Rolling Thunder Blog of Wonder - 2012 Competition Season

Preparing for Connecticut

nospam@example.com (Student Blogger) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:28:39 -0700

The Connecticut Regional competition is coming up very soon! (Students leave Wednesday and Thursday next week in case you were wondering) Some people are testing and improving the shooter using the practice bot. Some are setting up awards for the team and for the CT regional. Others are writing press releases. The Chairman's Presentation Team is putting the final touches on their speech.

Travel Agenda:

The early crew - Pit Crew, Scouting Leads, Drive Team, Chairman's Presenters, Lead Mentors, some Parent Chaperons and the bagged Robot (Thunderstorm) are leaving Wednesday right after school and travelling by caravan. They will set up the pit and prep the robot for competition on Thursday.

Thursday, after school, the rest of the students, mentors, Teacher advisors, parents and chaperons will load the tour bus for the trip.

Friday Morning, we will be at full strength at the Connecticut Regional and ready to play Rebound Rumble!

Team Awards given at the Finger Lakes Regional

nospam@example.com (Cynette Cavaliere) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:37:47 -0700

Here is the summary of the awards that we gave to other teams at the FIRST Finger Lakes Regional!

Full Court Shooter Award - for our Favorite Inbounder: Team 3173

Point Guard Award - for our Favorite Alliance Partner: Team 639

1st Round Draft Pick Award - for our Favorite Rookie Team: Team 4093

New High Tops Award - for our Favorite Robot Image: Team 1551

Globe Trotter Award - for the Team from the Longest Distance Away: Team 2172

YMCA Award - for our favorite Hybrid: Team 1507

Jump Shot Award - for our Favorite Top Basket Shooter: Team 1559

Slam Dunk Award - for our Favorite Lower Basket Dunker: Team 340

FLR Awards!

nospam@example.com (Student Blogger) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:11:10 -0700

1511 had a great time at our first competition, receiving 4 awards at FLR!

This year, we won the Innovation in Control Award, an award we have never won before! It is the first time we have won an award for a robot characteristic.

Congratulations to Justin, a Dean's List finalist! Justin has been awarded $1000, enough to afford 3 vocaloids!

Congratulations to Jeff, 1511's first Woodie Flowers Finalist award winner!

Congratulations to Larry, who won the outstanding volunteer award!

Make sure to congratulate the team, as well as Justin, Jeff, and Larry on their astounding success!

Our Robot at FLR, balancing on the bridge!