[Scott Hill]

IRI 2009...... SUCH A GREAT EVENT!!........, with so many high hopes and expectations. When, through planning, hard work and a little luck they come true, the feeling is like no other. At this moment Winnovation team spirit is on top of the world. One of the great things about FIRST is that nothing happens alone. It starts with a collection of people, a team, and at competitions expands to alliances, a collection of teams, and beyond. It makes me feel great to have the opportunity to congratulate and thank all of the members of team Winnovation for what we have accomplished as students, fellow mentors, parents, family members, and sponsors. We couldn't do this without others. Beyond our team thanks go out to; Chris and Andy and all those involved in putting on the event, to our AWESOME alliance partners Truck Town Thunder (a productive scoring bot with few equals), Las Guerillas (one of THE best all around robots this season) and Bomb Squad (with help from their up and coming human player), with your great teamwork our alliance worked amazingly well together and handled everything thrown at us, from the best in competition from the other great elimination alliances to event glitches (those quarter-finals were....... aaughhh!!), and to all of the friends of Winnovation in the FIRST world, those of you who chat with our teams members on Chief Delphi and in other places trading ideas and information and giving moral support, so many friends, all contributing in so many ways to our team......traveling through life with gifts such as these is a joy! (now, to catch up from my sleep deprivation, you know, friday night scouting meetings till 2am......etc...etc...)

THANKS!! to you all and as always, see you at the next event!

Scott Hill