The Sabre Bytes, FRC Team 772 (77WHO?!) are happy to announce that we, along with
WEtech Alliance, and many sponsors, have brought a FRC Regional Competition to Windsor-Essex, located directly across from Detroit.
The Regional will take place April 3rd-5th at The University of Windsor's, St.Dennis Center.
This past year 772 has been working very close with WEtech Alliance to get more FRC Teams, more FLL teams, and our ultimate goal was to get an official FRC event in Windsor. We now have over 13 FRC teams in the area (still to sign up), many FLL teams, a FLL Tournament this Fall (Held at St.Clair College), and a FRC Regional Competition. We have surpassed our goals and are extremely proud of our accomplishments.
With the Regional being so close to the Ambassador Bridge (the border of Canada and USA) we hope to see a lot of American teams. To get to the regional from the USA you get off the bridge and turn left at the McDonalds. Yes, it is that simple. Rumours have been going around that Ontario and other parts of Canada will become a District Competition soon (like next year), so this may be the final year any teams can compete here, and Windsor-Essex is a great competition to go to as it is so close and easy to get to for American teams.
Thank you to all of our Sponsors and to FIRST Canada for selecting Windsor-Essex as the location for a new Regional.
Here are some media sources of the announcement today:
CTV Local News
WE Tech Article
Windsor-Essex FIRST Website
I will try and post more later, though they may be lost in the thread.