CAGE Match 2010

[Taylor]

2010 CAGE Match Results:

WINNERS
234 CyberBlue
1555 PULSE Robotics
461 Westside Boiler Invasion

RUNNERS UP
1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks
3176 Purple Precision
1018 RoboDevils

Most Items Donated: 1741 Red Alert
Gracious Professionalism: 1741 Red Alert
AndyMark Award of Awesomeness: Chris Elston

Wow. What an exciting day. Lots of rookies got their first taste of FRC, and I daresay a lot of them were hooked. Many thanks to make:

Andy Baker, Mark Koors, Jerry Budd, Brant Bowen from AndyMark. What can be said about this group that already hasn't been said? We're proud to have you as partners, and we hope our event is becoming another feather in your cap.

Stu Bloom, head ref extroardinaire, and his crew of Steve Florence, Wayne Doenges, and Scott Miller. This group danced the line between presiding over a fair competition and not letting calls get in the way of the game.

Samir Shaikh and Chris Elston, not only came all the way down solely to help with the event, but brought their robot so a pre-rookie team were able to compete.

The 829, 1529, and 1741 parents all pitched in with behind-the-scenes work to make us look presentable.

While I'm on the topic of 1741, they also provided a Science & Technology exhibit for younger children. I know my son certainly had a blast playing up there.

Art Anderson from 45 came down Friday evening and early Saturday morning to provide the electrical setup for the field and pit power.

1024, 1376, 1741, and 234 came Friday to help setup, and many people from many teams stayed late to help tear down.

As always, there are people who are thanked privately - please don't be offended by omission here.

Now for the important part: The 19 extraordinary teams provided 763 items to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. We are humbled by the outpouring, and are so proud to deliver the items to this richly deserving program.

As always, we're looking for constructive criticisms - what could we change/add/subtract to make a better experience next year?

Hope to see you all on the third Saturday of October, 2011.