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[whakojacko]

you heard correctly. other awards (if i mess up forgive me and i dont remember them all) engineering 1388 industrial design 56 website 254 control system 973....um spirit 692. 1097 won something, i forgot what . Also forgot the name, but the coach from 330 won woodie flowers. Ill try to think of more, but my brain is kinda fried

[codeoftherobot]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

you heard correctly. other awards (if i mess up forgive me and i dont remember them all) engineering 1388 industrial design 56 website 254 control system 973....um spirit 692. 1097 won something, i forgot what . Also forgot the name, but the coach from 330 won woodie flowers. Ill try to think of more, but my brain is kinda fried

We won the sportsmanship award. Good job everyone on the winning alliance! It was good to play you. Also great job to everyone at the regional for making it "The Best Regional in the West"

[Bill Gold]

254 won Website and the Motorola Quality Award (with Raul and Dan from Motorola & Wildstang working the event )

1671, one of our mentee teams, won highest rookie seed and another rookie award.

[Rod]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

you heard correctly. other awards (if i mess up forgive me and i dont remember them all) engineering 1388 industrial design 56 website 254 control system 973....um spirit 692. 1097 won something, i forgot what . Also forgot the name, but the coach from 330 won woodie flowers. Ill try to think of more, but my brain is kinda fried

692, Go Fembots!!

[blue_crew]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

you heard correctly. other awards (if i mess up forgive me and i dont remember them all) engineering 1388 industrial design 56 website 254 control system 973....um spirit 692. 1097 won something, i forgot what . Also forgot the name, but the coach from 330 won woodie flowers. Ill try to think of more, but my brain is kinda fried

how about team 1323 "madtown robotics" (we were the ones painted blue with blue wigs) winning the imagery award!!!
it was awesome cheering with all of you teams especially 1388, 56, 115, 1671, 841, 610, 701, and 692!
the highlight was on friday night while waiting for the awards. the wave, going back and forth between teams, etc..
also congrats to the winners...you all had an awesome alliance who worked well together. nice job!
also again thanks to all the teams for making this years regional so much fun!!

[Damien841]

Originally Posted by blue_crew

it was awesome cheering with all of you teams especially 1388, 56, 115, 1671, 841, 610, 701, and 692!
the highlight was on friday night while waiting for the awards. the wave, going back and forth between teams, etc..

Yeah that was great cheering with you guys, that was very fun. You guys took our last cheer tho...lol
WHAT,WHAT,WHAT,YEAH,OK!!!!!
I was surprised that we won the judges award tho. I guess the judges liked our story. Anyway, the comp was really cool. Is it going to be at Davis for now on? It was a long walk to the closest Starbucks.

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

Also forgot the name, but the coach from 330 won woodie flowers.

330's coach is Matt Driggs. When they announced that a mentor on our team had won the Woodie Flowers Award, Matt was in the pits working on the robot (his usual location!), so someone had to fetch him to receive his award.

Here is an excerpt from the award essay by Courtney:

"According to the dictionary definition, a hero is a man admired for
his achievements and qualities. I would love to introduce you to Matt
Driggs, team 330's hero, and the only mentor even nominated by the
Beach Bot students for the Woodie Flowers award. Seven years ago, Mr.
Driggs, a Raytheon engineer, decided to join our team. That decision
would impact the entire team forever. Every single year since then as
our lead mechanical engineer and drive team coach, Mr. Driggs has
inspired and pushed our team to become the best that we can be. As a
result, every single year, our team has improved, including our six
regional first or second place finishes and eight awards. Beach Bot
team mentor and member of the Southern California Regional Planning
Committee Ric Roberts states, 'Matt Driggs creativity and excellent
work ethic is contagious. He is a real hero the students can look up
to.' "

I include this for those of you who are wondering who this guy is, and also as an example of what kind of writing is needed to highlight the attributes of a winner. I've read the entire essay, and I think Courtney could get prizes for her writing. You can have the best team, robot, mentor, company, or product, but without good advertising, no one will know about it.

Team 330 also won a Judges' Award, but somehow it was not as exciting as Matt getting the Woodie Flowers Award.