CAGE Match 2014

[Josh Drake]

Made this a family event, younger son doing field reset, wife taking a shot at referee, older son driving, me trying to keep it all together. Just have to get that robot ready first

[Taylor]

Well, that was fun.
Congratulations to the winning alliance of 1024, 1646, 1741, and 5402. You put on a great show for the biggest CAGE Match crowd we've ever seen.

Time for thank-yous:
45, 234, 1741 - You are all great friends and we are very appreciative of you giving your Friday afternoon to help us set up the event.

829 - The volunteer lunch was fantastic as usual, as well as all the other support you provided as cohosts.

234, 3494 - Because of your hard work, two great pre-rookies got to experience FRC behind the glass. Thank you for graciously providing robots and guidance to these rising stars.

461 - Your team continues to be a pillar of the community, leading the charge with nearly 2,000 items donated to the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.

2451 - Thank you for loaning us your mentor (and FRC blogger!) Kelsey Draus - her aid and input were fantastic.

Kirk Wheeler - As a first time Chief Judge, you did a splendid job of using seasoned veteran judges with brand new professionals you found to expand the FRC community and get these newbies hooked.

Every participating team had a significant role - providing volunteers, excellent discussions at the Roundtable meetings, donating to the Silent Auction, or giving the crowd a spectacle on the field. We on the planning committee are proud to be able to show off what you wonderful teams can do.

As I tweeted earlier, I am proud of the work my #FriendsWithRobots provided to put on this event, and I am proud to be able to call you my friends.

[Breakaway3937]

On behalf of Team 3937, I would like to send a huge thank you out to the CAGE match planning committee, volunteers and participating teams. It was great to have the state of IN welcome us to the competition. We are from a state that is trying to grow FIRST and IN is definitely a state to emulate in that regard. It was outstanding to be working with some of the legendary teams for IN. I got a chance to talk with a lot of great mentors and students. Thanks to our alliance in the elims. We fought hard and even when we got that detrimental damage to our arm internals, our alliance continued to battle to the end. What a show, the crowd was great and the atmosphere was superb! Way to go and hope we can join you guys again next year!

[ratdude747]

Thanks to all for a wonderful event, not just for the teams, but also for the volunteers such as myself, my mother, and my fiancee. I now have a new found liking for the role of a scorekeeper, thanks for the chance to try it out (and for the excellent training from all involved).

Looking forward to the next one already.