First of all, I'd like to thank Karthik for the amazing job he did, not only as the emcee for some of the time, but also for running the event, and even steppingin as drive coach for our team a few times. All those rumours you hear about Karthik being an incredible drive coach, they're all true. If anyone ever has a chance to have him coach you, jump for it. Thanks for everything.
Thanks to all the people from 1114, especially Mr. Phillips, Geoff Allan (for the long discussion of team strategy), Lindsay Davies (for the t-shirt, generally keeping us upbeat, and letting me steal your job sometimes), Jeff Beckett (I really do hate robots), Stu (piece of advice: you know why
), Ben (You really should move to Oakville), Roberto (I hear you're joining 1114), Derek (for not letting me beat you), and everyone else I missed. Thanks for an amazing event. We love you guys, thank you.
I'd like to thank Amanda and Steve, for their job emceeing and announcing, as well as all the volunteers who made the event run so well.
Apologies to teams 820 and 1564. Wonderland seems to be a curse on our chains, so sorry we had to bow out like that. We blew three chains in our first match of the elimination rounds. No idea how that happened.
Thanks to 1503 for being so good-natured about playing us so much.
Congratulations to 610, 1503 and 1547, as well as 1114, 1680 and 2000. Seeing 1114 on fire was one of the scariest things ever, and it would have been amazing to watch the finals with fully functional robots.
Finally, thanks to my team. Michelle, I don't know what to say. You're awesome, you keep me sane, and you're an amazing drive coach. I wouldnt be able to drive like I do without you. Without you, I just stole it. Kate Mathers, we would have fallen apart in the first match without your chain expertise. Thanks to Kay, our do-it-all girl, who did everything while Michelle and I were away at matches, Alicia, our safety girl, and everyone else for coming out to support us. Joanne, Mr. Pollock, Mr Nashed, Mrs. Byers and all our other mentors. You're all amazing.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, and hope to see you next year!