Team 5123 is pleased to announce that the inaugural Hudson Valley Rally will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at the Yonkers Police Athletic League at 127 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701. Catering to FRC teams from New York City and the Greater NYC Metro Area, we are welcoming up to 30 teams!
Registration open NOW!:
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]
We will definitely be attending and will happily run the livestream if you want.
Registration for the Hudson Valley Rally is now OPEN, with 29 spots currently available!
Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hudson-valley-rally-tickets-24120780905
Way to go, Mechadogs! Looking forward to an awesome Yonkers off-season!
Volunteer registration for the Hudson Valley Rally is now available at:
I’ve passed word of this on to 1257. In the absence of Monty Madness, this may be a possibility.
I’m super sad I have a family commitment that day, otherwise I’d be there in a heartbeat 
Maybe I’ll pop in and help set up the night before…
Hey quick question. I notice there are still 28 spots available. Being my team signed up I realize it’s only you guys and us so far. Are you worried about not having enough people? People are probably not signing up now because its pretty early but, the event may not hit 30. What is the minimum amount of teams that you could host.
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We want at least 24 to have a full tournament but we can break even with 20 so I guess that’s the minimum. Well do a modified playoff.
Then again we have some “pre-rookie” teams who want to attend and some extra Robots for them to use so well definitely mix them into it.
Thanks for registering guys!
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We’ll take all the help we can!
Is there an update on how many teams registered?
We have 10 teams in total.
In a side note, if any team is interested in attending but is hesitant about signing up because they don’t know if it’ll actually happen (as several people have indicated in emails to us) please know that this will definitely happen so please don’t hesitate to sign up!
Thanks for your interest in our event!
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Hey there folks.
Here is an update for the upcoming HVR off season event.
We still only have four teams (and one prerookie team, 0001) that are fully registered for the event:
335
2869
4361
5123
0001
We need at least 20 teams for this event! If your team is in the NYC metro area we strongly ask that you consider our event! We have a great day planned and are now hosting a dinner for all teams the night before (Friday, June 3) for all teams for no extra cost. The deadline for tea registration is May 20.
Thanks and see you at the Hudson Valley Rally!
Hi, my team 4571 really wants to come, but we are concerned about the date. It is the same date as the June SAT. Is there any possibility that the date can be changed?
Yeah we are aware if the conflicting dates. Many of our team members will be going to take their SATs in the morning and will be returning later in the day.
I picked June 4 because it was before the end of school (at least in New York) as I know gaining access to robots and equipment becomes harder in the summer. The previous week is memorial weekend (so that’s out of the question) and the following week the facility in which we booked the event is being used.
We thought of three solutions:
Pushing the event later to start at 1:00 and go until late that night or early Sunday
Having the event start later on Saturday and ending at 6:00ish and doing playoffs in Sunday.
Moving the entire event to Sunday.
I know with Sunday though many people may have religious commitments as well, so I am hesitant.
If you are not able to attend because if the SAT I invite you to weigh on the decision making
We have a fundraiser on Saturday AM planned months in advance at Applebees otherwise we would love to attend. The following week is WIWI in Wolcott, CT so that date is out for us as well as most CT teams. Sunday only is an option but a delay of 2 weeks would be better for most CT teams.
Hopefully we can get a group of CT teams to come if the date can be changed.
Thanks,
Steve Wootton
Lead Mentor
NRG4055
Winchester, CT
Are there any conflicting events happening on June 18th?
I would have to check with our venue, but before I chnage I need to know how many people could make it if we change it to Sunday vs. June 18th. I’ve been contacting people about it via email. If you are in Westchester, Connecticut, LI, NJ or NYC team and have not yet been reached out to, please PM me.
Thanks.
While I can only speak specifically about our team. I should be able to get 2-3 other CT teams on board, possibly more. Two in particular would be 237 and 178.
Steve
Hello All.
First let me start by apologizing to all who have been keeping up with our event about the issues with scheduling. Scheduling the event on the day of the SAT was a big oversight, and correcting it has been a pain.
As for the final decision, we have decided to push the competition back one day to Sunday, June 5, 2016. This decision was made after consultation with both our volunteers, teams that were already registered and most importantly our hosts, the Yonkers Police Athletic League.
The updated schedule can be found at our website http://hvr-2016.eventbrite.com. Essentially, we will still have drop off on Friday with some practice matches, Saturday will be all practice / scrimmage matches, with the actual competition happening on Sunday.
Furthermore, I have set the deadline for registration for May 21, 2016. If we do not get at least 18 teams by that day, we will have to cancel the event, and all who registered will receive a full refund of the registration cost. Hopefully it does not come down to that though…
Hopefully the change in schedule works for more teams and we can make this awesome event happen!
If anyone has any questions feel free to PM me or email [email protected]