2004 Off Season Competitions - a list of what, when and where

[Justin]

Hi All,

Not to make a useless post but some people have been asking about River Rage. To my knowledge there will be a River Rage 8, however I have not exactly been in the loop so take it with a grain of salt. There is also a rumor that the venue may change to a bigger better location with more parking, details to come ;-) Hopefully that will wet your whistle I, or someone else from the committee, will post as soon as there is more information.

Justin

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Oh c'mon, that takes all the fun out of a mini comp.. Not waking up at 3 am to go to NH?!?!?! It's a tradition I tell ya'.. lol

Heh. Scott wasnt around during the days where I forced everyone to be at the high school at 3am...
Those were some of my favorite memories of the team: purposely scheduling everyone to be there a half hour before they actually had to leave because I knew everyone would be exhausted and running late, making a "Dew Slurpee run" for everyone in the car, making "travel kits" of directions, schedules, etc. for each car in the caravan (usually of around 6 cars), passing eachother on the highway, giving directions through the 2-way radios ("Okay everyone, turn left...now."), ALWAYS either losing a car in the rotary or having a car break down, Elgin's various speeding tickets, and then finally getting there....the ride there was always just as fun as the competition itself.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Elgin's various speeding tickets, and then finally getting there....the ride there was always just as fun as the competition itself.

I never once got a speeding ticket during an FRC competition (knock on wood), my first speeding ticket was after a FLL tournament.

The NRG RoboCoder competition:

Where: online at http://nrg.chaosnet.org/coder
When: May 15 (kickoff) to May 22 (event/competition)
What: Autonomous Programming Challenge
How: Program autonomous robots in Java
Cost: $20 per team. If you're team doesn't want to compete, individuals can also compete, and you don't need to be a part of FIRST. (Cost is $20 for individual participants also).
Register here (with no obligation to pay/compete): http://nrg.chaosnet.org/coder/register

[dez250]

any information on mayhem on the merrimack for this year i heard its on june 12th but any info available for it???

[Kathleen Joyal]

Fall Fury
Hosted by the Dirty Birds of Keene High School
October 2, 2004
Purbeck Gym Keene High, Keene NH
Fee: $100.00
We will have our much liked adult mentor driving round (after the competition).
More info. to come later, or e-mail us at dirtybirds213@hotmail.com

[dez250]

Hey i just wanted to remind everyone ive been working on the offseason events calendar page Here and if your hosting an event, please check there to see if its up yet. If its not please do one of two things. Either post it there and ill make sure it gets approved or pm me the information and ill post it directly up. Thanks alot for everyones help.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Kathleen Joyal

Fall Fury
Hosted by the Dirty Birds of Keene High School
October 2, 2004
Purbeck Gym Keene High, Keene NH
Fee: $100.00
We will have our much liked adult mentor driving round (after the competition).
More info. to come later, or e-mail us at dirtybirds213@hotmail.com

Is this date still correct? I know that it is direct conflict with the Bash @ The Beach mini-comp in CT. I heard that the crew holding Fall Fury was trying to possibly move the date??
Any news on that?

[Arefin Bari]

Havent seen anyone posting an exact date for Robot Rodeo...

Robot Rodeo 2004 will be on the 23rd of october in Orlando, Fl. competition is being hosted by 1083 and 1068. Registration will be opened in september... stay tuned...

[Andrew Rudolph]

Originally Posted by mechman108

Havent seen anyone posting an exact date for Robot Rodeo...

Robot Rodeo 2004 will be on the 23rd of october in Orlando, Fl. competition is being hosted by 1083 and 1068. Registration will be opened in september... stay tuned...

Its going to be about $100 a team. Look for an invite soon!

[Scott Shaw 237]

Originally Posted by Justin

Hi All,

Not to make a useless post but some people have been asking about River Rage. To my knowledge there will be a River Rage 8, however I have not exactly been in the loop so take it with a grain of salt. There is also a rumor that the venue may change to a bigger better location with more parking, details to come ;-) Hopefully that will wet your whistle I, or someone else from the committee, will post as soon as there is more information.

Justin

Justin, I was wondering if any info is yet available for River Rage 8 and i was wondering why the web-site wasn't working anymore?

[K.Shaw]

ya i hope Fall Fury can change their date that way we can enjoy Bash @ the Beach and Fall FUry because they are both awsome competitions!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Andy Brockway

From FIRST's website:

"River Rage 8

Saturday, September 11, 2004
Manchester West High School
(across the river from FIRST)

Hosted by Manchester High Schools:

Central
Memorial
Trinity
West


...........For more information and / or to register

Contact Ed Forcier at 603-666-4741 or email elf3@grolen.com"

From Ed:

Send a check for $200 to
River rage Committee
Ed Forcier
94 Lancaster Ave
Manchester, NH 03103-6421


Contact Ed, This is all the info I have.

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[Wayne C.]

Dont Forget Brunswick Eruption 3.0- hosted by Team 25 Raider Robotix

October 30th !!!! (just 12 weeks away)
The field is filling up quickly but we will keep adding teams as long as they wish to play. Bring the family and prospective new teams to this one !!

Brunswick Eruption v. 3.0
The Spirits of FIRST
A Halloween FIRST Frenzy Adventure

October 30, 2004

The last replay of the FIRST Frenzy Game
Before the 2005 FIRST season

@ North Brunswick
High School
North Brunswick, NJ

Free Admission- Come on Out

See our site at : www.raiderrobotix.org or e-mail smwonder@comcast.net

October 30, 2004

[Kathleen Joyal]

Fall Fury is still working on securing a new date. We will not compete on the same day as Bash. We may have to reschedule to early November, will there be enough interest?