2011 Where is Wolcott?

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by dag0620

I am proud to announce that Team Max 1071 will be having the 4th annual Where is Wolcott? Invitational.

The event is going to be held on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 and will be located at Wolcott High School.

Doors will be opened at 7, Matches will start at 9. Once again the field will be available for practice round from 7 until opening at 9.

Team GUS 228 will once again be providing food.

If your interested in having your team compete in the event got to the site,, fill out the form and send it to Rob Cormier at rcormier@wolcottps.org The cost per team is $200.

You can get Google Maps Directions to the school here.

Any questions please send them to rcormier@wolcottps.org or post them in the thread.

Can't wait to see everyone there!

I should be there around 8ish cause I wasn't able to get off of work... meant to message Rob but I haven't had the time. I will be there though =).

[dag0620]

Well field is set, up, and we're ready to go. Thanks to all our set-up volunteers for getting everything together. Special thanks to Jacob Komar and his assistant Oliver (our FTA and FTAA respectably) for coming out and setting up the electronics.

Originally Posted by ProgramLuke

Will there be a webcast? I didn't see anything about one on the webpage .

Yes Sir! wolcottrobotics.com

The server isn't online at this moment (thus the suspension) however it should be up by tomorrow. I'll update you once I hear from the video guys.


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With that I'll see everyone in the morning at Opening!

[jwfoss]

The Aluminum Falcons, FIRST Team 2168, would like to thank 1071 for again hosting a well run offseason event.

Also thanks to 228 for again bringing some great food.

It was alot of fun seeing our rookie drivers take the sticks on the field for the first time, our kids always impress me. Being able to run the 666 robot was alot of fun as well, its a shame the arm was broken I would have liked to have put up some tubes instead of just rocking some defence... Perhaps next year put together some mentor matches during lunch allowing the mentors to drive their own teams robots?

[dag0620]

Well it's been another year and a fantastic event once again. I think this is by far the best WIWI to date, and there's a lot of people to thank for this.

First off, big big big thanks to Jacob Komar, and his assistant, Oliver Graff, for coming down and doing their thing as FTA and FTAA. Their knowledge in keeping the field running, and allowing us to have full electronics this year.

Thanks to Mike M. for coming down also and helping keep things going.

To Jack - It wouldn't be WIWI without you. As always thanks for all you and the Mrs. do for WIWI and FIRST in general.

Thanks again for 228 for bringing down the great food.

Finally to 1071 and any other volunteers we had - it was an awesome time, and all I can say is I can't wait to do it all over again next year.

Congratulations to all the teams who won the awards throughout the day. I know from discussing with the judges they had some hard choices but they enjoyed doing it. It was great to hand you these awesome trophies.

Congrats to 178, 716, and 558 for winning. You had an admirable performance during eliminations and you did a great job.

Lastly as I said in opening, thanks to all the teams for coming and making this event what it is. It wouldn't be WIWI without you guys.

Hope to see everyone next year!

[mtaman02]

I have to agree out of the 3 Wolcott Invitationals I've been to this had to have been the best one. Thanks for Rob for allowing me to come on over to help run the event with everyone. Food was awesome and everything. Another thanks goes out to Jacob for setting up the Field Electronics... def. made all of those who were help running the event jobs much smoother. As well as Jacob's quick troubleshooting to keep all the matches on schedule... I don't think I ever ran ahead of schedule in an off-season before =)...

Major thanks goes to 1071 and 228 for all their hard work as well as the sponsors who helped fund the event =)... Will def. be back next year if I'm wanted just promise me to have a full field setup that's all lol.

[dsmoker]

On behalf on team 558, I want to thank everyone involved with organizing this event, which our students enjoy attending each year. To Team Max, 1071, you have set up an event which is a pleasure to compete in. The addition of the FTA this year was a welcome one. To GUS, team 228, as always the food was fantastic.

To our alliance partners: 716, you have been a team we've enjoyed playing with many times, and this was no exception. We hope to work with you many times in the future. 178, I personally, have admired your team from afar for many years. Your Dream FIRST program, and all do for your community, are admirable. I am sure that a Chairman's Award is in your immediate future. We've never really had the opportunity to work with you before in competition, and are so glad that we did on Saturday. You were a great partner, and we look forward to working with you again.

230, 3125 and 2064: It was a hard fought final match, and I really thought we were going to have to go one more! Your alliance was strong, and that made it all the more fun!

Finally, to our students, especially our graduating senior and Dean's List Finalist Rohit Grover: we let you guys run the show on this one, and you did us proud. You did your own coaching for the first time for an entire competition, and you made mature, reasoned decisions in the heat of battle. You did your own scouting and decided based on that data (with only minimal input from us mentors) who to select as your alliance partners for the elmination rounds. Again, you had sound reasons for your decisions, and your hard work and effort paid off. We could not be prouder of you. And Rohit, you will be sorely missed next year. Best of luck at Southern CT State University! We are looking forward to having you come back as a mentor next year. Maybe it'll be you we see as coach at the regionals in 2012!