Ten years

[Steve Yasick]

I have a question for you. How many teams have been around for ten or more years? I see lots of teams that come and go. How many of you have shipped a robot every year for ten (or more) in a row? Time flies when you are having fun!

Steve Yasick
Team 85
Entering our 10th year of competition!

[dlavery]

Team 116 is celebrating our ten year anniversary this year! We have built and shipped a robot every year, and have had nearly 200 students pass through the team roster.

-dave

[Bill Beatty]

Steve

I had forgotten we were rookies the same year. Team 71 is also getting it's ten year pin this year.

[Clark Gilbert]

I believe the Technokats are going into their 14th (or 15th) year/season for '04-'05. They have also shipped a robot for all 14/15 years. It's weird, for me it seems like just a few years ago I was on the team celebrating the 10th year.

[Cory]

The 2005 season will be Team 100's 11th year.

[KelliV]

WildStang, Team 111, is having its tenth birthday this year!

[Mike Betts]

This is the 11th year for Team 177.

[team222badbrad]

This year will be our 7th year as team 222 the Tigertrons. It will be our 9th year that our school has been involved.

For two years we have a different number and were involved as a group of schools not just good old Tunkhannock High School.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

I believe the Technokats are going into their 14th (or 15th) year/season for '04-'05. They have also shipped a robot for all 14/15 years. It's weird, for me it seems like just a few years ago I was on the team celebrating the 10th year.

ditto for the X-cats.

[David Kelso]

CHAOS is entering our 13th contest and 12th in a row. Several different sponsors along the way. But the same Central High School

[Kyle Love]

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

I believe the Technokats are going into their 14th (or 15th) year/season for '04-'05. They have also shipped a robot for all 14/15 years. It's weird, for me it seems like just a few years ago I was on the team celebrating the 10th year.

14th Clark...I'm still older then FIRST not by much though.

[Matt Attallah]

Team 5 has been around since (the octagon ring) 98 - so that only makes them 7 years old - 8 including this year.

Many people make the mistake we where around since FIRST started - but 1998 was the last year they changed the numbers every year - so we got lucky!

I've been involved with FIRST for 6 years now (including this year). Does seem like the years really slip by when you are having fun (I can rember the Original ramp/hang from the bar year and the 4v0 years )

[Dave Flowerday]

My former team (now #74) has been around since the 1995 season (11 years) and have competed every year. Same school and sponsor since the beginning (Holland High School & Haworth). They've since added another sponsor though (Magna-Donnelly).

My current team (as Kelly said) is celebrating 10 years this year. It's quite interesting actually when I think back to 96, when such well-known names as Beatty and Wildstang were just rookies! In a lot of ways things were different back then but in a lot of ways they haven't changed much. I remember in 1995 that it would have been quite possible to meet every single team member at the Championship if you tried. I can't imagine trying anything like that today!

[Steve Yasick]

I just want to revive this thread. We are working on a press release regarding our program and want to have good information regarding just how unique a 10+ year run is in FIRST. Thanks for your help.

Steve Yasick

[Rick]

Team 121 will be entering thier tenth year.

Then (1996)
Original team number: 94
Original team name: The Islanders
Original High School: Middletown High School

Now (2005)
Team name: The Rhode Warriors
High Schools: Middetown High (1996), Portsmouth High (2004), Tiverton High (2005), Mt. Hope High (2005)

Robot names
96: Ragnarok
97: Aquatread (Everyones favorite)
98: Rhode Warrior I
99: Rhode Warrior II
00: Rhode Warrior III
01: Rhode Warrior IV
02: Rhode Warrior V
03: Rhode Warrior VI
04: Rhode Warrior VII
05: Rhode Warrior VIII