Alliance selection has changed this year. This is structured like FRC. Please read 13.6.2 of the Competition Manual. Alliances are of 2 teams (not 3 like last year). Our events are planned to be over 20 teams, so 6 alliances of 2 teams. **new – double elimination**The double elimination tournament consists of an upper and lower…
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Before ILTs pick up, this is a quick reminder from your referee team that a few structural rules have changed this year. Notably, here’s three notes that will be covered at your Driver’s Meeting that could be a bit of a surprise. **Stop Gameplay at Start of Buzzer** Teams are expected to make an effort…
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We already have 160 teams registered/paid all fees and are ready to play! There are 24 teams who need to register and pay with FIRST, and 43 who need to register and pay SoCal. Once you complete the annual registration with FIRST® (firstinspires.org), you are ready to register your team with SoCal FTC. From our website socalftc.org, go to “Season Info” on…
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Each of the 13 Leagues will be pre-assigned one of the seven Inter-League Tournaments (ILT) that will be held on one of the Saturdays or Sundays in late January and February. Top 5 teams (per advancement criteria) will proceed to SoCAL Championships. We will do our best to match a League to a close location,…
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2024 Season is around the corner! Save your calendars for September 7th, 2024, Kickoff of INTO THE DEEP℠ presented by RTX. FIRST Tech Challenge teams will dive their robots into the depths of the ocean to explore the unknown and reveal its wonders. Registration opens soon!
Commemorative Champs T-shirts! Do you want to order a shirt from today’s championship event? Go here to purchase: Fine Designs – Official Event Apparel
Leagues B and O1 (Saturday 1/27) and Leagues A2 and W (Sunday 1/28) are the first to play. See when your Compass, Promote and Engineering Portfolio are due here: https://socalftc.org/calendar/Check here for your Welcome Letter and details for the day: https://socalftc.org/ilts/
Teams – Tournament play is coming soon! Our first events are January 27th at Diamond Bar HS for Leagues B and O1, and on Jan 28th for Leagues A2 and W. Check here for your Welcome Letters: https://socalftc.org/ilts/ Each of you are invited to one of the 7 SoCal Tournaments. Check here to see when and where you…
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**ALL TEAMS!** Tournament play starts in late January! All teams are invited to an event. See here: https://socalftc.org/calendar/ WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! It takes 75 people to run the event, and we need 2 volunteers from each team to have a successful day. In the trained roles – referee, inspector, scorekeeper – please request the same jobs…
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Tournament Changes! ILT #1, Jan 27 at Diamond Bar will now host Leagues B and O1. ILT #7, Feb 24 at Fountain Valley will now host Leagues O2 and G. All other assignments stay the same. This adjustment was made to assure each ILT has +21 teams each and will have 3 team alliances.