2011 FRC Season dates

[Josh Drake]

Going down to the North Charleston Coliseum.

[JOClarke]

Dates for Virginia formerly VCU regional are April 7-8, this is the latest this regional has ever been.

[buildmaster5000]

From the Washington Convention Center website, the DC regional is March 25-26. A two day event, and much later than usual.

[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.

[Shmee]

Originally Posted by DRAKE343

Going down to the North Charleston Coliseum.

Cool. Thanks! 2415 might be making a return to Palmetto after a year at North Carolina

Nothing on Peachtree yet, but definitely not a week 3 like it used to be (according to the Gwinnett Civic Center's calendar). I wonder if it'll be week 1 again?

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by DRAKE343

Going down to the North Charleston Coliseum.

Holy...that took a little bit to register...and I guess I'm kind of torn about it. I like that we're moving from Little John. I felt the flooring was horrible, and the trip from the pits to stands was less then enjoyable. But this move almost doubles our commute, and with a two hour drive, we usually have a group coming in Saturday morning, that no longer seems feasible.

Originally Posted by Shmee

Cool. Thanks! 2415 might be making a return to Palmetto after a year at North Carolina

Nothing on Peachtree yet, but definitely not a week 3 like it used to be (according to the Gwinnett Civic Center's calendar). I wonder if it'll be week 1 again?

Palmetto was definitely interesting this year without the onslaught of GA Teams that we had last year (1771/1746/2415).

Looking at the availability of space now @ GCC, the only weekend that wouldn't work is the one of 3/19, so they pretty much have their pick.

- sunny

[davidfv]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

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.

The teams from our neighbors up North across the border will LOVE a regional in Duluth. Hope they can manage not to have it on the same weekend as the Canadian regionals. Duluth is a GREAT city!

[lpickett]

Greater Kansas City Regional is week 1, March3/4/5.

Should be a great year.

[waialua359]

Having 7 weeks of regionals would be ideal for HI teams.
Do HI first, then another set of mainland events plus championships.

Our robot shipment costs would be drastically reduced to say the least.
I hope more east coast regionals pop up in later weeks after ours.

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11) Gymnastics in the Sports Pavillion and potentially WCHA First Round hockey in Mariucci

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.

Last I had heard, a regional at Duluth this year was unlikely. Funding is the issue (so, if you know of people/companies/organizations that would like to help in that respect, I am sure Mark Lawrence would love to hear from you and them).
As to it being a week two regional, this seems unlikely for the same reason as it can't be in the Twin Cities: WCHA first round hockey is that weekend. The Bulldogs are at DECC where the robotics competition would be. I had heard early season regional as well though and there is a scheduled series for the Bulldogs during "week 1." I was pretty sure they were planning to use the ice arena, but maybe I am wrong about that.

Originally Posted by davidfv

The teams from our neighbors up North across the border will LOVE a regional in Duluth. Hope they can manage not to have it on the same weekend as the Canadian regionals. Duluth is a GREAT city!

I would be hesitant about this, but hope it would be true. My recollection is that there are not many teams from Canada that are particularly close to Duluth. That said, this may be an opportunity for teams to form in western Ontario and Manitoba (Thunder Bay and Winnipeg in particular).

[specialK175]

Does anybody know the dates of the 2011 Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by specialK175

Does anybody know the dates of the 2011 Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional?

It has been weeks 3-5 depending on the year over the last 8 seasons. It was week 3/(St Paddy's day Weekend) 2003, 2005-2008, week 4 in 2004 and week 5 in 2009-2010 when the name was changed to the CT regional. I believe it floats with venue availability. There is no schedule posted yet for the CT Convention Center for the correct time frame next year yet. It looks like having it as a week 5 event might be the plan because until the last 2 years it was usually week 3, but only the organzers know at this point.