2016 Finger Lakes Regional

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On behalf of Shaker Robotics, Team 2791, I would like to thank the Regional Planning Committee for hosting such a great event again this year. Thank you 5254 for choosing us to be on your alliance, it was a great honor. Once again you have designed a robot that is simple, effective, and robust; congratulations on the Quality Award it is well deserved. 2383 thank you for rounding out the threesome, we were all very excited that you had somehow managed to slip under the radar.

Congratulations to Teams 20, 639, and 1405. We knew that you were the alliance to beat, your strategy was well played. Team 20, we appreciate your kind words, it is great to have such a powerhouse down the street from us. It is unfortunate that we were pitted against one another in not one, but two events this year. Congratulations on your two Gracious Professionalism awards, they are well deserved. 1405, your defense was amazing and your driver team should be very proud. 639, you had one of the best climbers at the event, congratulations on winning Engineering Inspiration.

3044, congratulations on your safety award and the Industrial Design Award. I am still amazed that you did not win the control systems award at either of the regionals as your custom circuitry for the RoboRIO and Tallon SRX is truly the best design I have seen all season. I am glad that you have decided to share the design - I think that you will find it on our robot next year

Congratulations to our pit neighbors 2638 for winning the Chairman's Award. It is clear that you guys know what FIRST is all about and are truly a team to aspire to emulate.

We appreciate all of the support from the teams at the regional and the support in this thread. We would have loved to have seen things turn out slightly different. We have entered our team into the wait list lottery and hope to be selected. In my opinion, and apparently others, our students and robot definitely deserve to go and we will wait with bated breath in hopes of winning a spot.