I’m excited to announce that registration has begun for 2010 CalGames.
Competition Date: October 22-23, 2010
Competition Venue: Lynbrook High School, 1280 Johnson Avenue, San Jose CA 95129
Competition: CalGames 2010 will be a replay of the FIRST Robotics Breakaway competition.
Registration: $400 Registration with $150 of that paid by BAE Systems and $100 Volunteer Deposit (returned after completing team volunteer assignment) The NET paid directly by each team: $250 Registration Fee + $100 Volunteer Support Deposit = $350 due by September 15.
A **big **thank you to BAE Systems for its ongoing support of the WRRF community! Using a large part of the BAE Systems’ donation allows WRRF to discount CalGames 2010 registration fees.
Every team needs to volunteer for a slot to confirm ANY registration regardless of TIER. (see link below for details on what “Every team needs to volunteer” means). CalGames 2010 will support up to 36 teams and has registration TIERS, similar to prior years.
The two main stipulations that came with BAE Systems funding the event were:
The event needed to be expanded to two days.
We wanted to reduce the cost to the teams.
Now that these goals have been accomplished I would strongly urge teams to really look at other off season comps and think about additional ways that this event can be enhanced. Then bring those thoughts to the planning meetings and participate in making CalGames one of the premeir offseason events in all of FIRST!
That’s a bit different. Not having been to CalGames, I can’t tell you how prestigious or awesome the event is, but the IRI is obviously the premier offseason and possibly the greatest event of any kind in FRC. Travelling across the country to compete is a good decision for any team that can afford it.
I can’t speak for CalGames, though. Perhaps the event is Just That Good as well, but a much better kept secret?
I for one would like to see CalGames become a prestigious event. It’s one of the oldest, best run, and largest offseasons on the west coast. I would say the matches are usually quite competitive; we have a lot of talent in the Bay Area.
We have enough talent on the west coast that this could easily become an IRI in its own right, provided more teams chose to travel and we found a bigger venue.
And I’m really excited 2122 is coming! Great team, and a great robot!
You could even say the same thing about an Israeli team traveling to MI for an event, but if the team has the funds and willingness, nothing should stop them. If I could, I would love to compete at CalGames since it is now a two day event and there are so many high caliber teams attending.
They actually have a rather good shot at that. They were rather solid yet under the radar in Galileo, and managed to fall to the 15th spot in the draft.
We are really looking forward to CalGames. We have made some good friends while competing at UC Davis and are looking forward to chance to test our robot mods, give our new members a good view of some great robots, and to see our friends again. Personally think it is going to be a great event!
It hasn’t been a secret over here. Us West Coast teams, especially ones in Bay Area, California, have been very proud of this community ran event for many years now (started in 2000, but it didn’t kick up another notch until 2003 when Woodside HS started hosting it and when it became something ALL teams work together to create).
IRI is in its own league of course, but many of us have been treating CalGames like another official grade competition. The rest of the country just don’t look West very often…
