Re: STL Off-Season Event: Gateway Robotics Challenge
 

Team 2481 thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural Gateway Robotics Challenge. We had great fun playing with new friends from Missouri as well as old friends.

Awesome time working with our alliance partners 1985 and 3397. Together we were able to execute our strategy flawlessly throughout elim matches.

A sincere thanks to the finalist alliance of 1986, 4256, and 328. Playing against your alliance was a challenging and fun experience for us.

I also must give a shout out to the GRC planning committee and the event volunteers. I would not have been able to tell this was a first year event and I hope we can attend again next year.


We should have 2481's matches recorded, I'm not sure about matches that we did not play in. I'll check with our video team and post here with a link when they are eventually posted.

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Alright, I suppose it is my turn for a final "thank you" and such, because my team has a lot of thanks to give.

First off, thanks to 2481 for seeing past the terrible job us at 3397 did in qualifications, and picking us not just as the best of the bottom 3 robots, but as an integral part of the strategy. We were very honored to be playing with you, and were very happy that our strategy worked out so well.

Next, 1985, our only regional we have ever won was with you guys. You helped start us up a few years ago, loaned us parts this past season, and were on this winning alliance with us. We are glad that we have a good relationship with you all, and are glad that we could win this event with you. Also, thanks for hosting at your school!

Thirdly, 1986, 328 and 4256, you guys were great, and it was an honor to play against such great teams in the finals. The matches were close, and you guys made them very fun. I predict 328 will be a rookie to look out for in 2015 s/o to 4256 for having a dance-off with me before the finals. That was fun.

To the planning committee and all the volunteers, this event was really well run and really fun. I think that as the years go on, it will grow and get even better.

Luckily, the videos I would be looking for would be elims, so we should be in all of those. Thank you very much

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We may have some of the matches recorded from our web stream. The quality may not be great though, we were having to broadcast over WiFi since the hardline connection wasn't working in the gym. I'll see if I can get them up this week.

A huge thank you to all the teams who came from near and far to make our first event a very exciting one. Some of the elimination matches were some of the best I've seen all year!

I want to thank team 1985 for hosting and for all of the work that the Hazelwood School District put into helping make this event happen. We couldn't have done it without you.

And of course another thanks to all of the volunteers. I felt like the event ran extremely smoothly and having such great volunteers was a big part of that.

We want to grow this event and make it happen annually. We also want to make it even better, so please let us know how we can improve!

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WOW! Now I wish even more that I could have attended Saturday with my pre-rookie team, Y Bridge 4H Robotics!:yikes:

Thank you to everyone--mentors, team members, volunteers, parents-- involved for welcoming Cole and Kirk to the FIRST community. I can't wait till our debriefing meeting this week to see their faces and hear what they say about the experience.

And special thanks to Mitch & Sherry for the photos. We desperately needed good pics like these to get the message out to the community.

Sincerely,
Peggy Painter
Head Coach/founder Y Bridge 4H Robotics
former leader of Bit by Bit 4H/Team 3784

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Obviously, echoing Fred's comments above for 2481, the GRC was a great offseason event and you really couldn't tell it was a first year attempt. Everything was kept on schedule and moved very fluidly and in impressive fashion. Great job to everyone involved from the planning team, the officials, and all of the amazing volunteers that made the event possible. Amazing job by everyone.

1985 and 3397 were great alliance partners that worked incredibly well with us in executing the gameplan. We look forward to any events we get to share the field with you again in the future. Good luck in 2015 and hopefully we'll see you on the field.

1986, 4256, and 328 were a great alliance that was an honor to compete with in the finals. It's always an honor to share the field with 1986 and we hope we get many opportunities to continue to do that in the future. Similarly, it's also always a ton of fun to compete with our friends from 4256 and we were excited to get to do so again in the finals at GRC. Hope to see you guys again in 2015. Also, as some have already mentioned, 328 definitely looks like a rookie on the right track to impressive things in 2015. If any advice or assistance is needed moving forward in the upcoming year, add 2481 to the list of teams eager to help in any way we can to make your rookie campaign a great one.

Great job by all the teams that competed and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2015. Good luck and thanks to all!

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If anyone has photos or videos and gets them uploaded online, please feel free to post the links here. We'd love to have some reference materials for next year's event to help promote it.

We had a few people taking photos so I'll make sure to do the same and share them here.

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Our photos from the event have been uploaded to our team Facebook: www.facebook.com/team2481. Feel free to use them for any FRC promotional needs

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I'll be starting a new thread soon for the 2015 event, but I wanted to let everyone know that the website has been updated with the 2015 dates and costs:

• Date: October 17th, 2015
• Cost: $250 per team, 1/2 price entry for bringing a pre-rookie team. Pre-rookie teams compete for free.
• Location: Hazelwood Central High School, 15875 New Halls Ferry Rd. Florissant, MO 63034

There will also be handouts this weekend at the Arkansas regional and any interested teams can sign up to compete or to help volunteer.

Registration is also open on the website for any teams already wanting to sign up. Thanks!