What

The Washington State FTC Championship is the final rounds for the FIRST Tech Challenge in Washington state. 24 high school robotics teams from across the state will come to this event to determine the state champion. Two teams from this event will advance to the World Championship in St Louis this April!

Snow Plan

Good Morning!

Current status: [6:30am 1/15/12] FTC Championship are going to proceed as planned.

As of right now, there are no updates on the Bellevue School District website about school closures, so we are going to proceed! IF you have passed inspection and have done your judging, you may arrive at 8:30-9am

If you have not judged yet, please try to arrive before 8AM if you can do so safely. Don't panic or take risks, we will get your judging done when you arrive.

BE SAFE! If you are uncomfortable driving, it is not worth the risk. Use your own best judgement.

There is a slight chance of snow this weekend. Please check this web page before leaving on Saturday and again on Sunday morning. We do not plan to postpone the event unless the school district closes the building. Building status is completely outside of our control. Given the variable nature of our state, you will need to decide if it is safe for you to attend our event.  Please be safe and make your own judgment about your ability to travel. 

When and Where:

The Washington State FTC Championships will be held at Interlake High School in Bellevue WA on Jan 14th and 15th.  This event will span Saturday evening (Judging and Inspections) and all day on Sunday (Robot contest)

Interlake High School
16245 NE 24th St
Bellevue, WA 98008

Click here for map to Interlake High School

Saturday is a team setup day. Sunday is game day. A detailed schedule is below.

Spectators:

We invite the public to join us for an action packed day of robot contests. The contest runs from 10:30am on Sunday Jan 15th until about 4pm. If you are are trying to decide on the best times to be at our event, we would like to suggest from 1pm until 4pm as the most exciting time of the day which will include qualification rounds for every team plus a chance to see the final rounds and awards ceremony. All of our events are free and open to the public.

Team Information:

The following information is provided for our FTC teams

Planning your arrival:

We will be having the judging and robot inspections on Saturday evening, and the competition on Sunday all day. This was done to increase the amount of robot time on the fields. Our goal is to get 90% of the teams to complete their robot inspections and judging on Saturday evening. The bonus for doing that is you can arrive as late as 9am on Sunday if you are inspected, judged, and ready to go!

Food

Concession style foods will be available from Interlake High School's FRC Team 1899. Pizza by the slice will be $2 per slice, soda's are $1. Other snacks are also available

If you would like to order a whole pizza for $16 , you can arrange that with team 1899 by emailing publicrelations@saintsrobotics.com

What to bring

You need to bring a few important items:

• Your robot, tools, laptop, and anything else you need to modify / repair your robot
• Since you have already qualified with us, no consent forms are needed.
• A power strip (a short 10-15 foot extention cord would be appreicated).

Schedule:

Saturday	Game / Pits	Team Judging
6:00 PM	Pits Open
6:30 PM	Robot Inspections
7:00 PM		Judging Interviews
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM	Pits Closed
Sunday
7:00 AM	Staff Arrive
7:30 AM	Early Checkin
8:00 AM	Pits Open
8:30 AM		Late Judging Interviews
9:00 AM	Team Checkin
9:30 AM
10:00 AM	Opening Cermony
10:30 AM	Qualification Rounds
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM	Lunch
12:30 PM	Qualification Rounds
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM	Elimination Rounds
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM	Awards
5:00 PM	Teams Depart