[Btower]

As Field Manager again at Detroit, I would like to say thanks to everybody for an awesome event. The energy level at the Detroit Regional is unbelievable. After putting four long days into Great Lakes then 2 1/2 days of work you'd think I'd be dragging at Detroit, but the event is so much fun and everybody is so hyped its a total joy.

A couple of big shout outs.

1- The field reset and queing crews, you guys were awesome yet again. Constantly blowing up tubes is a pain but you guys stayed on top of it without any prompting. We had a couple of special situations and a visit from the governor and you guys handled it like pros. A truly fantastic job.

2- Thanks to all the teams, "No Blood before Ten", silly as it seems, cut our injuries to nearly zero. Compared to last year, even compared to Great Lakes the week before this was a phenomenal accomplishment. In addition, the pits were kept clean with hardly a shaving to be found on the floor.

3- Thanks to FIRST for overhauling the scoring system, it operated nearly flawlessly for two weeks in a row. Given the problems I've experienced over the past four years this was a welcome surprise.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful time.

Cheers to all,

Ben Tower

P.S. We left the "Found" stuff at the Wayne State Matthai Field House facility office, if you're missing something give them a call.

P.P.S. Go Bears

PPPS. I've got thousands of pictures taken from field level. Give me a shout if you want some.