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Originally Posted by AcesPease
The team from Plymouth Mass (124?) used to host a big off season event called the Rumble at the Rock. I believe they tried very hard for a Chairman's award, didn't win for a couple years running and then pulled up stakes and joined the battle bots.
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That team was Team 23 - Boston Edison & Plymouth North High School. They won the Chairman's Award in 1998 and Mike Bastoni their mentor won the Woodie Flowers Award that year too. That year their Chairman's Award was a tool box filled with trinkets and information about their team. I believe that was the last year the didn't have a size requirement and well before the Chairman's Award became essay only. They were a very active team and were the ones who started the entire concept of off season competitions.
They left FIRST for many factors. They did go join BattleBots and even started up BattleBots IQ. Some of the people from that old team are still involved in FIRST with other teams or through volunteering.