2014 Texas Robot Roundup

[jessjank.]

2014 TEXAS ROBOT ROUNDUP (TRR) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT & REGISTRATION DETAILS

You're invited to compete at the 2014 Texas Robot Roundup!

Event Website: http://trr.txfirst.org/

What:
4th Annual Texas Robot Roundup FRC Off-Season Competition
Planned and organized by the ausTIN CANs – Team 2158, Austin area teams and volunteers, and Alamo FIRST!

When:
Friday, August 1st & Saturday, August 2nd, 2014

GENERAL SCHEDULE:
Friday Morning: Practice Matches (Optional)
Friday Afternoon: Qualification Matches
Saturday: Opening Ceremonies, Qualification Matches, Eliminations, & Award Ceremonies
(Full Schedule, including Special Tournaments & Events, Presentations/Workshops, TBA)

Where:
Austin Convention Center - Exhibit Hall 5, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX

Cost:
Early Team Registration: $300 (Fee Due by June 1st, 2014)
Regular Team Registration: $350 (Fee Due by July 1st, 2014)
Pre-Rookies: Free!
2nd Robot Entries per Team: TBD

Registration:
TEAMS: Register Here!
VOLUNTEERS: Register Here!

Social Media:
Twitter: @TXRobotRoundup

For More Information:
Email us at RobotRoundup@gmail.com

[AllenGregoryIV]

Spectrum is registered, it should be a great event as always.

[Mr.Frishman]

3999 is in too!

[JohnSchneider]

We're in.

[safiq10]

Count the Devastators in!

[Mr. Rip]

Texas Torque just registered. I'll let the Hawaiian Kids know. If they go to IRI they might drop by for TRR.

[waialua359]

Scott,
unfortunately, we are unable to go because it skips a week after IRI.
If it was actually the week after, we would have considered it.
I and our students cant miss the 1st week of school.

We notified Jess earlier today. There is always next year! Especially the Alamo Week 1!

[jessjank.]

We're really sad the Hawaiian Kids won't be coming to TRR this year and wish it would have worked out! Hopefully, y'all will be able to make it to 2015 TRR and/or Alamo!

Moving TRR later was done to coincide better with NIWeek. We certainly understand that this might create problems for some teams, but we hope that in the end the changes will help to make the event better overall. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in August!

As a quick update, 15 teams have already registered for TRR! We'll have a registered teams list posted to the website soon.

[Mrcope9]

For the 2nd year in a row, Team 3991 is incredibly depressed for not being able to go. The dates just don't work out with us. Our school year begins on August 7th this year, so the teachers must report the last week of July. Again, wish we could attend, we will hope for next year.

[ElvisMom]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Scott,
unfortunately, we are unable to go because it skips a week after IRI.
If it was actually the week after, we would have considered it.
I and our students cant miss the 1st week of school.

We notified Jess earlier today. There is always next year! Especially the Alamo Week 1!

We'd love to have you at Rock River Off-Season Competition http://r2oc.org/ in Rockford IL - Saturday July 26, 2014 immediately after IRI. In addition to our five host teams (81, 1625, 2039, 3352, 4655) last year 111, 1675, 2451, among others, also attended. Hoping to see our friends from 1732 and 2481 make the trip this year too.

[wireties]

1296 will be there again! Love the TRR event staff - great event!

[jessjank.]

We're up to 20 teams registered for TRR 2014!

624 - CRyptonite: Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, TX
1296 - Ful Metal Jackets: Rockwall High School, Rockwall, TX
1477 - Texas Torque: Conroe ISD, The Woodlands, TX
2158 - ausTIN CANs: Anderson High School, Austin, TX
2468 - Appreciate: Westlake High School, Austin, TX
2587 - DiscoBots: Houston ISD, Houston, TX
2721 - Blue Mite: Lasar High School, Lasara, TX
2881 - Lady Cans: Girl Scouts of Central Texas, Austin, TX
2950 - Devastators: Harmony Science Academy Waco, Waco, TX
3240 - Team Orion: John Jay Science & Engineering Academy, San Antonio, TX
3310 - Black Hawk Robotics: Rockwall Heath High School, Heath, TX
3366 - Roscoe Plowbots: Roscoe Collegiate High School, Roscoe, TX
3481 - Bronc Botz: San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance, San Antonio, TX
3679 - Rattlers: San Marcos High School, San Marcos, TX
3847 - Spectrum: St. Agnes & Strake Jesuit, Houston, TX
3999 - Shadetree Robotics: Shadetree Robotics, Killeen, TX
4063 - TRikzR4kiDz: Del Rio High School, Del Rio, TX
4206 - Robo Vikes: Nolan Catholic High School, Fort Worth, TX
4610 - BearTecs: Bastrop High School, Bastrop, TX
9999 - Tigertrons: Smithville High School, Smithville, TX


You can check here for an updated list between announcements:
http://trr.txfirst.org/teamlist

[SonOfMrFrishman]

I've been monitoring the team list for TRR ever since the announcement was made. Looking forward to seeing who else can make it.

[ahartnet]

Thanks to all the volunteers and teams that made TRR happen this past weekend. Like past years, it was a great event, ran smoothly, and I know our pre-rookie team gained some great experience. I really liked that some of the volunteers still showed up in their green safety judge or blue judge shirts specifically to help both 9999 and 9997 be able to identify them and their role at events next year! Also, by having the teams peer nominate other teams for the award - I was able to get some of our students on the pearland team think about what it takes to stand out for awards.

Of course, many thanks to 118, 624, and 2789 for having us as your backup bot!

Looking forward to seeing some of you again at The Remix

[AllenGregoryIV]

Thanks everyone for making TRR awesome. It was a fantastic event with some great matches and it's always nice to have so many friends in one place.

We can't wait till next year.