CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Greetings! You worried that you might not have anything to do in the heart of the Midwest this summer???? Worry no more!!!

On June 14th, Kansas City's own CERNER Corporation and Lee's Summit High School (Team Driven #1730) are hosting the inaugural Cow Town ThrowDown. CERNER is providing an unbelievable amount of support and they are opening their magnificent facility for the first 24 Teams to compete in the OverDrive game.

Please go to http://cttd-robotics.com/index.htm to get more information and to sign up. Over half of the field is already filled so please sign up quickly.

So, if you are close to the Kansas City, Missouri area and want to have a lot of fun, please join us at this terrific venue. And, if you are not close to Kansas City, sign up anyway and we will help you get situated so you too can compete with us.

Take care and we hope to see you here on the 13th and 14th.

Tom

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Team 1987 is going to be there! Looking forward to it!!
Also, our sister school 1986 is going to be there.
I can't wait!

http://www.teambroncobots.com

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

What is the cost to enter this event?

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

AndyH,
I am sorry for overlooking this; the website has not been completely updated yet. The cost is $200 and additional details are in the Competition Info http://cttd-robotics.com/detailed&#3...ion%20info.htm .
Thanks for your interest.
Tom

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Special Thanks go out to Andy Baker and Mark Koors of AndyMark for bringing the field to the Cow Town ThrowDown June 14th in Kansas City. It's going to be GREAT to have you two there. You all are so important to the FIRST robotics scene. I really appreciate all that you do.

Keep up the GREAT work!!! :)

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

I believe that as of May 19th, only 12 teams are signed up for this event. The problem is that Cerner needs 18 teams signed up to actually host this event and make it worth while. Team 1986 is signed up and really look forward to competing. But we would really like another 5 teams, at least, to sign up. And I'm looking forward to pick up where we left off in Kansas City.

Edit: Also attached is an informative pdf file with even more information.

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Team 1098 is having a meeting Thursday to make a final decision about this event. I think we will be attending but we found out about it from the this post so we are a little behind in getting out team together.

It may be worth the time of the orginizers to directly contact teams from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma. Iknow that is much easier said than done and the orginization of the event must be a huge job all by itself. I just happened to get on CD and found this.

Thanks

Andy

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Team 1939 is trying to find the bodies to go. We have 12 people on our team and only 3 or 4 are going to be in town. And our coach/teacher just found another job. (if you know of a physics/chemistry/FIRST coach send them to http://www.barstowschool.org/our_school/career/ .:ahh: ) The driver and programmer can make it, but we don't really have any of the build crew in town to fix problems. Still trying to figure out if we can compete with 3 team members,2 newbies, 2 alumni, and 3 mentors.:confused:

Ann

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Hi Ann,
I can assure you all of us in attendance will be there to help you if you need help. The Lee's Summit teams will have plenty of tools and members so if anything breaks we can sure offer you, and all others, anything we have. :):)
Tom Hand

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Thanks Tom,
That's why I love FIRST.
We're still working it out. We are also competing with ACT's so that throws in an extra wrinkle.
I'm still hoping we can do it.

Ann

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

I am really looking foreward to this event. It looks like it is going to be an amazing first annual. If you run into some roadblocks we are here to help. Thanks to Cerner again for everything! I hope to see tons of you all out there!

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

I wish that we could go to KC again. This sounds like its going to be a fun event. I understand that 1108 is now going. Is there a list of teams attending? Good luck to all the teams.

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Here is the website with the list of teams attending http://cttd-robotics.com/team%20list.htm
It's a little out-dated, but should give you a rough idea.

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Well,
It doesn't look like 1939 will get to go.:( :( :( :( We just don't have enough kids available to muster a team.
So Tom do you need any volunteers to help for Friday and/or Saturday?

Ann

Re: CowTown ThrowDown in KC, MO on June 14th 2008
 

Update: This is from the CT-TD site.

""Announcement: Due to busy Spring schedules and a lack of participation from teams, the CowTown ThrowDown will be postponed until Fall 2008.
The date will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

For updates and discussion regarding the CowTown ThrowDown check out the blog at http://cttd-robotics.blogspot.com""

We found that the ACT testing is incredibly important to FIRST robotics participants and having the event on the ACT test day is just not a workable idea. Please stay tuned for updates.

Thank you for all your support and interest.
Tom