2007 New Jersey Regional

petek · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

Everyone who enjoyed this year’s NJ Regional can thank the quiet fellow in the tan ballcap, Fred Harding. Some of you may know him as the recently-retired team leader of the Tigertrons (FRC 222) and the the driving force behind the PA Robot Challenge. Fred was the FIRST Technical Advisor for this event and the man in charge of the field from the time the truck dropped it off Wednesday morning until the last piece was back on the truck Saturday night. He’s the one people should thank for making sure the field worked, and I think we’ll all agree that, despite the beating 59 terrific teams gave it, the field in NJ did work (and almost never broke). It was a pleasure (and a blast) to work with Fred and you’ll be able to see him in action again next week at the Finger Lakes Regional.

system · December 31, 2018, 8:39pm

does any one happen to have the awards ceremony on video. Ive been looking for them

Congrats to all teams!!

Bluesky55J · December 31, 2018, 8:39pm

Alright thanks to all the teams for a great regional. I dont think that i have ever ran a regional so smoothly.

I do apologize for the rankings issue guys, i should have caught it sooner. im glad we got it worked out quickly and we didnt have to make you all wait to long. I want to also apologize to the teams that thought they had made it in but because of the issue didnt.

Congrats to all the winning teams.

Thanks to Pete and Fred for being awsome FTA’s as always! the field ran without breaking because of those guys

Big high five to Sky and his ref crew.

George and Wayne, you guys are great as always.

and if i missed anyone… well great job to you too!!

Starke · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

On the same note, is there any footage of the regional on the internet yet? I would love to see it! :yikes:

SteveGPage · December 31, 2018, 8:39pm

I, on behalf of Team 836, would like to thank all the teams at the NJ Regional for a great event! It was our first trip to Trenton, and hopefully not our last! Congrats to 25, 103 and 1302 for a well deserved championship! Congrats to 359, 486 and 1155 for a great job in the QFs against us, and through out the elimination rounds!

Thanks to Spike and the Tribe for being on our alliance - I hope we get to team up with you again sometime, and would like to invite all of you to head to our regional, The Chesapeake Regional at the USNA in Annapolis, MD sometime!

Lastly, congratulations to team 75 for the Chairman’s award!

Thanks to all the volunteers for their hard work in making this such a great event!

AV_guy007 · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

I have a copy in our archived footage. I will post it on Google video when i get a chance.

EDIT: Finished! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6336615042466933045

overlord · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

I am going to talk to my teacher tomorrow to see if he will register us for Monty Madness. Then once again our mascots will battle it out. Hopefully my mascot wont use your crutch to break your mascots sword again.

mtaman02 · December 31, 2018, 8:40pm

I have the Entire Competition on DVC (Digital Video Cassettes) So if you would like a copy of Saturdays opening Ceremonies let me know and I will see what I can do to get a copy out to you. BTW what did happen to your leg?

tim-tim · December 31, 2018, 8:40pm

Hello from the guy with the PINK belt

I want to thank our alliance 237 and 293 for doing all we could ask for in the elimination round. I would also like to congradulate all the teams winning the various awards.

I believe that we were the first ones to score all the way around the rack, Match number 7. And I know I scored a ringer in competition, but did anybody else do it throughout the qualification matches?

Tim, Team 836

The Robobees

dbeck103 · December 31, 2018, 8:40pm

Hey - I want to send a thank you out to IFI for making the radios a non issue. I know before the competition started there was a lot of anxiety about the radios, but I think they did a tremendous job in making the radios a non issue.

To all of the teams who competed - thanks for once again making the Jersey Regional the best. You all were fantastic and great to see. Thanks to 25 and 1302 for making the championship possible and providing more excite than this old bald guy can handle. Can’t wait for Philly!!

Alexa_Stott · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

I would like to second that.

We had some issues with our radios during build season and had to send them back. IFI replaced them and got them to us on time for the competition. Once we downloaded the new master code to our robot, everything ran smoothly.

