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Week of April 27, 2015

 

  

Check Your TIMS Information

 

After tomorrow, April 30, TIMS will be closed for changes. Please double-check to make sure your team's contact information is correct to make sure your team can be reached during the summer if necessary.

 

   

New England Post-Season Events

 

There are five more opportunities for your team to play with robots in New England between now and the beginning of summer! If your team has questions about off-season events in general or would be interested in setting up an off-season event, please contact Scott Heaton at [email protected]:

 

Connecticut State Championship

The Connecticut State Championship will be on Saturday, May 16 at Berlin High School in Berlin, CT. Registration is $200/team and can be accessed here. Teams must register before this Thursday, May 1. Any interested volunteers can sign up here. The committee is currently taking bids from teams to run concessions. If your team would be interested, please send a proposal to Carol Scully at [email protected]

 

BattleCry@WPI

BattleCry 16 will take place on Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24 at the WPI Harrington Auditorium in Worcester, MA. $350 registration gets you t-shirts, team social, BBQ dinner, Ice Cream Social, and Lunches for one day. Registration is full, but teams can still be added to the "Ready Reserves" and will be called in the likely event that a team drops out. Interested volunteers can sign up here! More information about the event can be found here.

 

Mayhem in Merrimack

Mayhem in Merrimack will take place on Saturday, June 6 at Merrimack High School in Merrimack, NH. Registration is $175 and payment should be submitted by Sunday, May 17. More information about the event can be found here.

 

Where is Wolcott Invitational

The Where is Wolcott Invitational will be held on Saturday, June 13 at Wolcott High School in Wolcott, CT. Registration is $250/team. Registration forms can be accessed here and should be sent to Rob Cormier at [email protected]. Volunteer registration will be up soon and questions can be directed to David Givens at [email protected].

 

Beantown Blitz

Beantown Blitz will take place on Saturday, June 20 at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Stay tuned for more information on the official website as we get closer to the date.

 


FIRST Championship Recap

 

New England had 47 teams in attendance at the 2015 FIRST Championship, 22 of which made it to the playoff rounds across all eight divisions. Final results for all of the sub-divisions and Einstein can be found here.

 

Congratulations to team 195, who won Engineering Inspiration for the Newton-Hopper division and was a Newton sub-division Finalist, as well as team 125, who won Gracious Professionalism for the Newton-Hopper division and was a Hopper sub-division Finalist. Additionally, congratulations to Camilo Gonzalez from team 125 for being one of only 10 Dean's List Winners!

 

We hope all teams that competed in the 2015 season had fun and we look forward to seeing you all at events throughout the post-season!

 

 

Future of FIRST Championship Survey

 

Do you have an opinion about Championship or the upcoming change to two FIRST Championship events in 2017? If so, take the opportunity to tell FIRST about it here. This survey should take about 5-10 minutes of your time. Anyone over the age of 13 on your team can answer the survey and we encourage you to forward this to your team members and mentors. If you have any questions about this survey, you may contact team support at [email protected].

 


Contact Us

 

NE FIRST Executive Director

Bruce Linton ([email protected])

 

NE FIRST Advisor

Jessica Boucher ([email protected])

 

NE FIRST Regional Directors

Connecticut - Carol Scully ([email protected])

Maine - Jamee Luce ([email protected])

Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Steve Cremer ([email protected])

New Hampshire/Vermont - Scott Heaton ([email protected])

 

NE FIRST Senior Mentors

Connecticut - Kathie Kentfield ([email protected])

Massachusetts - Dana Henry ([email protected])

 

 

Archives of NE FIRST Things FIRST are available on the NE FIRST site under "News." Submissions can be sent to [email protected].

 

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