TDSB FIRST Fall Fiesta Canadian Off-season Event

[mman1506]

Finally a off season in Canada! It's long overdue.

FIRST Robotics Canada, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board, is proud to bring the FIRST community our first Off-season FRC event in ten years which will take place from October 31 – November 1, 2014! The goal of this event is to provide a fun and exciting opportunity for FRC teams to enjoy an additional play at the 2014 game and to expose new teams to FRC. The event is in partnership with Victoria Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Toronto District School Board and FIRST Robotics Canada.

Team Information
A one day event, with load-in the day before
Teams can train new drivers while experiencing the competition environment
Awards criteria and details will follow soon
Celebrity Matches
Free public access
Food/Refreshments available on site – team orders in advance (more info to follow)

Team Registration – fee $350.00
This event has a capacity of 24 teams.

Teams can register at firstfiestaoffseasonevent@gmail.com

Registrations will be received after 4 pm on Thursday September 4, 2014 on a “first come – first serve” based on time stamp on the email. The timestamp must be later than 4 pm on the above date. Once a team registers by sending an email to the above address, a cheque must be received by FIRST Canada no later than 10 days after submitting the email registration. If a cheque has not been received in the time stated above, then the team will be placed at the end of the registration list.

Teams are asked to provide the following information in their email registration:
Lead team contact information
Team number
Phone number
Approximate number planning to attend
Scan of $350.00 Cheque sent at time of registration via email

Cheques are to be made payable to FIRST Robotics Canada and mailed (no courier please) to:

FIRST Robotics Canada
PO Box 518, Pickering Main
Pickering, Ontario
L1V 2R7


Event Schedule
The schedule is tentative and will be finalized as the event draws near.


Friday October 31, 2014
6:00 – 8:00pm: Robot Drop-off & Registration
Saturday November 1, 2014
7:00 – 8:00am Late Registration and Team Entry
8:00 – 8:15am Driver’s Meeting
8:15 – 8:30am Opening Ceremonies
8:30 – 11:30am Qualification Matches
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch & *Celebrity Team Match
1:00 – 2:00pm Qualification Matches continued
2:00 – 2:30pm Alliance Pairings
2:30 – 2:40pm Alliance Captain Meeting
3:00 – 4:00pm Quarter finals
4:00 – 4:45pm Semi finals
4:45 – 5:30pm Finals & Awards
6:00pm Take down and Clean up

Event Main Contact: John Hobbins, FIRST Robotics Canada, 416-606-6934

John.hobbins@firstroboticscanada.org


Location
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, 15 Wallingford Rd, Toronto ON M3A 2V1 (416) 395-3310
School and Map : http://www.tdsb.on.ca/findyour/schools.aspx?schno=3447
- See more at: http://www.firstroboticscanada.org/m....oT0ZkY4F.dpuf

[cad321]

Saw this the other day and facebook and really hope my team will be able to go! One day before my birthday, talk about an epic birthday weekend! will also be a great opportunity to train team members for the up and coming season.

[woudie]

I got so excited when I saw it, I literally yelled so loud anyone within a 1 km radius of me heard me yell "FINALLY", when sign up for it comes, I'm gonna be waiting ready to click send xD

[Sohaib]

Which teams will be there, I know we (5036 - RoboDevils) will be.

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by Sohaib

Which teams will be there, I know we (5036 - RoboDevils) will be.

865 is registered.

[Alex Cormier]

Who's the group that's running this event?

[Sohaib]

Well, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), FIRST Robotics Canada and its based at Victoria Park CI, home to team 4914, so I assume them as well.

[cad321]

Does anyone know what the celebrity team matches are at lunch? Sounds interesting but I can't find anything about it online.

[Bochek]

Originally Posted by cad321

Does anyone know what the celebrity team matches are at lunch? Sounds interesting but I can't find anything about it online.

I'm kind of a big deal you know

[Tem1514 Mentor]

Originally Posted by cad321

Does anyone know what the celebrity team matches are at lunch? Sounds interesting but I can't find anything about it online.

No one knows for sure or at least not telling but come on who wouldn't like to see Rob Ford, John Tory and Oliva Chow go at it

And for the record; 2935 will be there with Under-taker.

[AndreaV]

I really can't wait to see the team list for this event!
5031 Is super excited to be participating. We will be making improvements to our robot, it will no longer just be a low goal'in defense machine.

[Team 4939]

Team 4939 is also planning to attend.

Should be tons of fun!!!!!!!!

[Gregor]

4946*-1285-746 W
4001**-188-907 SF
2634***-2200-886 QF
1310-3683-4917 QF
4914-2013-771 SF
2056-4476-865 F
5191-4939-5031 QF
2935-5036-1815 QF

*2056 declined 4946
**1310 declined 4001
***4914 declined 2634

[BrennanB]

4476 had a great time at the Fall Fiesta and would like to thank all the planners who were involved! The event was well run and our team had a ton of fun.

Thanks to our alliance partners 865 and especially 2056 for being patient and helping us out with our robot failures as the eliminations progressed. All 2056 members were incredibly knowledgeable and helpful, and it was an honor to have worked with you guys. Clearly our robot has seen better days, and I only wish we were executing nearly as well as we were at any of our in-season events.

Congrads to 4946, 1285 (1241), 746. 4946 you were on fire with all those quick trusses and i'm sure you guys will be a force to be reckoned with for the 2015 season. 1241 you guys just keep getting better every year it's always a pleasure to be on the field with you guys, no matter what side of the glass we are on. Your drive team is incredibly gracious and supportive in all that you do. 746! Congrads on the win! I hope you guys use this win as motivation to keep pushing and do even better for the 2015 season.

[Sohaib]

It was an incredible event for one hosted out of a public school and 5036 is extremely thankful to all those involved, it couldn't be better. To the awesome volunteers, who helped us find a new Digital Sidecar after ours fried in QF1-1, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Congratulations to 1285, 4946, and 746. Thanks to 4946 for helping us out and practising with us the eve of the competition. You guys are amongst one of my favourite rookies and it'd be amazing to see how you progress next year!