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'''September 5, 2010 - Robots! VEX & BEST Events 2010-2011 - Philly Metro Region This is the email blast for September 5th. To get on the mailing list contact Steve.Rhoads at STEMRobotics dot org. == New Group: League of Heroes == I would like to start a group, the League of Heroes, that includes people who volunteer and help promote science - technology - engineering and mathematics for K-12. This group should include the people who volunteer for ALL teams to teach problem-solving, programming, building, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software design, and who VOLUNTEER at Events to ignite the spark across our region, in our communities and our country. Join me in making a difference! '''VEX Observation:''' VEX events have gone CRAZY!!! There are events within a couple of hours every month in our area. Our Regional Events (NJ, NY, PA, MA, RI, DE, MD) == Sept 25th, VEX Round Up World Championship Qualifier - Chichester Middleschool, Boothwyn, PA == Sign up for this one RIGHT AWAY!!! If we don't get our 18, we may need to cancel. Originally we had hoped to have a Middle school event, but are opening it up to all VEX teams. Join this early season event and show YOUR stuff! Here's the link to sign up: http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/chichester-middle-school-vex-round-up-qualifier.html == Sept 25th - BEST Kick-Off, Villanova University, Villanova, PA== Come check out BEST! They are using the VEX Cortex this year, and last year their Championship was at Dallas alongside of the VEX World Championship. I am going to invite these teams to our VEX events as well (since they already have the best controller on the market --- and one compatible with our events) http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/best/philadelphia-best-kick-off-1.html == Oct 9th - VEX Round-Up Qualifier, DC Knights - Newtown Square, PA == This is also a first time event for the DC Knights. Last year they went from rookies all the way to the VEX World Championship at Dallas. This year, they are holding an event and their venue is INCREDIBLE! They wanted to start with 32 teams, and next year might go to 64! Sign up NOW! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/dc-knights-round-up-qualifier.html == Oct 16 - BEST Mall Day, Franklin Mills Mall, Philadelphia, PA == Please join the new Philadelphia Boosting, Engineering, Science and Technology east coast teams to the seventh annual Philadelphia BEST Robotics Mall Day. Teams from the middle and high school levels will showcase and discuss their new robot designs to participate in the Philadelphia BEST Game Day. The community is welcome to join the School District of Philadelphia and Villanova University's College of Engineering & Service Learning Department in celebrating the 2010 BEST teams that will compete on November 6, at High School of the Future in Philadelphia in the following categories: BEST Table Display & Interview, Robot Performance, Engineering Notebook, and Spirit & Sportsmanship. The winning five teams will go on to represent te region in the South BEST Competition this winter at Auburn University in Auburn Alabama. http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/best/philadelphia-best-mall-day.html == Oct 30- NW Maryland VEX Robotics Competition, Westminster, MD (capped at 32 teams) == Does October sound early in the season for a competition for your team? We held this event in October last year and the 30 participating teams benefited greatly from the opportunity to attend a competition early in the season. It is the perfect opportunity to try ideas. Don't worry about having the perfect, finished robot. Put some ideas together and give them a try! Have more than one idea? Bring multiple mechanisms and try them all out in a truly competitive environment. Who knows? You may be one of the first teams to qualify for the 2011 Word Championship! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/northwest-maryland-vex-robotics-competition-1.html == Nov 6 - BEST Game Day, Villanova University, Villanova, PA== Philadelphia BEST is embarking upon its seventh anniversary year of bringing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to life for over twenty-five east coast middle and high school teams. We remain ecstatic and looking forward to inspiring our youth to travel the STEM pathway via Philadelphia BEST. Hey girls, we especially want you to join and experience the BEST World. Help Philadelphia BEST become bigger and better; exposing students in your community to a life-changing innovative program, after all it's still FREE and open to the public! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/best/philadelphia-best.html == Nov 6th - Johns-Hopkins University - VEX Round-Up Scrimmage! == The folks at Johns-Hopkins asked me to help them run a VEX event at JHU. Could I encourage you all to come see this lovely campus, find out about their Engineering Innovations Summer program, and ramp up your Round UP VEX Game? We will do a programming tune-up (RobotC) in the morning and scrimmage starting at 1pm through 4pm. We need registrations to make this happen (and volunteers). http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/johns-hopkins-vex-round-up-programming-tune-up-and-scrimmage.html == Nov 13th - FRC Off-season RAMP RIOT! == Ramp Riot is Team 341's annual off-season event. With its humble roots as an 8 team scrimmage back in 2000, Ramp Riot now draws 36 teams and over 2,500 spectators yearly. Every November, those 36 teams (representing up to 8 states) come together to battle it out in arena-style competition. However, Ramp Riot is much more than that. Attending teams use Ramp Riot to introduce rookie members to the FIRST atmosphere and gear up for the coming season. Ramp Riot also hosts helpful seminars and information sessions for teams to share what they know and learn from each other. Community members find plenty of fun between matches with face painting, live local radio stations (with prizes!), robot driving zones, and even the Philly Phanatic! http://www.team341.com/rampriot/index.php == Nov 20 - VEX Round Up Middle School Qualifier - Downingtown Area Robotics == The Downingtown Area Robotics teams are a MEGA site! They have at least 10 teams so far (all middle school) and may have more in the next couple of weeks. Come tussle with them and test your skills and strategy. This is a MIDDLE SCHOOL Division qualifier for the VEX Middle School World Championship! