Road to 2013-2014  NorCalFTC Regional Championship 

All FIRST events are free and open to the public –  Join us!  
Each event will have a link with more details – stay tuned.

 

We are expecting to have 12 to 15 qualifiers for this season

We are planning for 2 qualifiers in November,  up to 5 in December, 

up to 7 in January, and up to 2 in early February

 

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Teams –  Email updates on the team registration window will be sent out on the norcalftc yahoogroup -make sure that you have 1 or more people paying attention!  Each qualifier event will be able to handle 12 to 16 teams unless it is noted as a 2-field event for 20 to 24 teams.    There is a 12 team minimum  (or event will have to be cancelled).   The “open”  registration window means that any registered FTC team from anywhere (and independent of how many previous qualifiers have been registered for) can register.

Volunteers –  An email will go out on the volunteer-for-pal googlegroup once tournaments have a place to sign up to volunteer!  Stay tuned.

Visitors / Guests –  All qualifiers will have the same expected schedule with Opening Ceremony ~10:30am and robot game matches starting shortly thereafter with each team getting 5 or more seeding matches.  About 3pm or so,  the seedng matches will be complete and then teams will go to alliance selection and semi-finals to finals and then awards. 

	Events	Area	Organizer	Date	Team Registration  Window   [how does this work?]
NOVEMBER 2013
	Sequoia HS, Redwood City	Peninsula	Host : 4475	Sat 11/16	1st “play”: 10/18 at 7pm  2nd “play”:  10/22 at 7pm open:  10/24 at 7pm
	Saratoga HS, Saratoga	South Bay	Host: 7641	Sun 11/24
DECEMBER 2013
	The Play Space, San Jose	South Bay	No Host Team	Sun 12/01	1st “play”: 11/3 at 7pm 2nd “play”:  11/7 at 7pm open:  11/12 at 7pm
	Heritage HS, Brentwood	East Bay	Host: 3470	Sat 12/07
	Valley Christian HS, San Jose	South Bay	Host: 2891	Sat 12/14
	Intel, Folsom	Sac Area	Host: 5901	Sun 12/15
JANUARY 2014
	Oak Ridge HS, El Dorado Hills	Sac Area	Host: 4238	Sun 1/05	1st “play”: 12/10 at 7pm 2nd “play”:  12/15 at 7pm open:  12/17 at 7pm
	Irvington HS, Fremont	East Bay	Host: 4473	Sun 1/12
	Jefferson HS, Daly City  (2 field)	Peninsula	Host: 3791	Sat 1/18
	American HS, Fremont	East Bay	Host: 5773	Sat 1/25
FEBRUARY 2014
	Mission San Jose HS, Fremont	East Bay	Host: 5151	Sat 2/01	1st “play”: 1/14 at 7pm 2nd “play”:  1/16   3rd “play”:  1/21 open:  1/23 (if needed)
	Toby Johnson MS, Elk Grove	Sac Area	Host: 4963	Sun 2/02
	NorCal Championship on Sunday February 23th [team inspections and judging on 2/22] Newark Memorial HS

 

 

 

Let us know if you can help host/organize – and  think about for next season when we will likely need ~20 qualifiers including 2 to 3 “2 field” events!