I know that we had no problem with the radios the entire competition. So thank you to IFI for fixing those few problems with the radios.

Also, thank you to the representative (sorry, can’t remember the name!) from IFI for helping us to get in touch with someone who could help us figure out why our auto wasn’t working.

Bharat · January 3, 2019, 12:07am

Ricky, the hardware guy.

aallen88 · December 31, 2018, 8:41pm

Enjoyed coming back to Jersey this year!

Congrats to 103, 25, 1302…you guys destroyed.
(PoJo…its about time!)
And of course to 75 for winning chairmans :-D.

DonRotolo · January 3, 2019, 12:08am

yeah, big kudos to Ricky, he worked his magic for us, too.

Oh, and I have to thank the Hawaiian Kids for their great idea for PWM cables - curling them up like that!

slickguy2007 · December 31, 2018, 8:43pm

Congratulations to all teams participating at the 2007 NJ regional. I have to admit that this was the most fun NJ regional of my high school days.

Congratulations to 25, 103, and 1302 for a well deserved win.

For the past 10 years I have had a chance to watch team 75 grow. IMHO, team 75 is one of the most gracious teams I have ever encountered. You guys are always thinking about others first and without your assistance team 1403 may have never gotten started. No matter what the situation may be for any team in need of help, team 75 will always be there to help them. When I told my brother and sister (both are 75 alumni), they were absolutely ecstatic. Congratulations on this well deserved Chairman’s Award and I wish you the best of luck in the future. (By the way, our team has all of a sudden become obsessed with polishing the robot… I guess I am saying thanks for giving us a new between-match-hobby :))

And to my team, 1403… Great job guys. I have watched you guys develop over the past four years and I am proud to say that you have come a long way. Of course there were ups and downs, but you guys just kept on moving. Starting by winning the Rookie All Star Award in 2004 and winning the Engineering Inspiration Award in my graduating year are memories I will never forget. I leave you guys after this year knowing that you will have a lasting impact on the world. I am glad that you have achieved this success and I look forward to seeing many more great things come from you guys in the future.

Teams 75 and 11, thank you for being such great allies in the Finals. I wish we could have gone further, but we all had fun and that’s what is most important. Good luck at the rest of your competitions!

Congratulations to Tim Leicht, team advisor of 1403 and former advisor of 303, for winning the Woodie Flowers Award. You deserve the award for all of your hard work and dedication. Words cannot describe how much of a positive impact you have had on the team. I don’t think anyone on 1403 will forget that moment when you had tears in your eyes after they announced your name (but just in case they do forget, we have plenty of footage of it )

Thank you to all of the volunteers, mentors, and FIRST’ers who made this regional possible. Without your dedication, we wouldn’t be able to brag about having one of the best regionals in the country!

Hope to see everyone in Boston, Atlanta or Monty Madness.

Rohith_Surampudi · December 31, 2018, 8:43pm

OOO how could i forget!

CONGRATULATIONS MR. Leicht

themagichat · December 31, 2018, 8:43pm

I just wanted to thank 25 and 103 for a really great time. This was by far the best NJ regional I have ever been a part of.
I also wanted to thank 75 for the tread. Without it we would have been a lost cause. Thanks again and CONGRATS! on the chairmans award win.

OZ_341 · December 31, 2018, 8:43pm

It was great going to the NJ Regional for the first time. We had a blast.

Congrats to the winning alliance. Team 103 is a team we are close too. We were also happy to see Tim Leicht win WFA. He is an amazing coach and a nice guy.
Also congrats to team 75 for Chairmans and Team 1403 for EI.

Alex_Burman · December 31, 2018, 9:05pm

ChristinaR · December 31, 2018, 9:05pm

Those pictures are great. They bring back some good memories from one of the best regionals (and best mascot pit)! Thanks for capturing all the excitement!
And there is no such thing as too many pictures.