2011 FRC Season dates

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

See you guys say, "Ugh" and I say "Awesome" because it means that Finger Lakes is the likely place the ThunderChickens will compete since it may be week 1. I really like FLR.

My problem is FLR is a great regional and I hate to see it dragged down by the plague of bugs that seem to happen to all the week one events.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by smurfgirl

This is what I'd speculate as well, but it's not like my speculations make any difference.

Well, yeah, of course.

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

My problem is FLR is a great regional and I hate to see it dragged down by the plague of bugs that seem to happen to all the week one events.

You guys are wimps! NJ has been week 1 for 6 years at least, and I'm still alive.

[Cheerleader1073]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

Well, yeah, of course.
You guys are wimps! NJ has been week 1 for 6 years at least, and I'm still alive.

Hahaha, yay for Granite State Regional in NH too!

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

My problem is FLR is a great regional and I hate to see it dragged down by the plague of bugs that seem to happen to all the week one events.

This year, P'tree was a first week regional, and I have to be honest, we came out of the regional with a bad taste in our mouths, but the bottom line is that the experience was worth while. We took the experience to our second regional (about 3 weeks buffer), and we did well.

But I guess it is troublesome for teams who attend only one regional, especially with this year's week 1 regionals resulting in large changes.

- Sunny

[rahilm]

We went to San Diego this year, and it was the first week 1 regional for any of us on the team. I'm sure almost the whole team would say it was the longest, hardest and most stressful regional we've ever been to: close to nothing worked on our robot; there were field problems; the rules weren't in their best shape of the season, as it seemed like every other match was a 0-0 tie.

BUT, if there's one thing it taught us was teamwork. I don't think I've seen our team work together the way it did those 3 days. Instead of complaining and arguing, we came together and decided to bank on what was working well: our drive system. We took a completely defensive approach to the rest of the competition, and found our way into the semifinals.

While week 1 regionals have their problems, I think it's worth it. The adversity really brings a team together.

Just my $0.02 on the subject

[Nawaid Ladak]

looking at the academic schedules for universities where regional events are held, this is what we come up with

Week 1 (3/3/11-3/5/11)
+Finger Lakes Regional

Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11)
+Florida Regional
+WPI Regional

Week 3 (3/17/11-3/19/11)
+Boilermaker Regional
+Las Vegas Regional

Week 4 (3/24/11-3/26/11)
+Autodesk Oregon Regional
+Palmetto Regional
+Philadelphia Regional
+VCU Regional

Week 5 (3/31/11-4/2/11)
+Silicone Valley Regional

UC Davis has a break from 3/19-3/24 so they might do a Tuesday/Wednesday thing again, possibly on 3/22-3/23. The University of Minnesota does not host their regional events during their spring break therefore they are excluded from this list. If anyone has any extra events to add to this list, please let me know and i'll make the changes ASAP

[TKM.368]

3/24-26/2011 for Hawaii. Already being advertised as such.

[JesseK]

What's wrong with a 45-day build season? It's long enough, and the teams who are extremely successful keep the engineering process going after that 45 days as it is.

[JOClarke]

Has anybody heard about any new regionals, usually Dean gives some sort of hint at the end of champs. What about the North Carolina Regional - this was a great regional.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

looking at the academic schedules for universities where regional events are held, this is what we come up with

Week 1 (3/3/11-3/5/11)
+Finger Lakes Regional

Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11)
+Florida Regional
+WPI Regional

Week 3 (3/17/11-3/19/11)
+Boilermaker Regional
+Las Vegas Regional

Week 4 (3/24/11-3/26/11)
+Autodesk Oregon Regional
+Palmetto Regional
+Philadelphia Regional
+VCU Regional

Week 5 (3/31/11-4/2/11)
+Silicone Valley Regional

UC Davis has a break from 3/19-3/24 so they might do a Tuesday/Wednesday thing again, possibly on 3/22-3/23. The University of Minnesota does not host their regional events during their spring break therefore they are excluded from this list. If anyone has any extra events to add to this list, please let me know and i'll make the changes ASAP

SVR and Oregon are wrong, barring dramatic changes. SVR is almost always week 3 and Oregon week 1/2.

[hg273]

Originally Posted by Cory

SVR and Oregon are wrong, barring dramatic changes. SVR is almost always week 3 and Oregon week 1/2.

Oregon is going to be a week 4 regional event this year. It was the only week that the Memorial Coliseum could be secured.

[Chris is me]

Week 1 (3/3/11-3/5/11)
+Finger Lakes Regional (break)

Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11)
+Florida Regional (break)
+WPI Regional (break)
+Wisconsin Regional (confirmed on venue website)

Week 3 (3/17/11-3/19/11)
+Boilermaker Regional
+Las Vegas Regional

Week 4 (3/24/11-3/26/11)
+DC Regional (posted)
+Autodesk Oregon Regional
+Hawaii Regional
+Palmetto Regional
+Philadelphia Regional
+Long Island

Week 5 (3/31/11-4/2/11)

Week 6 (4/7/11-4/8/11)
+Virginia Regional (posted)

[Katie_UPS]

Chris, based on the dates you just posted, that means two weeks between week 6 events and champs, right?

[Chris is me]

That or there's 7 weeks of regionals. There's no way FLR can be Week 1 and VCU can be week 6 without either a week 7 or a two week break.

Does anyone know when this comes out "for real"?

[Vikesrock]

Using the Minnesota Gopher sports calendar the dates for the 10K Lakes and Northstar can be whittled down to a few possibilites

Week 1 (3/3/11-3/5/11) Possible Men's BB game, schedule not yet released.
Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11) Gymnastics in the Sports Pavillion and potentially WCHA First Round hockey in Mariucci
Week 3 (3/17/11-3/19/11) Big Ten Women's Gymnastics Championship in the Sports Pavillion
Week 4 (3/24/11-3/26/11) Potential NCAA Hockey Regional in Mariucci
Week 5 (3/31/11-4/2/11)
Week 6 (4/7/11-4/8/11)

So weeks 1, 5 and 6 are possible with 5 and 6 being most likely.

Of the remaining two, I think it makes the most sense that they would stick with the same weekend as last year and be Week 5.

Also, at the MN Mentor Forum the possibility of a Week 2 event in Duluth (in addition to the 2 Twin Cities regionals) was mentioned.