Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

381 is there

going to our hometown regional again
cant wait

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

I think this will be the first year 56 will not be there.. I will be there however to see some amazing teams in actions, I just hope the arena is not freezing like last time..

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

I just hope that it dosen't cause half the people attending to get sick for a month...

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

Seconded, Corey. Although, it's hard NOT to get sick when you haven't been sleeping for six weeks.

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

Team 836 - The RoboBees of Southern Maryland will be making its first appearance at the Garden State Regional - Knowing that this regional is one of the premier regionals in the US, we are excited about attending and looking forward to meeting you all there!

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

dress warmly, but this year i hear NJ FIRST is planning on buying something that wont get everyone sick to lay out across the ice instead

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

That is in fact true. NJ FIRST has been working with the SBA to get something to cover the Masonite floor that they had down last year. This will cut down on not only the dust that got over everything, but also hopefully will keep the cold down.

Although Rohith got it correct when he advised you to dress warmly. It IS an Ice Rink and it will be held in March, so it's not like the SBA can turn the heat up...otherwise we'd have an unintentional water game on our hands...the rack will be hard enough to score on under normal conditions let alone adding it bobbing up and down on a melted ice rink.

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

this year, our team chose instead of having a common hawaiian shirt/uniform, to have every member where their own hawaiian shirts with common other "things" such as leis, etc.
We have experience with team 25 as we played against them 5 times last year in 1 regional and at championships.
They got a nice Hawaiian shirt as well.

See you all there!

Now, how far is it from the border in Pennsylvania where we are staying. I believe the town is called Langhorne, Penns.....

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

According to Mapquest it's only about 10 miles, but speaking from experience 10 miles can take you an hour sometimes depending on the traffic, although It shouldn't be too bad for you.

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Yeahhh usually we just go to watch but 816 will be competition this year. Best of luck to everyone and i hope i meet some cool people

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

thanks for the info, sounds great! Still need to meet Ernie in person. Talk to him a lot, but never in person.

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

I hope they do. Every year they promised to fix the problem(s), but it never seems to happen. I hate getting sick every year for the same reasons.

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

the closest mall is a good 20-30 minutes on rt. 1 so um not really walking distance
plus there are litteraly no fast food restaurants nearby and only a couple of grocerystore/deli's about
5-7 blocks away
so i think getting food in the SBA would be a wise thing to do.

trust me i live two blocks down from the SBA

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

As far as food goes, the Concession stands will be open for the crowd, also there is the option to get the boxed lunch.

Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional
 

There is a McDonald's on Cass St. That's DEFINITELY walking distance.
And there's a few pizza places and chinese food places that are also down the street (opposite direction, but you can't get lost). They're only like 3 blocks away. My team walks there every year. And, there's actually a whole list of places to eat if you don't want concession food here: http://www.nycnjfirst.org/nj_restaurants.html

I do recommend the box lunch deal though, it's not that bad. A sandwich, a piece of fruit, a bag of chips & a soda. It's WAY cheaper than concession stand food, and you don't have to walk in the freezing cold.

My mom has been talking to the guys who work at the SBA (apparently she knows a bunch of them), so the NJ Planning Committee IS working hard on it. There's even a possibility that they may purchase their own flooring to go over the ice.

Regardless, you have to prepare for the cold because it will still be on top of ice. IT WILL BE COLD, there's nothing we can do about that. Our team wears 2 pairs of socks and a sweatshirt/long-sleeved shirt underneath our team shirts. We all know it sucks, but at least you KNOW about it. Which means you can take the appropriate actions to better protect yourself.