need for that silly plastic button by going to the Driver Station Diagnostics tab and double-clicking on the Stop Button entry text or light.
O'Sancheski
01-10-2011, 18:08
Ill be the first to post that Team 176 would like to thank the Bash crew for randomly making the alliance we had. We enjoyed playing with Team 2168 and Team 3555. We made a run for it and unfortunately couldn't get past the semis.
I would also like to congratulate Team 195 and 2067 for having a great semifinals against us and more importantly winning the competition.
Team 571, I would like to congratulate you guys on winning your first competition since 2004.
Lastly, to the Crew at Bash. You guys made the competition run smoothly and quickly. I don't remember the last time that an off-season competition was finished at 3:45.
MooreteP
01-10-2011, 18:12
A Great Time was had by all, from the audience singing the National Anthem when the music wouldn't play at the start, through to the finals.
Congratulations to teams 195 the Cyberknights, 2067 Apple Pi (their first win!), and 571 Team Paragon.
For all of the difficulty involved with getting this 13th annual awesome off season event started (the website was hacked by terrorists :ahh: ) everything went very smoothly and stayed on schedule and finished by 4pm.
As always, thanks to team 236, the TechnoTicks for their efforts, y'all did a great job.
plnyyanks
01-10-2011, 18:18
I'll also echo the congratulations to 195, 2067, and 571; great job guys, as well as everyone who competed. I know I had fun, as did my team. Bash is still one of my favorite things to do in the preseason.
Lastly, to the Crew at Bash. You guys made the competition run smoothly and quickly. I don't remember the last time that an off-season competition was finished at 3:45.
^ Word. A job well done by the field staff and 236. I'm enjoying being home while there's still daylight.
smurfgirl
01-10-2011, 20:11
Thanks to everyone to made Bash at the Beach happen this year! The UberBots had a great time today.
plnyyanks
22-08-2012, 19:28
Does anybody have any information on this year's Bash?
MooreteP
05-09-2012, 06:21
I'll revive this thread.
Will there be a Bash at the Beach this year?
Right now, it's not looking good.
Yes, it is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, 2012. Information will be released soon...
Fletch1373
16-09-2012, 13:59
Yes, it is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, 2012. Information will be released soon...
Call me eager all you want, but it's less than 2 weeks away now, and I haven't been able to find anything about volunteering, or any information(other than the date) at all.
plnyyanks
16-09-2012, 14:42
Call me eager all you want, but it's less than 2 weeks away now, and I haven't been able to find anything about volunteering, or any information(other than the date) at all.
I don't know if you received this via email, but here's the flier for the year's Bash.
Fletch1373
17-09-2012, 01:28
I don't know if you received this via email, but here's the flier for the year's Bash.
Thanks Phil, I did find that on the website(after actually reading the page), but it still didn't list any information about volunteering. I have already emailed Mr. Gentry, and hope to receive an email back soon.
Hey everyone, CT FIRST has been a bit crazy this month with FLL and FTC kickoffs and with organizing CT FIRST University Day (I hope you all were able to attend). So info about Bash was late getting out. All the team leaders should have been contacted by now... Fletch, not sure where they stand with volunteers...
Please encourage your team mentors to attend the NEMO meeting (it's a drop-in session being held from 10am to noon); I hate sitting in an empty room all by myself! :)
jafisher
17-09-2012, 10:14
Anyone know if a team list has been released yet?
Fletch1373
17-09-2012, 14:25
Hey everyone, CT FIRST has been a bit crazy this month with FLL and FTC kickoffs and with organizing CT FIRST University Day (I hope you all were able to attend). So info about Bash was late getting out. All the team leaders should have been contacted by now... Fletch, not sure where they stand with volunteers...
Please encourage your team mentors to attend the NEMO meeting (it's a drop-in session being held from 10am to noon); I hate sitting in an empty room all by myself! :)
Thanks Kathie, I've already emailed Mike Gentry about it. Just waiting for an answer. I'm only able to come because I have to switch cars(had registration issues and had to take dad's to school instead). Oh, and I'm in charge of making sure the FTA gets there safe and sound! :D
plnyyanks
30-09-2012, 07:56
Congrats to all teams who competed this year, and a big thanks to teams 2168 and 3451 who were great alliance partners. We had a great time yesterday and can't wait to get this season underway.
Chi Meson
06-10-2012, 16:20
We had an Uber time ourselves!
That was close all the way to the end. Semis and finals both went to 3 games, with only a few points determining both rubber-matches.
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but has anybody got a team list or other info on the bash this year?
It's October 5th.
