VCU Regional??

[ggoldman]

401 will be there!


I am excited to see GRUNDY back at VCU!!!

If you haven't seen it yet, here is our promo video:

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Oh yeah, i forgot about that part. Lucky is packing heat. She has to be able to protect herself...

Apparently so by the size of that thing! Hope your on our side.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Apparently so by the size of that thing! Hope your on our side.

If i can help it! I spent 3 years in Honolulu, living next to a big pink hospital, when i was growing up. I will definitely be looking you up even if it's to bush up on my pigeon

[Drew Hopman]

Im gonna be in town for this weekend, I might just have to stop by and check out the last day of games!

[1086VEX]

1086 will!!!!!!!! and we're all pumped about it too!!!!

[mrmummert]

1610 will be back....we finished sooner than last year and were able to get more practice in this year. I wonder if the Hawaii team has heard of 510? heheh...The big boss at work (who I talk to about BAE sponsoring us was
President of Hawaii Shipyards (now BAE Hawaii Shiprepair)
We also have a electrical mentor who was in Hawaii while stationed there
with the coast guard. He was suprized they are coming all the way to VCU.

[mrmummert]

I've also talked to one of the mentors from 1598 (one of our alliance partners
from 2006 ) and they will be there too

[Crebb]

You can count Sparky 384 in for the NASA/ VCU Regional. We've already been there 8 years in a row, why wouldn't we make it 9
I can't wait to get the bot out of the crate and fire it back up!

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by mrmummert

1610 will be back....we finished sooner than last year and were able to get more practice in this year. I wonder if the Hawaii team has heard of 510? heheh...The big boss at work (who I talk to about BAE sponsoring us was
President of Hawaii Shipyards (now BAE Hawaii Shiprepair)
We also have a electrical mentor who was in Hawaii while stationed there
with the coast guard. He was suprized they are coming all the way to VCU.

Since this is somewhat Dave Lavery's regional, we decided to attend. We did week 1 last year and almost came, but decided instead to go to NJ.
BAE is part sponsor of the Hawaii regional and many Hawaii teams with "large" sponsorships, but we aren't part of that collaboration. Our school is about an hour away from the nearest FIRST team in Hawaii.
I met the VCU and Chesapeake regional director by accident in Atlanta last summer and after my conversation with her, I made the decision that our team would attend both. There was a FIRST exhibition in Atlanta which I stumbled on by accident while there. Checked it out, met her there, and that's why we're coming.
We are very excited. We are spending this week prepping our Hawaii items to give out. Cant wait to meet you all!!!

[waialua359]

Off topic:
We've been trying to figure out what to do with our spare time other than outlet mall shopping/eating places.
What would you do for fun, especially in Richmond? I'm asking for our student team members and adults.

[Crebb]

The CAA men's basketball championship tournament is going on at the Richmond Coliseum March 7-10. I know I will be there.
If that isn't your thing, there is a bowling alley ~10 min west on Broad street from the Siegel Center also. Movie theatre another 5 min after that.

[rohit]

617 will be there

cant wait

[mrmummert]

Don't forget VCU's school of engineering usually has an open house on Thursday night and then you have the team social on Friday at the Virginia
Science Museum.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by mrmummert

Don't forget VCU's school of engineering usually has an open house on Thursday night and then you have the team social on Friday at the Virginia
Science Museum.

thanks, we were planning to attend both. I like the bowling and movie idea also. Is it worth driving an hour or so south or west? Any sights to see?

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by waialua359

thanks, we were planning to attend both. I like the bowling and movie idea also. Is it worth driving an hour or so south or west? Any sights to see?

If you go east you can hit the Air and Space Museum down in Hampton, that's just over one hour down 64. West, about an hour and a half away is Charlottesville, and I'm not too sure what there is south of town.