[davepowers]

First off, congrats to our good friends 195, 20, and 95 for taking the regional win. It was pretty cool seeing so many frisbees flying through the air at once. And a big shout out to Damiaen, 195's driver for staying calm and driving it like he stole it. I just wish I had an opportunity to go toe to toe with you guys again!

Congrats to 230 on a much much much deserved Chairman's win. You guys have an incredible thing going and you're going no where but up. I can't wait to see what you guys do for the community in the coming years!

To our alliance partners, 263, 3104, and 2168. Thanks for making our three matches some of the most insane I've ever experienced in the 10 competitions I've driven. It stinks we had to go out the way we did, but it is what it is. I enjoyed the ride and it was awesome.

To our friends on 2168, thank you for everything. Josh, Justin, and all of the other mentors and students it was awesome going through a rebuild with all of you and I hope we can keep the bond close and put out something even more incredible next year. You guys ooze inspiration, and after seeing you build an entire upper structure, shooter, hanger, and all in one week, I can now confidently say nothing is impossible. You guys have a team that is well on it's way to becoming an elite and I can't even imagine what next year holds. You better kick some bot down in STL, I'm glad one of the siblings is going down to compete.

To the volunteers, you all did an outstanding job. I have rarely seen a regional run as smoothly as it did in Hartford this past weekend. The energy level in that building was so high is was hard to keep up with!

I'm very excited for the CT State Championships, it should be awesome. Good luck to everyone competing down in STL in a couple weeks!

-Dave