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Freddy Schurr 17-10-2005 22:23

Practice Event before Regionals
 
Does any team run a practice event before regionals start? If so where?
Thanks

sanddrag 17-10-2005 22:24

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
The SCRRF does one in Southern California on I think the Sunday before ship every year.

Cory 17-10-2005 22:48

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
It won't be of any help to you, since you're in NJ, but the past few years 254 has invited people to their lab to test their bots out on a full size field.

Elgin Clock 17-10-2005 22:59

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
UTC Scrimmage in umm.. Northern CT.. I forget where.. it's on the border to MA I know that much, and in cow country cause I got lost and saw lots of flat land and cows.. I thought I went to the midwest by accident.. :p

And then, Quincy mini meet hosted by Team 69 Hyper in Quincy MA.

Both have been the weekend before shipping on Saturday.

dubious elise 17-10-2005 23:05

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
All of the Wisconsin teams are invited to the Sussex-Hamilton competition in Sussex, WI the Sunday before the ship date. There are usually at least 7 or 8 teams in attendance, as weather is quite the hinderance in February.

It is a great way to figure out what is really practical and reasonable to keep on your robot. Back in 2004, we returned from the practice match that evening and cut off a large steel apparatus that we had not used once in the competition which saved us loads of weight and allowed us to add a few other components and features to our robot which we otherwise might not have been able to fit in.

Billfred 17-10-2005 23:16

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
We've never been able to make it thus far, but I know there's a pre-ship up in Greenville (about an hour and a half or so from Columbia) at Greenville Tech.

Wetzel 17-10-2005 23:36

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Mike Wade usually sets his field up the week before ship at the National Building museum in Washington, DC. It has coincided with a national engineering week event held there.

Wetzel

Jeremy Roberts 18-10-2005 10:17

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Peachtree has a scrimmage every year (usually the weekend before ship day). We have a full field, pit area etc.. This year we are trying to incorporate a trade-show type approach for teams to show themselves off and hopefully pick up some media coverage and additional sponsorship.

Bharat Nain 18-10-2005 11:09

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
We held a little scrimage at our school this past season. It was not a great field or anything but teams definitely got to practice and get a feel of what the real competition might be like.

sanddrag 18-10-2005 11:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy Roberts
This year we are trying to incorporate a trade-show type approach for teams to show themselves off and hopefully pick up some media coverage and additional sponsorship.

I'd tend to think that a practice day, especially right before ship, isn't the best time for any sort of media to see what an FRC team is all about. It's like, would you invite someone who has never seen it to come to the regional on Thursday?

Rosiebotboss 18-10-2005 12:43

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
UTC Scrimmage in umm.. Northern CT.. I forget where.. it's on the border to MA I know that much, and in cow country cause I got lost and saw lots of flat land and cows.. I thought I went to the midwest by accident.. :p

And then, Quincy mini meet hosted by Team 69 Hyper in Quincy MA.

Both have been the weekend before shipping on Saturday.

Last year it was held at the new Suffield HS hosted by Aces High, Team 176, one of the Hamilton Sundstrand teams. Not being from that team, but having close ties to it, I will venture to say there is a possibility there will be another one on the Saturday before ship date.

Danny Diaz 18-10-2005 14:26

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Freddy204
Does any team run a practice event before regionals start? If so where?
Thanks

Team 418 generally attends a practice event (known to us as a mini-meet) held in Pfleugerville TX the weekend before ship day. Everyone attending usually brings an element of the field so we've got a full field to actually practice on and see what breaks... :yikes:

-Danny

Waynep 18-10-2005 14:48

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Freddy,
We're trying to secure a location for a practice field in NY for the weekend before ship. If so would your team be able to come over from Jersey for a scrimmage?
Best,
Wayne

Greg Needel 18-10-2005 14:57

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
1511 Hosts one here in Rochester pre-ship. We also take care of shipping people's robots so they don't need to worry about taking them back after the event unless they want to.

Bcahn836 18-10-2005 15:30

Re: Practice Event before Regionals
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Wetzel
Mike Wade usually sets his field up the week before ship at the National Building museum in Washington, DC. It has coincided with a national engineering week event held there.

Wetzel


It is a very nice setup and Mr. Mike Wade and others work hard to provide us that feild.


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