Congratulations to all teams participating at the 2007 NJ regional. I have to admit that this was the most fun NJ regional of my high school days.
Congratulations to 25, 103, and 1302 for a well deserved win.
For the past 10 years I have had a chance to watch team 75 grow. IMHO, team 75 is one of the most gracious teams I have ever encountered. You guys are always thinking about others first and without your assistance team 1403 may have never gotten started. No matter what the situation may be for any team in need of help, team 75 will always be there to help them. When I told my brother and sister (both are 75 alumni), they were absolutely ecstatic. Congratulations on this well deserved Chairman's Award and I wish you the best of luck in the future. (By the way, our team has all of a sudden become obsessed with polishing the robot..... I guess I am saying thanks for giving us a new between-match-hobby
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And to my team, 1403.... Great job guys. I have watched you guys develop over the past four years and I am proud to say that you have come a long way. Of course there were ups and downs, but you guys just kept on moving. Starting by winning the Rookie All Star Award in 2004 and winning the Engineering Inspiration Award in my graduating year are memories I will never forget. I leave you guys after this year knowing that you will have a lasting impact on the world. I am glad that you have achieved this success and I look forward to seeing many more great things come from you guys in the future.
Teams 75 and 11, thank you for being such great allies in the Finals. I wish we could have gone further, but we all had fun and that's what is most important. Good luck at the rest of your competitions!
Congratulations to Tim Leicht, team advisor of 1403 and former advisor of 303, for winning the Woodie Flowers Award. You deserve the award for all of your hard work and dedication. Words cannot describe how much of a positive impact you have had on the team. I don't think anyone on 1403 will forget that moment when you had tears in your eyes after they announced your name (but just in case they do forget, we have plenty of footage of it
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Thank you to all of the volunteers, mentors, and FIRST'ers who made this regional possible. Without your dedication, we wouldn't be able to brag about having one of the best regionals in the country!
Hope to see everyone in Boston, Atlanta or Monty Madness.