[Ken Leung]

Important Cal Games Announcement: Event Details

Hi folks!

After months of planning and numerous meetings over the summer, we are finally ready to announce the details for our WRRF event of the year, the 6th Annual California Robot Games! So ready your robot, prepare your team, rally your school administrations, and talk to your friends, because we got a great show for you!

Where: The 6th Annual California Robot Games will be held in Pioneer High School at 1290 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA. The playing field and the game will be held in the Main Gym (seat about 1000 people), and the pit area located in the Mini Gym (enough room for 30 teams).

When: Cal Games 2006 will be held on the weekend of October 27th and 28th. The setup process will begin evening of Thursday Oct. 26th until the evening of Friday Oct. 27th. Registration and inspection will begin Friday afternoon after 3pm until the morning of Saturday Oct. 28th right before qualifying rounds.

Here is the Event Schedule:

7:00am - 9:00am Registration and Inspection
9:00am - 1:00pm Qualifying Rounds
1:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 4:30pm Elimination Rounds
4:30pm - 5:00pm Awards Ceremony

Tear down and clean up will begin immediately after the awards ceremony until 7:30pm.

What: Cal Games 2006 will feature a replay of the FRC 2006 Aim High Game with currently 21 competing teams! Once again, our favorite Emcee, Mark Leon, will be returning to be our Master of Ceremony! There will also be demos presented by local FLL and Vex teams, and snacks and drinks at the concession.

The following teams are now registered and paid their entry fee, with 2 more teams waiting to register, so we got an exciting competition!

Currently registered teams: 100, 114, 115, 192, 254, 256, 581, 604, 670, 668, 766, 840, 841, 846, 852, 1072, 1120, 1280, 1351, 1458, 1516.


Finally, Cal Games 2006 will be featuring the following awards for the competing teams:

Champions of the 2006 Aim High Game
Finalists of the 2006 Aim High Game
Champion of the Autonomous Mode Challenge
Finalist of the Autonomous Mode Challenge
Safety Award
Gracious Professionalism Award

Plus two new awards for robots this year:
The Wacky Award
&
The Most Unusual use of KOP Award


So, we got a great show for you! Look forward to seeing you at Cal Games 2006! For volunteer opportunity, for more information about the event, or if you have any questions, please contact me @ wheres_kenny at hotmail dot com.

-Ken Leung
06' Cal Games Manager