FRC Blogged-Something New--Early Release of Event Dates

[Jon236]

same for Teams from Bangor and points Downeast in Maine.....

[Chris is me]

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

While this isn't good news for teams like 2791/20, by any means, I'm glad that FIRST is at least keeping a standard to stick to. If one area's teams can't opt-in, another area's teams can't either.

I'm excited to see the first (I think it's the first) mention of inter-district play for 2015. That is something we are all looking forward to!

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

I hope First will be open to revisiting this matter in the future. The intermountain teams now have very limited options for participating in regional competitions. As of this blog post, Utah is our closest regional venue at 340 miles, followed by Sacramento (554), Denver (813) and Calgary (956). Having previously competed in Portland (431), Seattle (504) and Spokane/Cheney (414) 2122 is not averse to traveling. If the district model is the future of First, with California likely to follow soon, I wonder where that will leave teams from Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah?

[Koko Ed]

Well allright! I can start planning my tour much earlier!
95 events! YIKES !!! Fantasy FIRST is getting more and more busy every year!

[Steven Donow]

Week 1 (2/27-3/1)
Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
2 TBA Michigan districts(2/28-3/1)
2 TBA MAR Districts(Mt. Olive and Hatboro I believe)
NE District @ Nashua South HS
PNW District @ Auburn Mountainview HS

Week 1.5 (3/2-3/4)
Israel Regional

Week 2 (3/6-3/8)
GTR East
San Diego Regional
Crossroads Regional
Northern Lights Regional
Lake Superior Regional
Central Valley Regional(3/7-3/9)
2 TBA Michigan Districts (3/7-3/8)
NE District @ UNH-Durham
NE DIstrict @ Fitch HS in Groton, CT (3/8-3/9)
PNW District @ Oregon City HS
PNW District @ Glacier Peak HS

Week 3 (3/13-3/15)
Mexico City Regional
Orlando Regional
St. Louis Regional
North Carolina Regional
Dallas Regional
Utah Regional
2 TBA MI Districts (3/14-3/15)
2 TBA MAR Districts (Clifton and Springside-Chestnut Hill)
PNW District @ Mount Vernon HS
TBA PNW District (in Cheneyt, WA)
NE District @ WPI


Week 4 (3/20-3/22)
Waterloo Regional
Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Rodenberry Foundation
Boilermaker Regional
Buckeye Regional
Virginia Regional
2 TBA MI Districts (3/21-3/22)
MAR District(Lenape Seneca)
PNW District @ Wilsonville HS
PNW District @ Shorewood HS
NE District @ Bryant University (Smithfield, RI)
NE District @ Southington HS

Week 5 (3/27-2/29)
Finger Lakes Regional
Queen City Regional
Oklahoma Regional
Smoky Mountains Regional
2 TBA MI Districts (3/28-3/29)
MAR District (Bridgewater)
PNW District @ Auburn HS
PNW District @ Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)
NE District @ Northeastern University
NE District @ Hartford Public HS

Week 6(4/3-4/5)
Calgary Regional
Silicon Valley Regional
Colorado Regional
South Florida Regional
Midwest Regional
Bayou Regional
Lone Star Regional
TBA MI District(4/4-4/5)
TBA PNW District (in Corvallis, OR)
NE District @ Lewiston Colisee (in Lewiston, ME)

Week 7(4/10-4/12)
NE District Championship @ Boston University
Michigan State Championship
PNW District Championship @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
MAR Championship

Preliminary events:
GTR West
North Bay Regional
Great Lakes Regional (in Windsor, Ontario)
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
Razorback Reigonal
Phoenix Regional
Sacramento Regional
Inland Empire REgional
Washington DC Regional
Peachtree Regional
Hawaii Regional
Southern Illinois Regional
Chesapeake Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Las Vegas Regional
SBPLI Long Island Regional
NYC Regional
FIRST Tech Valley Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Palmetto Regional
Hub City Regional
Wisconsin Regional

New regionals are bolded, excluding new district events, which are all listed as preliminary on the FIRST website

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by DevenStonow

Week 5 (3/27-2/29)
Finger Lakes Regional
Queen City Regional
Oklahoma Regional
Smoky Mountains Regional
2 TBA MI Districts (3/28-3/29)
MAR District (Bridgewater)
PNW District @ Auburn HS
PNW District @ Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)
NE District @ Northeastern University
NE District @ Hartford Public HS

Mark your calendars New Englanders!!

-Brando

[Jorge Ayala]

I cannot express how happy I am! Mexico City Regional!

[Gregor]

5 Ontario regionals, 7 Canadian regionals.

FIRST Robotics Canada is hosting 7 regionals in 6 weeks. This marks the first time that more than one event will be happening at the same time (exluding double regionals). This looks like practice for districts, since typically the volunteer base of these events are similar.


COOL!

(Cheif Delphi on my vacation, that's a first. I may have a slight problem...)

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Gregor

5 Ontario regionals, 7 Canadian regionals.

FIRST Robotics Canada is hosting 7 regionals in 6 weeks. This marks the first time that more than one event will be happening at the same time (exluding double regionals). This looks like practice for districts, since typically the volunteer base of these events are similar.


COOL!

(Cheif Delphi on my vacation, that's a first. I may have a slight problem...)

If GTR West happen when I think it's gonna happen (week 5) I will no longer be able to go since FLR has now moved to week 5.
With my week 4 open I may have to go to Waterloo instead (I traveled through there on the way to Chicago. It didn't seem very far away at all).

[Ryan Dognaux]

Everyone has said it a million times already, but a huge shout out to Frank & FIRST for doing an awesome job at releasing information like this as they know it. It's never too early to help teams plan their upcoming season.

Hmm... Crossroads > St. Louis > Boilermaker > Southern Illinois Mystery Regional. Midwest Robot Tour 2014.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by omsahmad

Teams from Idaho and Montana can also take part if they want.

Is that official? That is, if there are teams in ID and MT they have an option to join PNW?

Oh. I get it. There aren't any. Yet.

[khanh111]

This is great! Can't wait to see competition grow this year after 3 times as many games per event!

PNW will many more tough teams from now on. 1983 won't be alone in the top rankings at World!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Is that official? That is, if there are teams in ID and MT they have an option to join PNW?

Oh. I get it. There aren't any. Yet.

2122 (Boise, Idaho) will probably be more than happy to throw a few dozen disks at you, along with 15 other teams from that state. Ditto for Montana's 5 teams.

Good to see that out-of-normal-area teams can opt into the district system.

I think you're thinking of the Dakotas, which have few teams (as opposed to a few teams).

[OWilliamson]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Is that official? That is, if there are teams in ID and MT they have an option to join PNW?

Oh. I get it. There aren't any. Yet.

Originally Posted by EricH

2122 (Boise, Idaho) will probably be more than happy to throw a few dozen disks at you, along with 15 other teams from that state. Ditto for Montana's 5 teams.

Our team will start off the throwing of the discs, but not too hard