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Re: 2013 Pine Tree Regional
I only have good things to say about this new regional. It is easily one of the best events I have been to in my time with FIRST. The volunteers and refs were nice and did their jobs well. The judges were awesome as usual, especially the ones listening for chairmans presentations. Then of course the competition. There were great robots in every match, and the finals were the best ones I've seen all year. On a personal note, a HUGE congratulations to my good friends from 3467, the Windham Windup, for winning their first regional. I know you guys went through a lot this year, and you definitely deserved a win. As Angry Eric said, "I'm just gonna say this now, but these guys have the fastest climber on the east coast." Also, if anyone from the Pine Tree planning committee is reading this, you did a perfect job, thank you. I'm very hopeful to attend this regional in the future.
There was also something that happened during the award ceremonies that I will never forget. When the rookie highest seed came up, it was originally given to team 4564, although it was supposed to go to team 4473. This was later fixed, and 4564 was told they could keep that trophy as well as they did not want to take it away from them. However, as 4473 came up for the real rookie highest seed award, members from 4564 came down and gave the trophies they received to members from 4473. It was truly amazing to see two rookie teams handling themselves so professionally. Also note that 4564 would go on to win Rookie All Star later on.
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Last edited by Jay O'Donnell : 07-04-2013 at 12:23.
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