2015 Ventura Regional

[seg9585]

Kicking off this thread. A brand new regional hosting city, beautiful Ventura California! 42 teams in attendance, many of whom will be powerhouse teams fresh out of the Los Angeles regional from this past weekend.

We are excited to see the new venue!

[rsisk]

I'll be there as Lead Robot Inspector (with a great crew of inspectors) and Dona will be the Judge Advisor.

[sanddrag]

Team 696 is looking forward to a great event!

[EricH]

I'll be up there, in stripes again.

[SenorZ]

With week 3 complete, six teams attending Ventura have spots at Championships already. (someone correct me if I'm wrong here)

207 - LA Regional Chairman's Award
330 - LA Regional Winner
1323 - CV Regional Winner
1515 - LA Regional Winner
5136 - IE wildcard (?)
5529 - CV Rookie All Stars

Many other teams are semi-finalists and finalists in other regionals, and still others are going to be at Sacramento this weekend.

Should be a good showing of robots.

[Arman1266]

Team 1266 is hyped for Ventura, we look forward to a weekend of FIRST fun! Good Luck to all!

[saikiranra]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

With week 3 complete, six teams attending Ventura have spots at Championships already. (someone correct me if I'm wrong here)
5136 - IE wildcard (?)

Yes, 5136 does generate a wildcard at Ventura, because the wildcards of 359 and 3562 passed to the finalist's alliance at Inland Empire.

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I heard rumors from a seemingly casual e-mail earlier this week about a social event planned for teams on the evening of the 28th (Saturday). Has anyone else heard any more info about this?

Also, I was curious about the setup in Ventura -- has anyone seen the layout? Was wondering if the field will be situated within a basketball court type setup (like many District events) or if Ventura College had a larger venue.

[sanddrag]

For the field, it looks like one large gym with upper level bleachers on one side. It seems like the pits will be in a smaller gym immediately adjacent to the large gym.

[Pauline Tasci]

I'll be there judging. Excited to see what Ventura has in store.

[AustinShalit]

See everyone there!

[spaghetti3925]

The social was canceled due to liability concerns

The lay out will use Ventura colleges two gyms the lower will be the pits and the upper will be the field. The practice field will be in the breezeway between the two gyms. we will also be using the college's machine shop golf carts will be running between the pits and the shop as it is a good distance away.

My team is hosing and I am on the board if you have any more questions i should be able to answer them.

[Boltman]

Woo Hoo...finally a week we are in it.

Iron Kodiaks 5137 in the house, can't wait to see all the fine bots/teams in Ventura next week....then back home to San Diego.

[seg9585]

Originally Posted by spaghetti3925

The social was canceled due to liability concerns

The lay out will use Ventura colleges two gyms the lower will be the pits and the upper will be the field. The practice field will be in the breezeway between the two gyms. we will also be using the college's machine shop golf carts will be running between the pits and the shop as it is a good distance away.

My team is hosing and I am on the board if you have any more questions i should be able to answer them.

Will teams be allowed to use equipment the machine shop, or staff/volunteers only?

[Boltman]

Anyone doing the webcast and have a link?