In CENTERSTAGE presented by RTX teams are raising the curtain on how design, creativity, and precision play a role in creating all new experiences. FIRST Tech Challenge teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format in this district qualifier.

For Teams

Albemarle High School

Name: Charlottesville FTC Qualifier
Start: 2024-01-14T07:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-01-14T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Albemarle High School

Parking

All teams to park in the Bus Loop for easily load in. The Bus Loop will be directly adjacent to the entrance of the competition area.

We ask that all spectators park in the front of the school. The front of the building will not be accessible during the competition.

People with accessibility issues can be dropped off at the entrance of the gym where teams enter.

Concessions:

Concessions will be available at this event. No food or drink allowed in the gym areas. no food or drinks in the competition area, pit area or in the bleachers.

Outside food is allowed.

Lunch Pre-Order Chik-Fil-A

Pre-orders are due Thursday January 11^th at 6 pm

Menu:
Salty:
Cheez-it’s -$2
Pirates Booty -$2

Sweet:
Chips Ahoi -$2
Fruit Snacks – $1
Granola Bar – $1
Rice Crispy- $1

Drinks:
Pepsi – $1
Water -$1
Capri Sun -$1

Lunch:
Pizza by the slice
Cheese Pizza – $3
Peperoni Pizza – $3

Coaches

Be sure to bring a paper copy of your roster to your event to turn into pit admin. Paper rosters can be printed from your Dashboard at FIRST Inspires. Your roster should have a green checkmark next to every team member AND coach/mentor.

This indicates that all people associated with the team have signed a Consent and Release form. You may not compete without Consent and Release forms on file. FIRST Inspires does not want to manage paper and encourages teams to use these resources to register their children and sign the Consent and Release.

Competing Teams: Stage Left

Team Number	displayTeamNumber	nameFull	Team Name	schoolName	City	State	country	website	rookieYear	robotName	districtCode	homeCMP
354	354	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	Team Vector		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,007
392	392	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High	Da Gingas		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,007
4924	4,924	New River Robotics Association & New River Robotics Association	Red Beard Pandas		Christiansburg	VA	USA	https://www.team4924.org/	2,010
6383	6,383	Harrisonburg High School Governor's STEM Academy/HCPS CTE Program&Harrisonburg High School	HHS Robotics - Error Code 301		Harrisonburg	VA	USA	https://sites.google.com/harrisonburg.k12.va.us/hhs-robotics/home	2,012	Olympus Mons
7039	7,039	Pierian Spring Foundation, Inc./Homeschool Resources Group/Farmer Machine&Home School	Lord of the Bricks		Mechanicsville	VA	USA	https://lordofthebricks.org	2,013
7729	7,729	Bechtel / Orbital ATK & South Lakes High School	Seahawks Robotics		Reston	VA	USA	https://chawks.club	2,013
9530	9,530	The Gunston School	Honey Nut Gearios		Centreville	MD	USA		2,014
12655	12,655	North Cross School	North Cross Raider Robotics		Roanoke	VA	USA		2,017
15360	15,360	Albemarle High School	Paradigm Break		Charlottesville	VA	USA		2,018
16537	16,537	Family/Community	LOGICoyote		Lanexa	VA	USA	http://newkentrobotics.org/	2,019
16862	16,862	Ss Stephen & Agnes Middle Sch	Terabyte Triceratops		Alexandria	VA	USA		2,019
18835	18,835	Albemarle High School	Deep Blue Robotics		Charlottesville	VA	USA		2,020
19873	19,873	HHS Governor's STEM Academy/HCPS CTE Program&Harrisonburg High School	HHS Robotics - Error Code 502		Harrisonburg	VA	USA	https://sites.google.com/harrisonburg.k12.va.us/hhs-robotics/home	2,021
20342	20,342	Charlottesville High School	BACON 20342		Charlottesville	VA	USA		2,021
20343	20,343	DEKA Foundation&Centennial High School	R.I.P. (Robot in Pieces)		Ellicott City	MD	USA	https://chs-ftc-robotics.github.io/	2,021
22682	22,682	Blacksburg Middle School	Da Bananas		Blacksburg	VA	USA		2,022
23553	23,553	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	The Deliberators		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,023
23565	23,565	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	Tech Titans		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,023
23568	23,568	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	John Robot		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,023
24128	24,128	Family/Community	Quantum Warriors		Herndon	VA	USA		2,023
24158	24,158	Boy Scouts of America	Green Gang		Rockville	MD	USA	http://post1010.org/index.html	2,023
24225	24,225	Goochland Middle School	The GMS Cool Ranch Doritos		Goochland	VA	USA		2,023
24977	24,977	Manchester Middle School	Retronic Lions Gold		Richmond	VA	USA		2,023
Team Number	displayTeamNumber	nameFull	Team Name	schoolName	City	State	country	website	rookieYear	robotName	districtCode	homeCMP

