Finally a off season in Canada! It’s long overdue.
FIRST Robotics Canada, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board, is proud to bring the FIRST community our first Off-season FRC event in ten years which will take place from October 31 – November 1, 2014! The goal of this event is to provide a fun and exciting opportunity for FRC teams to enjoy an additional play at the 2014 game and to expose new teams to FRC. The event is in partnership with Victoria Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Toronto District School Board and FIRST Robotics Canada.
Team Information
A one day event, with load-in the day before
Teams can train new drivers while experiencing the competition environment
Awards criteria and details will follow soon
Celebrity Matches
Free public access
Food/Refreshments available on site – team orders in advance (more info to follow)Team Registration – fee $350.00
This event has a capacity of 24 teams.Teams can register at firstfiestaoffseasonevent@gmail.com
Registrations will be received after 4 pm on Thursday September 4, 2014 on a “first come – first serve” based on time stamp on the email. The timestamp must be later than 4 pm on the above date. Once a team registers by sending an email to the above address, a cheque must be received by FIRST Canada no later than 10 days after submitting the email registration. If a cheque has not been received in the time stated above, then the team will be placed at the end of the registration list.
Teams are asked to provide the following information in their email registration:
Lead team contact information
Team number
Phone number
Approximate number planning to attend
Scan of $350.00 Cheque sent at time of registration via emailCheques are to be made payable to FIRST Robotics Canada and mailed (no courier please) to:
FIRST Robotics Canada
PO Box 518, Pickering Main
Pickering, Ontario
L1V 2R7Event Schedule
The schedule is tentative and will be finalized as the event draws near.Friday October 31, 2014
6:00 – 8:00pm: Robot Drop-off & Registration
Saturday November 1, 2014
7:00 – 8:00am Late Registration and Team Entry
8:00 – 8:15am Driver’s Meeting
8:15 – 8:30am Opening Ceremonies
8:30 – 11:30am Qualification Matches
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch & *Celebrity Team Match
1:00 – 2:00pm Qualification Matches continued
2:00 – 2:30pm Alliance Pairings
2:30 – 2:40pm Alliance Captain Meeting
3:00 – 4:00pm Quarter finals
4:00 – 4:45pm Semi finals
4:45 – 5:30pm Finals & Awards
6:00pm Take down and Clean upEvent Main Contact: John Hobbins, FIRST Robotics Canada, 416-606-6934
John.hobbins@firstroboticscanada.org
Location
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, 15 Wallingford Rd, Toronto ON M3A 2V1 (416) 395-3310
School and Map : http://www.tdsb.on.ca/findyour/schools.aspx?schno=3447
