Texas Regionals

[AllenGregoryIV]

All regionals have reserve/waitlist spots. Normally around 8-10 spots from past years. Alamo is in a slightly smaller hall from what i have heard which is why it's not a 66 team event again this year. This is due to the remodeling of the convention center being complete.

[Hero]

Team 2190 is registered for Alamo this year. We know you guys are excited about possibly going to the district system, but honestly, we hate to see it. As a Mississippi team, we have to travel to regionals...there's nothing local. We have always loved Texas competitions and go whenever we can. The district system will eliminate quite a few options for us.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Hero

Team 2190 is registered for Alamo this year. We know you guys are excited about possibly going to the district system, but honestly, we hate to see it. As a Mississippi team, we have to travel to regionals...there's nothing local. We have always loved Texas competitions and go whenever we can. The district system will eliminate quite a few options for us.

Districts are great for teams within them, but are slowly destroying the regions that are behind the move.

[Drakxii]

Originally Posted by Harrison.Smith

I imagine Lone Star North's limit of 26 is pretty close to the actual limit. If i'm not mistaken Lone Star North is held where Robot Remix (1477 and 624's) offseason is put on. This year Remix had 24 teams, though it might be possible to hold more.

It seems as if the Texas regional sizes are lower in preparation for districts next year.

Off-season events tend to be extra small. Districts like to get for 30-40 teams per event, so that if robots break or teams don't show up there are enough teams for a full competitive playoff.

[Harrison.Smith]

Originally Posted by Drakxii

Off-season events tend to be extra small. Districts like to get for 30-40 teams per event, so that if robots break or teams don't show up there are enough teams for a full competitive playoff.

Ah my bad! I thought most districts stayed around 30ish.

[lynca]

All Texas regionals are waitlist only now.
122 total Texas teams registered.

Unregistered Veterans :

57 Houston, TX USA
441 Houston, TX USA
2966 Pharr, TX USA
2969 San Antonio, TX USA
3035 Corpus Christi, TX USA
3282 Dallas, TX USA
3305 El Paso, TX USA
3417 Austin, TX USA
3741 Rio Grande City, TX USA
4155 Houston, TX USA
4300 McKinney, TX USA
4301 Odessa, TX USA
4412 San Antonio, TX USA
4570 Lubbock, TX USA
4597 Edinburg, TX USA
4696 el paso, TX USA
4799 Lazbuddie, TX USA
4852 Shallowater, TX USA
5103 New Braunfels, TX USA
5212 Denton, TX USA
5241 San Antonio, TX USA
5416 Katy, TX USA
5566 Sugar Land , TX USA
5639 Pharr, TX USA
5739 Dallas, TX USA
5771 Marfa, TX USA
5960 Mission , TX USA
6051 Converse, TX USA
6196 College Station, TX USA
6235 Midlothian, TX USA

[Steven Smith]

5739 lost their key teacher sponsor and decided to drop back to BEST and maybe something else in the spring

4300 lost their connection with the school district and are reforming as more of a community team as 6369

[lynca]

From the Houston area:

57 Houston, TX USA - (going to FTC)
441 Houston, TX USA - (new teacher, still might start)
4155 Houston, TX USA - (new teacher, still might start)
5416 Katy, TX USA - (new teacher, still might start)
5566 Sugar Land , TX USA - (new teacher, still might start)

[Mark McLeod]

4301 & 4696 just showed up, along with some new Texas rookies.

[lynca]

Texas is up to 132 teams registered.

Missing Vets:
57 Houston, TX USA
441 Houston, TX USA
2966 Pharr, TX USA
3282 Dallas, TX USA
3305 El Paso, TX USA
3417 Austin, TX USA
3741 Rio Grande City, TX USA
4155 Houston, TX USA
4300 McKinney, TX USA
4412 San Antonio, TX USA
4570 Lubbock, TX USA
4799 Lazbuddie, TX USA
4852 Shallowater, TX USA
5212 Denton, TX USA
5241 San Antonio, TX USA
5416 Katy, TX USA
5566 Sugar Land , TX USA
5639 Pharr, TX USA
5739 Dallas, TX USA
5771 Marfa, TX USA
6051 Converse, TX USA
6196 College Station, TX USA
6235 Midlothian, TX USA

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by lynca

Texas is up to 132 teams registered.

Andrew... how does 132 Texas teams compare to totals for 2016 and 2015?

Thanks!

--Michael

[ahartnet]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

Andrew... how does 132 Texas teams compare to totals for 2016 and 2015?

Thanks!

--Michael

I believe the #s in 2016 and 2015 were 142 and 136 respectively

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[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by ahartnet

I believe the #s in 2016 and 2015 were 142 and 136 respectively

Dang, Andrew. Lower number of FRC teams for 2017 or essentially flat for 3 seasons (2015-2017).

So the much-touted UIL effect/bump is WHERE?!

http://firstintexas.org/uil/

--Michael

[ahartnet]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

Dang, Andrew. Lower number of FRC teams for 2017 or essentially flat for 3 seasons (2015-2017).

So the much-touted UIL effect/bump is WHERE?!

--Michael

I don't work in the schools, so I certainly can't say with any authority, but when I went to our current school district with 20k in sponorship (before rookie grants), 15 freshman that wanted an FRC team, 3 experienced FIRST mentors, and parents willing to start a booster club in may of 2014 - our initial district representative still didn't want the team to start until the 2016 season.

So based on my experiences it's not surprising to think it'll take a while to see a noticeable effect unfortunately.

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by ahartnet

So based on my experiences it's reasonable to think it'll take more than the few months it's been to see a noticeable effect.

You're probably right, Andrew.

We'll see how things develop, team count wise, over the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons.

I'm wondering what the minimum FRC team count needs to be to move to district model in Texas?

--Michael