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Qualifying Rankings - CTranking.xlsx

Pre-event:

http://www.kingswoodoxford.org/roboreg20

Venue and Directions

The tournament will be held in two gymnasiums at KO, located at 170 Kingswood Road in West Hartford, Conn. If you Google or MapQuest directions to this address, it will bring you to the front of the School, and unloading your robot, tools and other belongings will be difficult. I recommend that you use the School’s address to get from I-84 to Trout Brook Drive north. There are two well-marked entrances to the rear parking lot of the School on Trout Brook Drive. The following link will take you to a map of the area and a campus map: http://www.kingswoodoxford.org/podium/default.aspx?t=12565.

Schedule

The tournament will run from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. The following is a tentative schedule for the day. A more detailed scheduled will be posted as the event nears.

Team Check-in 7:30-8:15 a.m.
Judging Interviews 8-10 a.m.
Drivers’/Coaches’ Meeting 9:45 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies 10 a.m.
Qualifying Matches 10:30 a.m.
Elimination Rounds 2:30 p.m.
Awards and Closing Ceremonies 4:30 p.m.


Lunch

As in years past, the KO cafeteria will have a lunch available that will include soup, salad and sandwich bars along with a beverage of your choice. We encourage you to prepay your lunches at a reduced rate of $8 per person. The day of the tournament, additional lunch tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for $10. Please have your check for prepaid lunches in no later than Friday, Feb. 17. Please include your team number on the check, make it payable to Kingswood Oxford School and send it to:

Kingswood Oxford School
Attention: Donna Balcezak
170 Kingswood Road
West Hartford, CT 06119-1430

Introduction of Your Team

Please prepare a short blurb that the master of ceremonies can use to introduce your team during the competition. In the past, teams have provided their name, number, where they are from, how long they have been together, why this particular group is together, past awards your team has earned and a fun or unique story about your team. Please e-mail your blurb to robotics@k-o.org no later than Friday, Feb. 17.

Promote and Compass Awards

It is planned that awards will be given for the two optional video categories: the FIRST Tech Challenge Promote Award and the FIRST Tech Challenge Compass Award. Descriptions of the awards and judging criteria are available in the game manual.

Please submit videos in accordance with the following instructions:

• Submit your team’s videos via DVD.
• Submit a separate DVD for each video.
• Label each DVD with your team name, team number and award.
• Make sure that the DVDs can be played on both a Macintosh and a PC prior to submission.
• Use the highest resolution possible.
• If you are using music or pictures that are not your own, please make sure that all necessary credit is given.

Timeline

• We would appreciate receiving all videos no later than Friday, Feb. 17. FIRST allows for submission up to a week prior to the tournament, however, to provide time for judging, we are requesting an earlier submission deadline.
• We will accept videos as late as Friday, Feb. 24 if you let us know by Feb. 17 that it will be here.

Please submit your videos to:

Kingswood Oxford School
Attention: Donna Balcezak
170 Kingswood Road
West Hartford, CT 06119-1430

Things to Bring

Consent and Release Forms – The FIRST Consent and Release Form must be completed by each team member and signed by a parent/guardian. In addition, a consent form must be completed by coaches and other adults who will be in the pit area. The forms will be collected at the registration table upon team arrival. Even if your team has already completed forms for another event, a new one is required for the Connecticut Conquest. The forms can be found on the FIRST Web site at:

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/documentlibrary.

Safety Glasses – Everyone entering the pit area must wear safety glasses.

Engineering Notebook – Your engineering notebook will be collected during registration and given to the judges. Please make sure that your team name and number are prominently displayed on the outside of your notebook.

Tools – You will want to bring tools to work on your robot in the pits.

Signs and Decorations for Your Pit Table – You will want to display your team’s accomplishments and spirit. You may bring banners for your pit or to hold up in the competition area. We ask that you please refrain from decorating walls, bleachers or any part of the building with stickers, buttons, etc.

Robot Size

The robot must fit into a sizing box 18-by-18-by-18 inches. It is allowed to expand but must begin each match within these limits.

Samantha

If your team is having difficulty with Samantha, please try to resolve all issues prior to the tournament to ensure a smooth and fun day for all. Assistance is available on the FIRST Web site at:

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/samantha.

Game Q-and-A Forum

Questions about the game can be answered through the FIRST forum at:

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/gameqainstructions.

Bill of Material

In accordance with the game manual, all parts listing in <R5>c that have a maximum constraint and that are used in the robot must be tracked through a Bill of Material (BOM). This list MUST be submitted at inspection, and a copy should be included in your engineering notebook. A sample BOM is included in Section 8 of the game manual.

Wi-Fi

Teams will NOT be allowed to run their own Wi-Fi router or ad-hoc network at any tournaments. Two separate networks will be running: one exclusively for the competition fields, the other for team use in the pits and practice area.

For More Information

If you have any questions about the Connecticut Conquest, please e-mail them to Donna Balcezak or Brenda Semmelrock at robotics@k-o.org.