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NEW Trebuchet rules posted! This year's theme: Angry Balloons! We will be using water balloons to take out our targets this year! Check it out here!
http://nhtechfest.org/activities/act...trebuchet.html

From e-mail sent to previous competitors from our director:
"Hello Everyone!



Are you ready for “Angry Balloons”?



As someone who has either participated or shown interest in our past contests, I wanted to let you know that the rules for the 2011 NH TechFest Trebuchet Contest have been released! You can access and download them from the following page:



http://nhtechfest.org/activities/act...trebuchet.html




The contest will take place a little over a month from now, on Saturday, October 15th, 2011. The venue will be the same as last year – Windham High School , in Windham , NH .



This year’s Head Judge will again be Pat Kaplo, our Honors and AP Physics teacher at Windham High School .



This year, we decided to again mix it up a bit and switch our ammo from apples to water balloons. And in honor of everyone’s favorite mobile downtime activity, we are going with a theme of “Angry Balloons”! Remember – team costumes are encouraged!



So bring your machine: new, old, modified or not, and may the best team win!



Let us know if you have any questions or if any rules are unclear. Please note that teams are responsible for providing their own water balloons and that there is no limit to the size or weight of the balloons that may be used – you should plan to optimize your ammo to the capabilities of your own machine.



If you are planning to compete, please register on the same page linked above, and we will be sure to update you if there are any rule changes or clarifications between now and 10/15.



And please feel free to pass this message along to anyone else you know!



Happy Chunkin’ !



- Scott Kukshtel

scott@nhtechfest.org
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