Volunteer Details for Northern California FTC Championship Tournament
Saturday February 27 & Sunday February 28

 

All Volunteers Must be Assigned via VIMS system!  More Details

Directions to School:

Newark Memorial High School 
39375 Cedar Boulevard  Newark, CA 94560
Google Map       

Take Mowry Avenue exit off I-880 and turn towards bay (west).   Turn left onto Cedar (2nd light).   School is on the right.   The main entrance is at the intersection of Cedar and S Magazine Drive  (there is a traffic light at the intersection).

Campus Map & Parking

Campus Map     Best entrance to the main parking lot is in front of the Event Center building.   Overflow parking is in front of the main part of the school – there are multiple lots  – Competition & Pits in Pavilion.   Judging will be in classrooms (TBD)

 

What to Bring (or NOT)

 

What to Expect

WHEN YOU ARRIVE,  please go to the Pavilion Lobby and check-in.   That is where we will have volunteer check-in.

 

ON SATURDAY:    

At 4pm, we will start PIT setup and then the COMPETITION AREA setup.

At 5:30pm, we will start TEAM CHECK-IN as well as robot inspections and judging.  Team Check-in will be in the Pits which is in the upstairs of the Gym.

ON SUNDAY:   Team pits open at 8am. 
The early morning will be spent:

  • Team checkin –   
  • final robot inspection –  for those that did not pass or complete this on Saturday
  • judging interviews  –  for those that did not pass or complete this on Saturday

 

 

We will have Opening ceremony at ~10:15am, followed immediately by the beginning of the qualification rounds.  The qualifying rounds will finish in the early afternoon, after a short lunch break. Our goal is to finish all qualifying rounds no later than 2:30pm  – we need your help to make this happen.

 

Once qualifying matches are complete, we will hold alliance selection for each division.  We will have 4 Alliance Captains that will each select 2 partners.    Alliance Selection will be followed by a short break, and then the elimination rounds.

 

The end of the elimination rounds will be followed by the presentation of awards, and the closing ceremony.   We would really like to be all done by ~5:30pm but we need your help to do that.

 

Preliminary Tournament Schedule on Saturday

4:00 PM LoadIn / Setup Starts on Pits & Competition Floor
5:15 PM Team Check-in / Judging & Inspection starts
8:30 PM Judging & Inspection Ends  (latest)

Preliminary Tournament Schedule on Sunday

8:00 AM PITS Open – Team Check-In
8:15 AM Judging & Inspections  (for teams that did not do this on Saturday)
9:30 AM Judging & Inspection Ends  (latest)
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony
10:30 AM Qualification Matches Start
12:15 AM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Qualification Matches Continue
2:30 PM Qualification Matches Completed
3:00 PM Divisional Alliance Selection
4:30 PM Alliance (SemiFinals / Final) Rounds Start
5:30 PM Awards Ceremony
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