[B. Flaherty]

WHAT A GREAT COMPETITION!!

I would really love to thank 555 for holding this competition. It was a fun day, and I personally was happy there was a setback, because I was able to catch up on some well needed rest. =)

Thanks to 56 and 369 for picking us to join their alliance after we were eliminated from the quarterfinals. It was more then a pleasure to accompany those two teams.

Also thanks to 550 and 1617 for being part of our first alliance. We worked well together, and our programmer even managed to write 550 and autonomous mode in between alliance selections and our first match.

Thanks to 25, 1676, and 1302 for being great opponents. It was nice to see two members of the Trinity Alliance make it to the finals. (Ourselves and 1302).

Another thanks to 555 for putting up with all of the field problems throughout the day, especially during the finals when Red 3 Driver's Station would not have the robot disabled at the beginning or end of the match. (That explains why after the second final match 1626 continued to move).

Also thanks to 1089, who tried to help us in our quarterfinal match with a strategy, it was GREATLY appreciated.

Also, thanks to 56 and 1725 for the Highest Qualification Match Score Award. 56 showed great gracious professionalism by giving their trophy to 1725, who was comprised of 2 schools, so that they each could bring home a trophy. I look forward to seeing those kids in competition next year.

I'm pretty sure that's everyone. 1626 had a great day, especially myself. Thank you to everyone who came.