Contact:William Derry, (860) 434-1651 x1103
Per Mike Gentry:
15th Annual Bash@theBeach
October 5, 2013
Teams attending:
176 Aces High Windsor Lock/Suffield CT
178 2nd Law Enforcers Farmington CT
181 Birds of Prey Hartford CT
195 Cyberknights Southington CT
228 GUS Meriden CT
230 GaelHawks Shelton CT
558 Elm City Robo Squad New Haven CT
571 Team Paragon Windsor CT
839 Rosie Robotics Agawam MA
1099 The Disco Techs Brookfield Ct
1124 Uber Bots Avon CT
1991 The Dragons Hartford CT
2836 Team Beta Woodbury CT
3182 Athena’s Warriors West Hartford CT
3461 Operation PEACCE Torrington CT
3654 Mercy Tech Tigers Middletown CT
3664 Hard Botties Bridgeport CT
3780 Robot Unicorn Attack Providence RI
4055 Northwestern Robotic Gearheads Winsted CT
Hosted by: Dominion Millstone Power Station
236 TechnoTicks Lyme Old Lyme CT
1699 Bacon RoboCats Colchester CT
1740 Ledyard Colonels Ledyard CT
And support from
2067 Apple Pi Guilford CT
and
2168 Aluminum Falcons Groton CT
Updated team list and schedule posted here: http://www.firstct.org/news-events/frc-off-season-event-bash-the-beach/
Updated team list and schedule posted here: http://www.firstct.org/news-events/frc-off-season-event-bash-the-beach/
Thanks Kathie! We can always count on you!!!
ZipTie3182
04-10-2013, 17:11
Any chance there's a webcast?
Banderoonies
05-10-2013, 09:00
Can someone post results of matches, etc as it plays out?
Quals just ended top two are
1.2168 6-0
2. 195 5-1 ( lost by one point)
The alliances are random but they are in the picture below personal opinion is alliance 4 is tough
Jay O'Donnell
05-10-2013, 13:49
The alliances
That 4th alliance looks like a really fun one to watch!
Yup I believe it's gonna be 2 and 4 in the final
Congratulations to 2168, 4055, and 236, for winning a very close final match! They lost the first match by 2 points, then won the second match by 2 points.
MooreteP
06-10-2013, 13:54
Congratulations to 2168, 4055, and 236, for winning a very close final match! They lost the first match by 2 points, then won the second match by 2 points.
It was a great Bash.
The drama in most of the matches showed what a great game "Ultimate Ascent" is/was :(
Winners:
2168 Falcons, showed the value of driver training.
236 TechnoTicks, with yet another unique overachiever. (No Wombo Combo, though)
4055 NRG, playing their role well, especially after 2168 chose to block 195, and they shut 195 down when they moved to the other side of the field.
Finalists:
195 Cyberknights, you know you've built a scary beast when the opposing alliance has to assign 2 robots to stop you. Awesome targeting system, true to the end.
1099 DiscoTechs, great prevent on the defense that you provided to 195 until the double team.
3634 Hard Botties, you guys had a great day. You could score and played effective defense until your drivetrain betrayed you late. Best Safety Glasses in the house.
The return to the High School was welcome.
Tight arena which was Goldilocks for the number of teams.
Makes me look forward to the districts.
Beautiful new light and airy commons for the pits. Efficient food service.
Great places to wander outside to eat and meet friends and play frisbee. (Not sure where all the frisbee's came from.....)
The DJ, though green, was excellent. Appropriate volume levels that built up to the finals. Some panic (what'd we do with the Harlem Shake"? I know we downloaded it somewhere")
Nothing was overplayed and the teams danced.
Thanks to team 1818181 for leading the shake.
Banderoonies
06-10-2013, 20:33
Congratulations to the Winners. 2168 Aluminum Falcons, 236 TechnoTicks and 4055 NRG. A GREAT bash! You guys played an awesome strategy and in the end came out on top....many congrats from 195 to all of you on matches well played.
195 thanks 1099 and 3634 for a great elimination run! Was a great ride!
Thanks to our gracious hosts for an awesome event. So appreciative to have the opportunity to show our new Freshmen what FIRST is all about.
195 is looking forward to working with all of you in the 2014 season! New Bots, New Games, New Adventures!
I had such an awesome time at Bash this weekend. It was a pleasure getting to see everyone once again, and getting to have another dose of robots fun.
Congrats to 2168, 236, and 4055. It was a nail bitter in those last 3 matches, but admirably played at best. Also congrats to 195, 1099, and 3464 on Finalists, it's always an awesome time seeing your machines play.
Bash was really the beginning of a new era for my personal involvement with FIRST, and while change is hard, this weekend really got me excited for all the new things the future will hold, (mentoring a new team, being involved more with volunteering at events, etc.). I can't wait for the 2014 season and everything it will bring!
Chi Meson
12-10-2013, 17:43
I'm a little late in posting my gratitude to the Ticks for:
a) Hosting this event and
b) being our alliance partners (finally--last time was WPI regional during LogoMotion)
And great job Gearheads-- even though alliances were totally random, those were intense finals! Cyberknights, I've said it before, you guys are Connecticut's team. &Discotechs, &Hard Botties, we're looking forward to seeing you all at the Groton District in March.
A fond farewell to Ultimate Ascent. My favorite game ever, until the next one.
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