FIRST Chesapeake Districts

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Originally Posted by mrmummert

More than likely our team will probably go to the Hampton Roads district event
which will likely be about a hour away. Central will be like VCU has been in the past. Its about a hour and a half away for us. (we're in Franklin)Teams like 1908 on the Eastern Shore and 388 in far western Virginia
will have a hard time getting to district events. (although not ideal for 388 having a district event in the Blacksburg area puts them closer to home than Richmond has been.) Those two teams struggled this past season just to get to their Regional. Team 1598 is even further west than we are and will have to travel about as far to two events as they did to the one regional in Richmond...they are actually closer to Raleigh, NC (where the NC regional is/ was held) than any of the locations for the Va. district events.

Luckly some Va. teams like 422, 1086, 2363 and ourselves have traveled to two
regionals the past couple of years and have a better handle on the costs. (1086, 2363 and our team attended both VCU and Chesapeake this year. We're a little tiny team. 422, 1086 and 2363 are much larger.

We have a lot of shirts but I'm always looking for more mentors so I don't go full zombie. It's not going to be easy for us, but I'm ready. People outside (and inside) of the region underestimate how many teams here exist on the fringe.