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Posted by Andy Grady.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #42, P.A.R.T.S, from Alvirne High School and Daniel Webster College.

Posted on 4/13/2000 8:58 AM MST


In Reply to: 'My Favorite Part was.....' posted by Erin on 4/12/2000 11:59 AM MST:



I have 2 favorite moments:
1. At the New England regional seeing the faces of the students on my team after we won the Spirit award. They had worked so hard and kept good spirits up even though our robot was not very competitive at all.

2. Was our last match at the nationals, even though nothing spectacular happened, we came out on top and finished the whole national competition without any severe problems. After the regional competition in which we didn't do so well, to see our team ranked 37th at the nationals (which i feel was earned) felt unbelieveable.

Of course with all these great moments you have to have the great people with it. I just wanted to say thanx to all the people I have met along the way.

Team 126-Gael Force, You guys never cease to amaze me, as always you manage to come out with a stunning robot, and im very proud to have even recieved a chance to work with you in some remote way this year. I am looking forward to returning to you guys next year and working with some of the great kids I met over the past few years.

Team 151-Nashua, If there is a team out there who deserves a lifetime sportsmanship award or something it is you guys. You have been extreemly helpful this year to us. When we were having problems with our robot, you guys were there. I cannot thank you enough for the support that your team has given us.

Team 131-Chaos, You guys are unbelieveable, I have never seen so much fire in a team to accomplish something. You guys have been so supportive and helpful to us over the past couple of years, not to mention the number of friendships that have resulted. Im glad to see you guys did well this year, and I hope your sucess continues in the future.

Team 246-BU, To Colleen and the rest of the crew over there, thank you for helping us out with the hotel rooms in Jersey, without you I would have been sleeping on the doorstep of the arena at Rutgers Univerisity waiting to get into competition. Also to Colleen, one more year in the books kid, now its time for some V-Ball =) Thanx for being there.

To everyone at the football game on wednesday night thanks for comming, we had alot of fun. To Lora from team 69, thanx much for helping out with the organiziation of the game im very happy to have had the chance to work with you.

Finally to all the people on the Delphi board and Rambots Chat that I have met over the past few weeks, thanx for being there for me to vent at on these boards. With FIRST comes stress, and there is no one id rather argue with than you guys =)

Ok im gonna shut up now, so if i forgot anyone, you owe me a backhand later.
Cya all in 2001 (and hopefully at Rumble 2000),
Andy 'scratch' Grady, Team 42 DWC/Alvirne HS