2011 Virginia Regional @VCU

[PayneTrain]

The first weekend in April: Home of weird weather, a weathered game, and of course, the Virginia Regional!

Team 422 (NewMarket Corporation and Maggie L. Walker Governor's School/ Mech Tech Dragons), located just a few blocks from the event's location, the Siegel Center, is excited to see teams from 10 miles to 10 states to 10 countries away!

If we'll be seeing you and your team at one of the last events of LogoMotion, let us know!

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Team 1058 from Londonderry, NH will be there. Looking forward to a great year!

[Superllama12]

Team 540 from Godwin HS will be there. It will be good to see you all again!

[mrmummert]

1610 is doing it again

[ICntIHaveRbtics]

Can't wait to cheer on Team #1058 at VCU as an Alumni of the PVC Pirates, student at VCU, and staff for VirginiaFIRST!

[kornjones]

Probably no surprise but 1522 Defenders of The Multiverse will be there.

[Hallry]

Team 1676, the Pascack Pi-oneers, can't wait! Maybe another year going undefeated in the regional?
Just a few more weeks until we get to see all of you again! We're looking forward to it!

[1086VEX]

1086 will be there! lookin forward to seeing some new teams and old friends!!!

[384drtysteve101]

Sparky 384 will have fun there and will have a great time seeing familiar faces!

[Phyrxes]

2068 is looking forward to coming back to VCU this year.

[tim-tim]

Team 401 will be returning there. This will be my first year attending the Virginia Regional.

[Coredesat]

I just got done uploading 184 more photos from the VA regional. This time it's Friday's photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredes...141770/detail/

[ToddF]

A couple more acknowledgments from 2363:

Team 75: Our partners in the effort to get a minibot working for 3625. We supplied the minibot and "launchpad". 75 did a ton of the work on the swingarm deployment mechanism. Our whole team was cheering when 3625 came out for their final qualifier carrying the minibot.We were rooting for them to score, but, alas, 'twas not to be.

Team 3168: Our only qualifying match loss happened when our minibot, Gamma Ray, was struck by something during the match hard enough to bend the probe on the travel limit switch, and deactivate the minibot. 3168 provided us with lexan, which we used to construct a "Gamma Ray Shield" protecting Gamma Ray during day two. (Also thanks to Will Weaver, whose great photos allowed me to determine which team deserved credit.)

Team 1676: During the major repair work mentioned by Matt, above, we were unable to locate some critical #10-32 nuts in our pit, due to a mislabled parts box. Our pit neighbors, team 1676, generously supplied us with those parts, which enabled us to finish our repairs and go on to compete against them in the finals. This is the very definition of gracious professionalism. 1676, you are a class act and great ambassadors for your state.

Todd Ferrante
mentor, FIRST team 2363, Triple Helix

[mama_tree]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Team 3168: Our only qualifying match loss happened when our minibot, Gamma Ray, was struck by something during the match hard enough to bend the probe on the travel limit switch, and deactivate the minibot. 3168 provided us with lexan, which we used to construct a "Gamma Ray Shield" protecting Gamma Ray during day two. (Also thanks to Will Weaver, whose great photos allowed me to determine which team deserved credit.)

And we thought we over packed a bunch of stuff that we weren't going to need. Happy to have been able to help- I think at least 2 teams used our lexan this year.

We were lucky enough to have found it for $16 a sheet at Lowes this year and bought almost 20 sheets- always keep your eye out for those deals!

Congrats and good luck in St. Louis!

[ToddF]

Semifinals 2 are up on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJa7..._safety_mode=1