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/downingtown-vex-round-up-middle-school-qualifier.html == Dec 4, VEX Round Up Scrimmage, Penn State Abington == In my opinion, this is one of the most fun events, ever! The PSU Abington hosts and the Bank of Abington provide pizza and drinks for everybody FOR FREE! This is our 3rd year for this event. We run this event as a scrimmage. Just come to the head-to-head field or the skills field and when the field is ready, you go on! We had one team play 36 matches one year. (Very sturdy robot!) Come on down, and sharpen those skills. Many of the teams at this event go on to earn a place at the World Championship. How would your robot and team do against them? http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/psu-abington-vex-scrimmage.html == Dec 4th, Baltimore County Vex Tournament at Woodlawn High School, MD == The Baltimore County VEX Tournament is restricted to BCPS Registered VEX teams. If you are interested in participating in this event, please email Mike McIntyre (contact info below) to recieve you registration code. http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/baltimore-county-vex-tournament-at-woodlawn-high-school.html == Dec 11th, Johns-Hopkins VEX Round-Up World Qualifier! == We did the programming workshop in November, now come back and show what you learned. If you didn't qualify for Worlds at Woodlawn, maybe you can try again! (Please sign up early! If we don't get enough registrations --- we will have to cancel!) Also, there will be a special deal for sharing a field assembly (perimeter, game elements, controller and associated computer) and key event personnel. Check out the listing! Ignore the "scrimmage in the URL", this is the real deal, but I copied the scrimmage info and didn't set that part up right: http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/johns-hopkins-vex-round-up-programming-tune-up-and-scrimmage-1.html == Jan 22nd - VEX Round-Up World Championship Qualifier, DockBots'11 == DockBots is one of the premier VEX contests on the Atlantic coast. Less than two hours from New York makes this an easy day trip for most teams. There is a ton of pit space, a practice field and great sight lines for the main competition field. For two years running, this was the largest VEX event ever in Pennsylvania and has drawn World Class teams from MA, NJ, NY, PA, MD and VA. Will you be among them? Last year we had 37 teams, but this year will we will hold registrations to 32 --- so register early! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/dockbots-11.html == Jan 29th - Philadelphia FIRST LEGO League Challenge, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA == (Looking to add Philadelphia VEX Tune-Up here) I don't have much information about this one, other than its the same day as my brother's birthday. Maybe next week I will know more. == Feb 12th, Souderton HS, VEX World Championship Qualifier == This is a brand new event for this school. Please sign up! Let's make their program a success (and have fun doing that). http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/souderton-vex.html == Feb 26th, TSA Baltimore County Chapter VEX Tournament at Chesapeake High == The Baltimore County TSA Chapter VEX Tournament at Chesapeake High School is open to all TSA teams in Baltimore County. If you are interested in attending, please email George Tweed for more information and to recieve a registration code. http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/tsa-baltimore-county-chapter-vex-tournament-at-chesapeake-high.html == March 4 & 5th - VEX Mid-Atlantic Championship, Westminster, MD (capped at 100 HS and 32 MS teams) == Back by popular demand, this is the second year of the VEX Robotics Mid-Atlantic Championship. It will be bigger and better than our first year! Don't wait to sign up. We expect it to fill to capacity early this year. NOTE: This event runs two days (Friday and Saturday)! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/vex-robotics-mid-atlantic-championship-high-school-division.html == March 5th, VEX Mid-Atlantic Championship - Middle School Division == Middle School Only: Back by popular demand, this is the second year of the VEX Robotics Mid-Atlantic Championship. It will be bigger and better than our first year! Don't wait to sign up. We expect it to fill to capacity early this year. http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/vex-robotics-mid-atlantic-championship-middle-school-division.html == March 12th - VEX Round-Up Qualfier, Downingtown Area Robotics, Eastern Regional Championships == This is our Third Annual Eastern PA regional. We have had 3 fields, 2 for the head-to-head and a separate Skills challenge field. Come ready to qualify to go to the World Championship! http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/2011-eastern-pennsylvania-regional.html == April 14-16th - VEX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Disney!! == This is IT! The BIG Kahuna. The VEX Robotics World Championship is a gathering of top robotics teams from around the world to celebrate their accomplishments and compete with/against the best of the best. The 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship will include top teams from over 200 VEX Robotics Competition tournaments happening in cities around the world from May 2010 to March 2011. To make the World Championship celebration even more accessible to top performing teams, space has been secured to ensure that each and every winning team from any official VEX Robotics local tournament with 18 teams or more will qualify for the World Championship. Teams will play the game Round Up for the 2010-2011 season. A special thanks to our primary partners: Autodesk, EMC, NASA, and the FUTURE Foundation. The commitment and support of these partners ensures a great experience for everyone attending the 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship. http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/2011-vex-robotics-world-championship.html

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