5499 Signing Off

[borisf]

Some of you might already know but we just wanted to make it official that 2019 was 5499’s last year competing in FRC. Through the ups and downs, the wins and the losses, it was always a wild ride for our small but dedicated team; yet the time is right to call it quits. Special thanks to all the teams and sponsors that have helped and partnered with us in the past, especially Teams 254, 841, 973 and 2122.

A lot of the students will be continuing FRC through Team 5419 so expect great things to come from them!

Wishing You All The Best,

Everyone from 5499

[araniaraniratul]

Here for a good time, not a long time -@borisf

[bscholar]

[orangeandblack5]

We’ll miss you, even though we never met.

- Team 5498

[Richard_Wallace]

Great competitive team.

I still remember your defense shutting us down, in our last Newton 2016 quals match.

Will be following 5419, even though FRC has bifurcated. Someday those of us on this side will get to see the great Cali teams again.

[Brian_Maher]

5499 was an exemplar of simple robots driven and executed well. You’ll be missed.

[s-neff]

Thank you for all your help over these few short years, and keep in touch - your members (student or mentor) will always be welcome at our Richmond shop, and I’m always interested in collaborators!

[heatblast016]

5499’s been a huge inspiration for our team, and we’re sad to see them go. Good luck in your future endeavors!!

[Connor_McBride]

Sad to see you guys go. I was fortunate enough to see you compete at FOC in Manchester. You will be missed but certainly not forgotten.

[cadandcookies]

It was a pleasure to compete with you guys at SVR this year— best of luck to all your students and mentors in their future endeavors!

[mwmac]

Ron, sad to hear this is the end for 5499. Nothing but good memories, especially 2017, getting to play with you in Idaho and then facing the Roebling alliance on Einstein.

[21brownz]

[Jett-Kim]

Being on an alliance together is one of my favorite memories, and it’s sad to know this was your last season. Always looked forward to seeing your robots each year. Best of luck in the future.

[Rethum865]

im gonna miss you guys. I was a big fan of the 2017 robot. Simple gear picking up robot from the floor that lead you guys to win worlds.

[Lodot]

We will miss our number neighbors, although we never met. We are sorry to hear about this, and wish all of you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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