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Re: An FRC Family Tree...

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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
You could check out Chairmans submissions...

I know that 1114 was spawned by ex-members of 188, and 1114 then spawned 1503, 1680, 2056, 2166, and possibly more, and have had a large effect on many more teams than that.

I believe 188 has ties to many Canadian teams. Mark Breadner (one of their original mentors, and for a time chairman of FIRST Robotics Canada) led the drive to create alot of the Canadian teams that exist today, 1075 included.

I know 188 directly spawned, and supported 2505.

Ex-188 Mentors went on to create 2809.
You've got some of it right. Team 1114, was one of the teams that Mark Breadner started during his tenure as Regional Director for Canada. In 1114's second season, Ian Mackenzie and myself (188 Alumni) became 1114 mentors.

Team 2505 was started by 188 alumni, with support from 1114. Team 2809 was not started by 188 alumni, rather they were founded by a combination of 610, 771, 1114 & 2166 alumni.

If you were to trace the lineage of any Canadian team outside of Quebec, every team would lead back to 188. Mark Breadner started an astonishing amount of rookie teams from 2002-2005, at least 60 perhaps even more. Some of these teams, such as 781 and 1114, have gone on to start numerous rookie teams themselves, further extending the family tree that Mark and 188 started.

Considering the legacy of their family tree, it astonishes me that Team 188 has not won a Regional Chairman's Award since 2002.
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