Time to get the thread started on the Southington District Event!
Saturday, March 22nd - Sunday, March 23rd 2014
Southington High School
Southington, CT
All of the official information can be found at:
http://www.nefirst.org/portfolio/ct-southington/
Of course the webcast for the event will be located here:
http://new.livestream.com/nefirst2/ct-southington
I can’t wait to see everyone there!
Final info for volunteers was sent out today. Will additional hands be needed for Field Assembly? If so I’m not sure I can stay long.
Team 195 is very excited for this event!
Here are the current teams attending:
151-Tough Techs
155-The Technonuts
173-R.A.G.E. (Robotics & Gadget Engineering)
175-Buzz Robotics
178-The 2nd Law Enforcers
195-Cyber Knights
213-The Dirty Birds
230-Gaelhawks
558-Robo Squad
999-MechaRams (Cheshire Robotics and Sikorsky Helicopters)
1071-Team Max
1099-DiscoTechs
1699-Robocats
1735-Green Reapers
1768-Robo Chiefs
2064-The Panther Project
2067-Apple Pi
2785-Prometheus
2836-Team Beta
3104-The Cyber Rams
3146-GRANBY GRUNTS
3461-Operation PEACCE Robotics - A 4-H Youth Robotics Team
3464-Sim-City
3466-VI Kings Robotics
3525-The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
3634-Hard Botties
3654-TechTigers
3718-Junkyard Battalion
4055-N R G (Northwestern Robotic Gearheads)
4572-BArlow RobAutics
4628-Sintian Robotics
5129-Digital Devils
Good luck hosting your first event 195. We are always really excited about the idea of hosting an event at SHS when I was a student, so it is cool to see it happening!
I will be attending to scout for Hartford good luck to all teams involved
After a great success in Groton, the NE FIRST Communications Team will once again be running the:
http://www.nefirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EmCee-Yourself-ContestSouthingtonCD.jpg
So get tweeting using the hashtags #OMGSouthington and #OMGRobots!
The Techtigers can’t wait to go to Southington. We made many improvements after Groton. Can’t wait to see you all there 
Here is the pit map for the Southington event.
southington-pit-map (1).pdf (159 KB)
southington-pit-map (1).pdf (159 KB)
southington-pit-map (1).pdf (159 KB)
With only a few days left to prepare FRC558 is excited to get back on the field.
Good luck to all teams, and feel free to stop by and talk.
Trey, gym floor cover is starting at 10:30 and I think field assemble is starting at noon.
T-24:30…and counting.
T-30 minutes.
T+1 hour.
Thank you to Southington for putting on a terrific inaugural district.
A big tip of Jack’s hat to Sandra Brino. The Woody Flowers nomination is but a small token of our gratitude for the complete package that you and your many dedicated colleagues delivered.
Congratulations to Team 195 The CyberKnights, 558 Robo Squad, and 999 The MechaRams. Your awesome third Finals match was a clinic of offense and defense.
999 were Rookie All-Stars back in 2002, and got their first trophy today.
Kudos to the Finalist alliance of Team 230 the Gaelhawks, 2836 Team Beta, and 4055 Northwestern Robotics Gearheads.
I love the district model and this game, for all of it’s contrivances and difficulties, has a great flow with emphatic peaks when played well.
Did anyone record the order of alliance selections?
My livestream feed died partway thru selections as well as several other times during the day. Irksome to say the least.
Not to mention some really cool moments, like the two balls colliding in mid air over the truss, or the ball getting stuck on top of the truss and the refs having to shake it off!
First: Congratulations to Chairman’s award winner 558! I think no more popular choice could have been made among Connecticut teams.
Second great job by competition winners and all competitors for making a great and entertaining District.
And finally to Sandra and the rest of 195, and volunteers - what a great, well run event!
The district model is living up to its promise.
Next week: Hartford.
This weekend was amazing!!! We saw some great action out on the field!!! I am so happy to so many familiar faces as well as new faces as our district continues to develop. I am also very privileged to be part of the team that has hosted this event and I am extremely thankful and grateful to all of those who participated and made this one of the most memorable days in my robotics career. Thank you to all those who helped out and thank you to everyone who was unable to make the event, but supported their teams and other teams as the competition unfolded. I look foreword to seeing all of you at future competitions!!! Thanks for a great event!!
“tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, Involve me and I learn” - Ben Franklin
As I lay here after a long and exhausting weekend, I’m so overcome with emotion I’m not sure where to begin. Our team has had a lot of exciting moments in FIRST, but nothing quite comes close to what we experienced in Southington this weekend. I’m not sure where to begin, but here goes:
To our friends at 195: our real journey toward success in FIRST began with you in 2007, and we were honored and privileged to win with you again today. You were a pleasure to work with then, and you were today. Let’s not wait another seven years to do it again
999: You filled your role to perfection, modifications and all. To be able to adapt so quickly to a new strategy is a testament to the strength of your drive team.
4055, 230 and 2836, we’ve played with all of you in elims in the past, and, as we expected, the final three matches today were epic. Everything a final should be. You’re class acts, all three. And Vogl, you can have lobster now.
To Rob, Sandra and your crew, you guys hosted an excellent event. You’d never know it was your first time. For the most part, things went smoothly, and when they didn’t you handled them expertly. Thanks for all your hard work. Now get some sleep.
Finally, to our friends at team 228, GUS. I said it to you today and I’ll say it again: YOU are our inspiration. Our role models. When we looked in 2007 to become a stronger, more well-rounded team, we looked to you. It’s because of your example that we were able to accomplish what I never truly believed we could: win a Chairman’s Award. Thank you for all that you do, and for being a model to show smaller, financially limited teams like ours that we CAN become beacons of FIRST.
I would like to thank the Cyberknights for making a great events. My team made a lot of milestones as this event: first alliance pick ever. Even though we lose in the quarterfinals , we still had a ton of fun. Congrats to the winners, finalists, and 558 on the Chairmans award.