First of all I want to wish the biggest congratulations to all of the teams for giving one of the most intense finals I've ever watched. I was literally on the edge of my seat for the entire thing.
1114, 217, 148 - What an amazing alliance. You guys were so inspiring to watch!! Congratulations to all three of you.
I want to both congratulate and thank 1114 for not only bringing the championship title back to Canada but for all the support they, once again, gave Waldo at the championship event. We found ourselves an hour before our Chairman's interview realizing we forgot something and Simbotics was right there ready to help us. It's just yet another example of how 1114 is more than just a winning team - they help define the term "gracious professionalism" and truly embody FIRST. That makes them an all-around winning team. I said multiple times at that event that I couldn't think of another team that deserved to win Championships more and personally, I still can't. They deserved that so much.
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Originally Posted by Karthik
The Canadian Teams in Attendance - It was great seeing all those Canadian flags waving in support of us during the Einstein matches. We could even hear Waldo cheering for us all the down on the field. It was a true honor to represent our country. Just thinking about it all nearly brings tears to my eyes. Special thanks you our littlest supporters, the WAFFLES FLL team from Kingston, Ontario. The support you gave us at both GTR and Atlanta warms my heart.
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I think I annoyed everybody sitting around me by making them jump up everytime 1114, 217, and 148 was announced. And of course 1547 was cheering - when did we stop all weekend? A Canadian team in the finals gets our full support!!!
And to add to Karthik - The WAFFLES are definitely the littlest supporters anybody could have. This FLL team continuously came and found Waldo (no pun intended) in the pits or in the stands to wish us luck. They attended the qualifying tournament we held at Trafalgar and 1547 hasn't stopped talking about them since. I've told countless people that one of the members of the WAFFLES was my inspiration in FIRST because she is one of the most awe-struck people I've ever seen by the whole robotics program - a future engineer for sure!
The whole weekend was amazing and my thanks goes out to every team that made the event the best one I've attended by far. It was the last FIRST event I'd attend as a student on 1547 and it was the one I'll remember the longest.