Welcome to Suffield Shakedown, Aces High's 11th annual competition held at Suffield High School in West Suffield, CT. This pre-ship date scrimmage is an informal event giving teams the opportunity to practice their driving skills, test their robot and observe other teams on the official FIRST playing field.


Tentative Schedule -
8:00 am - Pits open
9:00-11:30 am - Practice Rounds begin
9:30-11am - Workshop (TBD)
11:30 am Drivers meeting (room TBA)
11:30 am-12:30pm Lunch
12:00 pm Opening Ceremonies
12:30-2:30 pm Qualification Rounds
1:00-2:00 pm - NEMO(Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting (room TBA)
2:30-3:00 pm Alliance Picks
3:00 pm Championship Rounds
4:00 pm Awards


Competition Structure -
We will be using ALL official rules for the 2012 game
We will NOT be inspecting robots, but robots must not pose a safety hazard
Elimination rounds will be run with 4 alliance.
The top 4 seeds will pick 1 team to work with, and 1 team will be randomly assigned.
Elimination rounds will be double elimination (not round robin, etc)