Bridgewater-Raritan Battle Royale

[DonRotolo]

Team 1676 had a great time at (BR)^2. Lots of action, great rules modifications, and superb announcing. Nice venue, too, can't wait for the next one!

Woody Flowers was on hand, and he received a special award there. It's not my place to go into the details, so I ask someone directly involved to create athread on that topic. But, we got him to sign our robot!

We all had a lot of fun. In the image below, we see Wayne Cokeley being "taken for a ride" by his team.

[Athleticgirl389]

Offseasons are just oh so much fun and this was no exception. Everyone involved did an awesome job keeping things moving and I just had an awesome time!!!

Team 102 would like to say thank you to Teams 2753 and 126 for being awesome alliance partners Congrats to 1923 on yet another AMAZING performance Congrats to EVERYONE who cam and I hope yall had fun.

Hope to see yall next year

[flyingcrayons]

who won? what were alliances? awards?

plz??

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

who won? what were alliances? awards?

plz??

Both 1923 and 2753 went undefeated in qualifiers.

After an odd elimination structure the final alliances were the number 1 and 2 seeds.

First Seed was 1923, 25, and 1048

Second Seed was 2753, 102, and 136

Second Seed won.

Design award went to 1279, highest seed to 1923, and highest score to 2753, 102, and 136. That is all I can remember.

It was an awesome event, many thanks to 303, Bridgewater's AP physics class(?), and all the volunteers that put it on. Also, congrats to 1923, 25, and 1048, it was awesome playing once again.

[DMetalKong]

For those wondering what the awards were at the event, here they are:

The Dave Beck Award Recipient ~ Dr. Woodie Flowers
The Fantastic FTA ~ Mr. Mike Nasson
The Supreme ScoreKeeper Award ~ Ms. Sarah Nied
The Highest Seed ~ 1923 Midnight Inventors
Super-Human Player ~ 1048 Mustang Robotics - 43 balls
Highest Match Score ~ 102 Gearheads, 136 Killer Kardinals, 2753 Overdrive - 100pts
Engineering Excellence ~ 1279 Cold Fusion - "keepin' cool in the heat of competition"
Finalists ~ 1923 Midnight Inventors, 25 Raider Robotix, 1048 Mustang Robotics
Champions ~ 2753 Overdrive, 102 Gearheads, 136 Killer Kardinals

Please email any suggestions for next year to dkleszyk@gmail.com with the subject line "BR2 Suggestions".

Thank you to all the teams that attended as well as our awesome volunteers!

[flyingcrayons]

wait dr. flowers was there?

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by flyingcrayons

wait dr. flowers was there?

I guess we'll have to be very patient and wait to hear about Dr. Flowers receiving the Dave Beck Award. It must have been one of the very special moments that happens when FIRSTers are involved.

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I guess we'll have to be very patient and wait to hear about Dr. Flowers receiving the Dave Beck Award. It must have been one of the very special moments that happens when FIRSTers are involved.

no need to wait- YES- Dr. Flowers was there.

BR2 sponsored an award to honor the memory of our friend from team 103 Dave Beck. Dr Flowers was working with Dave on FIRST related business at the time of his unexpected death and came to know him. He believed that he was presenting the award to some worthy mentor in Dave's memory.

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

Later he spent most of the day with us on the teams talking about FIRST and our dreams of it's future. I know I came away from the day with a lot of hope.

there it is in a nutshell-

WC

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

wow.
very very cool.

[Mike8519]

I believe the proper phrase was something along the lines of "If there ever was a dave beck award, Woody Flowers himself would be humbled to receive it."

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Mike8519

I believe the proper phrase was something along the lines of "If there ever was a dave beck award, Woody Flowers himself would be humbled to receive it."

...and he was.




(PS: I apologize for spelling his first name wrong)

[flyingcrayons]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

Both 1923 and 2753 went undefeated in qualifiers.

After an odd elimination structure the final alliances were the number 1 and 2 seeds.

First Seed was 1923, 25, and 1048

Second Seed was 2753, 102, and 136

Second Seed won.

Design award went to 1279, highest seed to 1923, and highest score to 2753, 102, and 136. That is all I can remember.

It was an awesome event, many thanks to 303, Bridgewater's AP physics class(?), and all the volunteers that put it on. Also, congrats to 1923, 25, and 1048, it was awesome playing once again.

awesome thanks for the info!!!

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

no need to wait- YES- Dr. Flowers was there.

BR2 sponsored an award to honor the memory of our friend from team 103 Dave Beck. Dr Flowers was working with Dave on FIRST related business at the time of his unexpected death and came to know him. He believed that he was presenting the award to some worthy mentor in Dave's memory.

But there was a twist. When Dave was awarded the Woodie Flowers Award in NJ years ago a student from team 303 was quoted as saying "if there was a Dave Beck Award it would go to Woodie Flowers". So the BR2 management thought it fitting to do just that and therefore the first Dave Beck Award was given to our much admired master mentor. Woodie was moved to tears and it was a very special moment.

Later he spent most of the day with us on the teams talking about FIRST and our dreams of it's future. I know I came away from the day with a lot of hope.

there it is in a nutshell-

WC

now i really wish i had gone... i was going to, but a family friend i havent seen in years came to jersey, so i was entertaining...