Who from CD.com is going to be there? I know I will be after my year absence from FIRST and I wanna come at FIRST harder than I ever have. This past year has given me time to thing and get my life straight.
So - who else will be there? With your team? By yourself? I will be there with my team the RoboCards (0005) 
Glad youâll be there! Itâll be MUCH better than last year.
Team 217 will be there. I will too, but I wonât be with my team. Iâll be either DJing again like last year, or Head Referee. Oh, and Paul Copioil is Announcing (Which he does a much better job doing than MCing, IMHO.:))
Speaking of which, I think itâs time that I got around to making a KK Music threadâŚ
Iâll be there hopefully though my team is not attending.
The Kettering Kickoff is an off season competition in Michigan on Saturday September 18th this year.
(Oct. 23 is Sweet Repeat oopsâŚ)
Kettering Kickoff isnât part of the FIRST Kickoff event. Itâs a preseason competition (only in 39 days!!!) in Flint, MI.
Edit: Dez, itâs September 18th, not Oct 23rd.
ill go to michigan =P⌠looks up at post and feels stupid about all of this
*backs away from the thread trying to keep his sanityâŚ
Than I may have my years mixed upâŚMaybe I did go last year. Myself and DJ did announce one match⌠
Tom N (Mentor; Team 67) wants to get our team to come, as do I, but weâll see if enough other people on 67 wants to come. We probably will get enough people though.
Wasnât that Sweet Repeat?
Yes. Now that you bring it up. It wasâŚ
Do I have my competitions mixed upâŚ
As usual, Iâll be there at my normal locationâŚat playing field level for a change, rather than up in the raftersâŚ
Does anyone know if thereâs an official list of participants anywhere?
[edit] Thanks Allison & Dan 
[/edit]
from http://www.kettering.edu/news/storyDetail.asp?storynum=3
This yearâs participating teams are: (Team, City, FIRST Team #)
Robocards, Allen Park, Team 5,
Team Rush, Clarkston, Team 27,
Killer Bees, Auburn Hills, Team 33,
ChiefDelphi, Pontiac, Team 47,
Buena Vista Dow Knights, Saginaw, Team 49,
Truck Town Thunder, Auburn Hills, Team 68,
Auto City Bandits, Flint, Team 70,
BOB, Zeeland, Team 85,
Thunder Chickens, Utica, Team 217,
Tec Crew Hammerheads, Troy, Team 226,
Carman-Ainsworth Megatron Oracles, Flint, Team 314,
F.I.R.E., Flint, Team 322,
Southwestern Academy Knight Riders, Flint, Team 397,
Cranbrook/GM, Bloomfield Hills, Team 448,
Cat Attack, Sylvania, Ohio, Team 451,
Explorers, Flint, Team 468,
Goodrich Martians, Goodrich, Team 494,
Saginaw Career Complex, Saginaw, Team 703,
Genesis 02, Warren, Team 818,
Oaktown Crewz, Royal Oak, Team 1188,
Techno Gremlins, Grand Rapids, Team 1227,
GM/Swartz Creek High School, Team 1243,
Technomaniacs, Royal Oak, Team 1286,
The G.R.A.Y.T. Leviathons, Fenton, Team 1322,
Robo, Canton, Ohio, Team 1386.
Edit: Dude, Allison, that was like a simultanious post. Smooth!
I wish 45 could go. It just didnât work out for us to come this yearâŚas I know. It looks like there will be some stiff competition there. Hopefully the same teams will be at FSR. As of now, I think we will be at FSR on Oct. 9th hope to see you all there!
-Kyle
Iâll be there tomorrow with 818.
Another early morning for FIRST, but itâs worth it in the end. Hereâs hoping that we can be part of the winning alliance for the second year in a rowâŚ
I just wanted to take a second and thank the teams who participated in the Kettering Kick-off. It was great to have one more opportunity to make BOB fly. There is not much more I can say about 1243 and 27 except we were proud to be part of your team for the finals.
Thanks to the volunteers for all your work, Kettering was a great time for us and we hope to be back next year.
Steve Yasick
Thank-You BOB (85) and Team RUSH (27) for a great alliance! 
The teamwork was great! Our Rookie debut in our local event couldnât have been much better. Had we "CAP"italized on a couple of early opportunities during the Finals we would have taken the âTop Dog Trophyâ! In any case we still feel pretty good about everything considering that we were against the National Champions & Finalists- and they didnât just walk away with a win! Congratulations to teams 494, 469, and 1227!!
For our rookie team, the strong performance against the âTop-Dogsâ was a tremendous confidence boost! We had won against both teams separately in previous events, so our driver confidence was already pretty high. We hope this boost will stay with them as we take âDragon-1â to the FORD Sweet Repeat, and carry-over into 2005!!
Special thanks to Kyle Hughes from Team RUSH whose outstanding leadership and support helped us to improve our performance as we progressed through the finals! It was great to be out there and show that Swartz Creek (Which is a small town outside of Flint, MI) can run with the âBig Dogsâ!
Kettering Kickoff was and excellent event.
It was the first competition any of our new members ever attended, and it sure solidified their membership to the team. Many thanks to 494 and 1227 for making a great alliance, and thanks to 27, 85, and 1243 for playing an excellent match, all the way to four matches!
See you all at Sweet Repeat.
The Kettering Kick Off was as always a great season opener for the new students and a good refresher for the returning team members and mentors. The competition was fierce, even with the new drive teams that were still learning their machines (like ours and 469âs).
Many thanks to all that attended and especially to our alliance partners, 469 and 1227. It was a pleasure to finally be on the same side!
Sincerely,
the Martians