[Billfred]

Just sent out to teams tonight--we're adding an FLL scrimmage to the competition day. (Those that have referred to SCRIW as a scrimmage will finally be right--at least partially! )

Greetings, Palmetto and SCRIW III teams! We weren't planning on nudging anyone again until the end of summer, but this news was too good to sit on.

With the help of veteran SCRIW volunteer and FLL Operational Partner Mary Graves, we are proud to announce that SCRIW III will host its first-ever FLL scrimmage during the competition Saturday, October 12 at Irmo High School. If you're planning to mentor FLL teams this coming season, it will be a great early milestone to test their robot performance before the qualifiers begin a few weeks later. Add in the excitement of the FRC matches in the gym, and we think the teams will have a blast!

Registration for the SCRIW FLL Scrimmage is just $20 per team, and we are setting initial capacity at 20 teams. The registration page on the SCRIW website has been updated for FLL signups: http://scriw.org/team-registration-form/, and we're more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

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On the FRC front, we're thrilled to highlight that we're almost halfway to capacity with 14 great teams:

281 EnTech GreenVillains
342 Burning Magnetos
1293 D5 Robotics
1553 KC Robotics Team
1758 Technomancers
2059 Hitchhikers
2187 Team Volt
2815 Los Pollos Locos
3489 Category 5
3940 Viper Drive
3976 Electric Hornets
4243 STAR Warriors
4451 ROBOTZ Garage
4533 Wando Advanced Robotics

FRC registration remains just $300 until July 1, at which point it goes to $350. Teams can sign up at http://scriw.org/team-registration-form/ today.

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Have a safe and awesome summer, and we look forward to seeing you in Columbia this October!

--Billfred Leverette, FRC 2815
SCRIW Planning Committee