FIRST Class 2017 - Festival of Champions

Participating Teams and Schedule

We are excited to announce and celebrate our FIRST Tech Challenge Teams competing at our FIRST Class 2017 - Festival of Champions! 



Advancing from St. Louis:
Team 5466, Combustible Lemons, from Davenport, Iowa - Inspire Award Winner
Team 8686, Height Differential, from St. Paul, Minnesota - Alliance Captain                
Team 6929, Data Force, from Littleton, Colorado - 1st Pick                                                            
Team 5916, BoBots, from Earlville, Maryland - 2nd Pick
                                  
Advancing from Houston:
Team 3491, Fix-It, from Victoria, BC, Canada - Inspire Award Winner                                                  
Team 724, RedNek Robotics Wun, from Sun River, Montana - Alliance Captain                                   
Team 4216, Rise of Hephaestus, from San Diego, California - 1st Pick                                                  
Team 8651, Wait For It…, from Pearl, Mississippi - 2nd Pick                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
These teams are invited to a welcome reception at FIRST HQ in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, the evening of Thursday, July 27th. Friday, July 28th, invited teams will be splitting their time between a visit to Dean Kamen’s company, DEKA, across the street from FIRST HQ, and time on the field at the event venue, getting their robots calibrated and ready for the big competition the next day. They may even get in some practice with their alliance partners. 

We know everyone will be excited about Saturday morning, July 29th, the official start to the competition. The competition will be followed by dinner at Dean’s home in Bedford, NH, right next door to Manchester, NH.

The Competition

The competition portion of the event will take place at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, which will be a great venue for this event. At this time, the competition is scheduled to take place between 9AM and 12:45PM Eastern. Both FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition matches will be run during this period. Teams will compete in up to 5 matches. Everyone is welcome to attend this portion of the Festival in person, and join the party! The event is free and open to the public, just like all other FIRST competitions. We will have plenty of seating available. Driving directions and parking options for the venue can be found here. Please note that there will be metal detectors at security. Please don’t bring your backpacks. Outside food and beverages are not permitted in the venue!


For those who can’t make it in person, the event will be webcast. We’ll have more details on viewing options at a later time, and we are working to make the at-home viewing experience well worth your time.   

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