Suffield Shakedown 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Welcome to Suffield Shakedown, Aces High's 11th annual competition held at Suffield High School in West Suffield, CT. This pre-ship date scrimmage is an informal event giving teams the opportunity to practice their driving skills, test their robot and observe other teams on the
official FIRST playing field.
Tentative Schedule -
8:00 am - Pits open
9:00-11:30 am - Practice Rounds begin
9:30-11am - Workshop (TBD)
11:30 am Drivers meeting (room TBA)
11:30 am-12:30pm Lunch
12:00 pm Opening Ceremonies
12:30-2:30 pm Qualification Rounds
1:00-2:00 pm - NEMO(Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting (room TBA)
2:30-3:00 pm Alliance Picks
3:00 pm Championship Rounds
4:00 pm Awards
Competition Structure -
We will be using ALL official rules for the 2012 game
We will NOT be inspecting robots, but robots must not pose a safety hazard
Elimination rounds will be run with 4 alliance.
The top 4 seeds will pick 1 team to work with, and 1 team will be randomly assigned.
Elimination rounds will be double elimination (not round robin, etc)
Team List - Registration is currently FULL - 1/4/12
88 TJē
125 Nu-Trons
134 Team Discovery
175 Buzz Robotics
176 Aces High
177 Bobcat Robotics
178 2nd Law Enforcers
181 Birds of Prey
228 GUS Robotics
230 Gaelhawks
263 Sachem AFTERSHOCK
558 Elm City Robo Squad
716 Who's CTEKS
839 Rosie Robotics
1071 MAX
1124 Uberbots
1699 The Robocats
1735 Green Reapers
1784 Litchbots
1991 The Dragons
2168 Aluminum Falcons
2170 Titanium Tomahawks
2785 Prometeus
3146 Granby Grunts
3461 Operation PEACCE
3464 Sim-City
3634 Hard Botties
3654 TechTigers
3718 Junkyard Battalion
4055 NRG
Please note, there is also a wait list of teams. If any team drops out, the first on the waitlist will shuffle into the registered teams list.
For contact information, and more scrimmage details as the are updated, please visit our website at
http://aceshigh176.org/ss-scrimmage