Year 11. Another great event brought to you by a hard-working committee.
A new week and some new adventures.
Website: http://www.mdfirst.org/
See you there.
Chesapeake went to wait list status today. A great mix of local and teams from afar.
VIMS is open if you are interested in volunteering.
https://my.usfirst.org/FIRSTPortal/Login/VIMS_Login.aspx
Team 45 is very excited to be going to the Chesapeake Regional
Thanks for making the trip!
Greetings,
FIRST team 1086: Blue Cheese is looking forward to our first trip to Baltimore. We have heard great things about this event and can’t to experience it for ourselves!
449 is extremely excited to come back to Chesapeake! Looks like the whole week 7 thing is giving Chesapeake some very interesting dynamics.
Some things that stand out to me;
- 27 out of 54 teams are out of state. With 8 New York teams, and 3 more from New England, the North East is invading.
- 25 teams did not attend Chesapeake last year, including 5 rookie teams.
Personally, I’m supper excited that MOE is coming down, and we could always use some Moe’ green at Chesapeake!
Can’t wait for competition!
Lots more info to come as we get a little closer to week 7!
But introducing FIRST Stop. Take part in our FIRST Stop program for a guided tour by FIRST ambassadors or grab a FIRST Stop card for your own self-tour! We will be recruiting lots of student ambassadors.
More information on the Chesapeake website.
Best wishes to all the week 2 events!
First Stops - Save the Date Card.pdf (583 KB)
First Stops - Save the Date Card.pdf (583 KB)
We snuck in at the last second 
This will be our first Chesapeake, and we’re totally psyched!
Can wait to come back as a FIRST alumni and see my team compete at Chesapeake regional as well as all the other amazing robots on the field.
Our scouting team using electronic scouting through a laptop. We’re concerned about keeping it powered at the regional. Does anyone know if there is a location we can keep it plugged in and still be watching the matches.
Thank you,
-Bernie
We have been taking an old robot battery and and inverter to the stands for the last couple of years. This gives us power without the extension cords. Just charge the battery or exchange it at lunch and you can run your laptops all day.
I hope Chesapeake Regional is as good as it was last year. 192 GRT had a great time. Good luck.
Team 375 cant wait. This is going to be our first year here. We just competed in the NYC regional and are going to take the things we learned from there to make our debut at Baltimore even better.
Teams participating in the 2013 Chesapeake Regional have a total of 466 years of experience in FRC.
There is a lot of years of experience in the volunteer staff as well. I know I’m looking forward to working with them!
Wetzel
We are excited to announce the Chesapeake Regional is the very first TEDxBaltimore Adventure! We will be offering a “behind the scenes” look at the event with interactive tours. Thanks to the local TEDx organizers & community for spreading the word.
We will also be introducing a new visitor program this year - FIRST Stop. See attached invite. Teams are welcome to use this invite for their “invited guests”. We will make sure to connect them right away with your team. Please distribute to anyone who might want to visit the competition.
Both the TEDx program and FIRST Stop will need a lot of student ambassadors. This is a lot of fun and many students really shine in this role. Training will take place on Thursday for time slots on Friday & Sat. Please spread the word to your team.
Information about the event has gone out to all the teams via the RD & Senior Mentor. Website: FIRST in Maryland - Home
Team 53 is excited to be coming to Chesapeake as well! Who else is coming that went to the DC regional this week?
Teams that were at DC regional and also competing at Chesapeake regional :
623 Cougar Robotics
1389 The Body Electric
1719 The Umbrella Corporation
1885 ILITE Robotics
2377 C-Company
2421 RTR Team Robotics
2534 The Lakers
2537 RAID
2849 * Ursa Major*
2900 The Mighty Penguins
2912 Panthers
3941 Absolute Zero Electricity
4067 The Incredible Hawk
4099 Falcon FIRST
4456 Cadet Robotics
4464 Team Illusion
We at team 4464 are looking forward to the Chesapeake regional. We had a blast at DC, and can’t wait to get right back into FRC action!
Being a mentor for both 4464 and 449, this is easily the regional I’ve been anticipating most.
Good luck to all teams that are participating. See you there!
Week 7 seemed so far away…
but here we go!
FIRST Stop is still recruiting student ambassadors. Training will take place on Thursday at 10am. This is a fun job!
We are also going to need help from the teams to “adopt” visitors for a few minutes to sit with their team in the cozy stands, while explaining the game. We are trying to do Dean’s homework and have a lot of visitors coming.
Visit the Chesapeake website: http://www.mdfirst.org/programs/first-robotics-competition/chesapeake-regional.html
http://www.mdfirst.org/programs/firs…-regional.html
This is our first time coming to the Chesapeake regional and it is very helpful to have such an informative website available to us. Great job and we’re very excited to be a part of this great regional!