FTC-Qualifier Summary (02-04-2012) "Event Formally Known as the Blair Tournament"

This past weekend, was the final FTC-Iowa Qualifier for the 2011-2013 Bowled Over Season. What an experience! The event was scheduled to be in Blair, Nebraska, but due to inclement weather, it was moved to North High School in Des Moines. Check out the blog entry from Feb. 4, 2012: An FTC Adventure & Gracious Professionalism at its BEST!  Huge thank you to Team #3609 of North High School in Des Moines.
 
Award Winners
Think Award: Team #3550,  Beta, West Des Moines Schools, West Des Moines
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: Team #5149, Robota, Union School District, LaPorte City
PTC Design Award: Team #4365, Robo Maroons, Dowling High School, Des Moines
Connect Award: Team #5084, BET, ITCOM, Cedar Rapids
Motivate Award: Team #5489, INTENTALO, Science Bound, Ames
Inspire Award: Team #3609, Polar Technics, North High School, Des Moines

Teams Who Advance (according to page 29 of the Bowled Over Game Manual)

1. Host Team: #3609, Polar Technics, North High School, Des Moines
2. Inspire Award Winner: Team #3609 - however, they received an invitation for being the host site.
3. Winning Alliance Captain: Team #5149, Robota, Union School District, LaPorte City
4. Inspire Award 2nd Place Winner: #3550 - however, they received an invitation to advance from a previous event.
5. Winning Alliance, 1st team selected - #3550 - however, they received an invitation to advance from a previous event.
6. Inspire Award 3rd Place Winner: #5489 - INTENTALO, Science Bound, Ames
7. Winning Alliance, 2nd Team selected - no team
8. Think Award Winner: #3550 - however, they received an invitation to advance from a previous event.
9. Finalist Alliance Captain: #3609 - however, they were the host site.
10. Connect Award Winner: #5084 - BET, ITCOM, Cedar Rapids

In summary, Teams #3609, #5149, #5489, #5084 will be invited to the FTC-Iowa Championship in February! Congratulations!



The FTC-Iowa team decided to expand the capacity of the FTC-Iowa Championship. This would allow us to invite four teams who could not compete at the new location in Des Moines. We did a random drawing, and those teams selected were:

#3517 - TechnoMafia, West High School, Sioux City
#4329 - The Wolfpack, Oelwein High School, Oelwein
#5445 - Upward Bound, Waterloo
#5611 - RoboBears, 4H Club, Blair, NE

Congratulations to all of the teams! 
Fun facts:

• Seven matches were over 100 points!
• One match ended in a tie (69-69)
• 8 teams competed, all teams had passed software and hardware inspection prior to opening ceremonies. (Received special permission from FIRST to have this be an official qualifier tournament.)
• All teams were selected during alliance selection.
• Teams were given 5 minutes "match-recovery" time, since many teams were competing in back-to-back matches.
• Each team competed in 6 matches. 
• Average match time was 8.91 minutes. 
• The picture shows a robot who lifted the create with one racquetball. However, the referees determined the majority of racquetball was not in the create - as it was balancing on the robot, so the elevation of the create did not count.
• Thank you to the wonderful high school students, faculty and administration at North High School. 
• Thank you, John Deere, for providing excellent volunteers on a very short notice.
• A Huge Thank you to Beta, Team #3550, who helped move the event to a new venue.

*Also, we would like to give a huge shout-out to the FTC-Iowa Volunteers who were along for the adventure of moving the event. Shaan Amin, Ben Dattilo, David Dellsperger, Dan Edwards, Carl Gloe, Jerry Lalor, Andy Marshall, Craig Martinson, and Leon Turner. Without these dedicated folks, we would have not been successful in moving the event to a different location. THANK YOU!

Next FTC-Iowa event: The Championship! Look for more information to come!