Decline of GTR Attendance

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

This is no longer an issue, but we are still not certain how much easier it will be to haul a bagged robot across the border now that all of Canada is bag/tag.

Piece of cake. We take 10 VEX teams to Canada twice a year for VRC tournaments and have had NO problems with robots or equipment. The border guards (in both directions) usually are very curious and want to hear all about the robots. For what it's worth, we travel by chartered bus and travel with 50-70 people, depending on the time of year. Canadian teams traveling south for VEX events haven't had any troubles either.

So stop being wusses, get your passports, and compete in Canada. We love our cold, damp neighbors to the north. We especially like winning their events.

(Of the five major VEX events in BC and Washington this year, Canadian teams won one, US teams won one, and mixed alliances won three. It's serious competition up here, with long-running rivalries, grudge matches, and epic partnerships. There are 80+ teams in Cascadia, and it just wouldn't be as much fun without the cross-border competition.)