Hello,
Our team, 4466, has qualified for State Competitions in Massachussets, but we can’t attend the MA state championships because the competition takes place on a Saturday. The only state competition that takes place on a Sunday (the only one that we can attend) is at Pace University in New York, where we are currently first on the waiting list. Many FTC teams attend more than one state competition, however currently our team is unable to attend any competition since all New England competitions are on Saturday except for the Hundson Valley competition. If your FTC team is attending the Hudson Valley tournament and another state competition (either in NY or in NE), we would like to kindly ask if you could email our team, or post in the thread.
Thank you,
There was talk of making some events on Sunday for religious reasons here in NJ and I can tell you that this year’s NJ state championship is on a Sunday (February 12th) although for different reasons. I am sure that if you email Vincent Frascella, NJ FTC director, he may be able to help you come up with a way to attend the NJ State Championship, if you are willing to make the trek down to Newark, NJ. Warning though before you do get your hopes up, NJ has a very, very tight team list this year and this is the 2nd year we have required qualification to attend. He is very gracious though and I know he has allowed teams with unique situations (a team from Singapore last year comes to mind) attend. His email address is: vincent.frascella@baesystems.com
Good luck and I hope you are able to compete in a state level competition somewhere!
Thank you so much, we will contact him! We would definitely be willing to drive out to NJ, if we don’t get into Pace it will be the only competition that we can attend.
Thanks,
Sam R.
Team R.A.B.B.I.
We are able to attend the Pace Competition. A New York team resigned their spot…although we aren’t sure if they new about us. Thanks for asking and for all of the support!