2011 Peachtree Regional

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The first person I would like to thank for ptree this year would be Mr. Jeff Rosen. Although he bad some terrible jokes as announcer he is one of the many reasons so many of the teams in Georgia exist. Without him, my former 1002 members and myself would never had made 2415. Chances are, 3091 wouldn't have had as much initial help, 1848 also got off the ground with Jeremy Roberts myself and Rosen, we also helped with getting 1746 off the ground. There are a ton of other teams that he helped to start along with over 100 fll/FRC/vex/jfll teams. You are a horrible conversationalist due to how long you talk, but you have gotten better, and have clearly been an inspiration to the mentors of 2415 (Andrew, speedbuggy76, and myself) ever since you talked us into ultimate submissions early on freshman year of hs haha. I'm glad I did not prank you this year bc I heard you brought a jack and cinder blocks this year

Kudos to the Roberts family for winning volunteers of the year award. I have known you both since the inception of 1848 6 or so years ago and it has always been a pleasure speaking with you, getting to know your family, and getting jokingly yelled at by you for being so so so late to be queued up for matches. You guys really deserve this award.

Thank you to mannie lowe, the Philips family, the spurlin family, Mr Tate, the welsch family, Mr chambliss, Connie, the folea family, Mr reece, tauhira/all the other 1002 alumni who volunteered (especially mick roper, and all the other volunteers. You guys did a great job, especially with getting us back on track when the regional initially fell behind.

Congrats to teams 1261, 3149, and my personal favorite, 1648 for doing such a great job all weekend long and giving ptree a great finals round.

Thank you president bud Peterson, sweet 6 lb 8oz baby jesus (for healing my foot and allowing me to walk again), and governess deal, for all coming to the regional.

Congrats to team 122 for the chairmans win. Your spirit, enthusiasm, and good works are all something we need to strive to attain. You guys are well deserving of the award. And Congrats to your mentor for winning the woodie flowers award.

I would also like to commend 1002 for something they did as well. not only did you and Walton (fierce ha rivals) provide scouting info for everybody, but I saw that after the event, your students were helping break down the field. Although this is the first time in 8 year that you haven't won a CA or a EI, I was so happy to see my former team up in spirits still being a role model team helping to break down.

Thank you to team 1771 and team 2815 for accepting our invitations and for putting up with us throughout the playoffs. This is the last student year for the founding students of 2415 so it was great to go out with a bang.

Thanks to troy and all of the other announces for keeping the energy high. However I did miss out on sir Charles' brief cameo which I am a little upset about. I don't even hear his catch phrase this year.

It was great seeing our old friends, alumni, and mentors from 1848, 832, 1002 , 2420, 587, 1648, 1311, 3091, 2655 and 1746.

Finally, Congrats to Alex Epstein and Rick Shanor for winning the deans list award. Especially Rick Shanor who I have had the responsibility/pain/horrific experience/privilege to work with for the past four years. This loser spent 55+ hours a week in the shop INCLUDING THE WEEKS SINCE SHIP, including his spring break. This is on top of his hundreds of hours per year of community service with the team and his mentorship of younger team members.

This was a great last peachtree as a mentor/potentially ever. I hope to catch up with many of you in north Carolina or st Louis or random off-season events.