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.

We'll see how it goes. There are a lot of teams in VA that get a tougher road. It's not going to help growth in those areas in the short term. However, having an event at all in Western Virginia helps.

Obviously, the current system favors MD/DC/North-VA, which right now makes sense. However, I do think at some point the planning committee will need to increase focus in the other parts of the district.