Competing Teams: Stage Right

Team Number	displayTeamNumber	nameFull	Team Name	schoolName	City	State	country	website	rookieYear	robotName	districtCode	homeCMP
194	194	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	Mozzarella Mechanics		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,007
2930	2,930	St Catherines School	Saint Servos		Richmond	VA	USA		2,008	Daisy 2.0
3804	3,804	St. Christopher's School & St Christopher's School	Team Snuffleupagus		Richmond	VA	USA		2,009	Snuffleupagus
5262	5,262	Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High	Cirke		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,011
7080	7,080	Charlottesville High School	BACON		Charlottesville	VA	USA	https://chsbacon.com/	2,013	BACON
7518	7,518	Lockheed Martin&Quince Orchard High School	QO CouGears (JV)		Gaithersburg	MD	USA	https://www.qorobotics.net/	2,013
7953	7,953	Albemarle High School	Vertigo		Charlottesville	VA	USA	http://vertigo.ahsrobotics.org/home	2,013
8630	8,630	Showbest Fixtures Corp&J R Tucker High School	Sparky Jr.		Henrico	VA	USA		2,014	SPARKY 1 Junior
9064	9,064	Albemarle High School	Firefly		Charlottesville	VA	USA	http://nerdsofthenorth.ahsrobotics.org/	2,014
14575	14,575	QinetiQ/OMIO CNC&Family/Community	Capital Bots		McLean	VA	USA	https://www.capitalbots.org/	2,018
15317	15,317	HHS Governor's STEM Academy/HHS CTE Department/Shickel Corporation&Harrisonburg High School	HHS Robotics - Error Code 404		Harrisonburg	VA	USA	https://sites.google.com/harrisonburg.k12.va.us/hhs-robotics/home	2,018
16067	16,067	Manchester Middle School	Retronic Lions Purple		Richmond	VA	USA		2,018
16598	16,598	Fairfax High School	Fairfax Roarbotics		Fairfax	VA	USA	https://fairfaxrebelroboti.wixsite.com/meatsrobotics	2,019
17682	17,682	Woodberry Forest School	TimberX		Woodberry Forest	VA	USA		2,019
17774	17,774	William Monroe High School	Monroe Robotics		Stanardsville	VA	USA	https://monroerobotics.org/	2,019
19630	19,630	Family/Community	Watt Bots		Chesterfield	VA	USA		2,021
19832	19,832	Stonebridge School	SBS R0b0tics		Chesapeake	VA	USA		2,021
20241	20,241	Blacksburg Middle School	Roaring Robotics		Blacksburg	VA	USA		2,021
21358	21,358	Qualcomm/Press Glass&Magna Vista High School	Magnaflux Robotics		Martinsville	VA	USA	https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086546507123	2,022
22565	22,565	DoD STEM&Richard Montgomery High School	Rbots		Rockville	MD	USA		2,022
23362	23,362	The All American Steakhouse/Robeks/Honest1 Auto Care&Family/Community	METAL MAGIC		Ashburn	VA	USA	https://www.metalmagic.cc	2,023
23566	23,566	Prince WIlliam County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	Jover		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,023
23567	23,567	Prince WIlliam County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School	Metal Monkeys		Haymarket	VA	USA		2,023
23648	23,648	Family/Community	Hypersonic		Gaithersburg	MD	USA		2,023
24227	24,227	St Stephen & St Agnes School	Techno Rexs		Alexandria	VA	USA		2,023
Team Number	displayTeamNumber	nameFull	Team Name	schoolName	City	State	country	website	rookieYear	robotName	districtCode	homeCMP

Judging

Team judging begins at 8:00 a.m. Please be prompt. Each Team will have a ten to fifteen minute “fact-finding” interview with a panel of two or three judges. At the start of the interview, Teams will have a maximum of 5 minutes to present to the judges. After the Team’s five-minute presentation, the judges will have the opportunity to ask questions about the Team, the Robot, and outreach efforts.

Engineering Portfolios
Teams should submit an Engineering Portfolio (not an Engineering Notebook). This is outlined in the Game Manual.
The Engineering Portfolio should be on paper (not electronic) and should be given to the Judges during the judging interview.

Control Award Submissions
Control Award Submissions, which are optional, should be on paper (not electronic) and should be given to the Judges during the judging interview.

Official Q&A Forum
If you have not already, make sure you check out and review the questions and answers on the FIRST Tech Challenge Official Q&A Forum. More questions and answers are added weekly!

Awards and Advancement:

STAGE LEFT:

Award Name	Team Number	Winner
Inspire Award	4924	Red Beard Pandas New River Robotics Association & New River Robotics Association
Inspire Award 2nd Place	7039	Lord of the Bricks Pierian Spring Foundation, Inc./Homeschool Resources Group/Farmer Machine&Home School
Inspire Award 3rd Place	16537	LOGICoyote Family/Community
Winning Alliance – Captain	23565	Tech Titans Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School
Winning Alliance – 1st Team Selected	9530	Honey Nut Gearios The Gunston School
Winning Alliance – 2nd Team Selected	4924	Red Beard Pandas New River Robotics Association & New River Robotics Association
Finalist Alliance – Captain	24158	Green Gang Boy Scouts of America
Finalist Alliance – 1st Team Selected	20342	BACON 20342 Charlottesville High School
Finalist Alliance – 2nd Team Selected	16862	Terabyte Triceratops Ss Stephen & Agnes Middle Sch
Think Award	15360	Paradigm Break Albemarle High School
Think Award 2nd Place	4924	Red Beard Pandas New River Robotics Association & New River Robotics Association
Think Award 3rd Place	9530	Honey Nut Gearios The Gunston School
Connect Award	7039	Lord of the Bricks Pierian Spring Foundation, Inc./Homeschool Resources Group/Farmer Machine&Home School
Connect Award 2nd Place	15360	Paradigm Break Albemarle High School
Connect Award 3rd Place	7729	Seahawks Robotics Bechtel / Orbital ATK & South Lakes High School
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX	20343	R.I.P. (Robot in Pieces) DEKA Foundation&Centennial High School
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX 2nd Place	9530	Honey Nut Gearios The Gunston School
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX 3rd Place	7039	Lord of the Bricks Pierian Spring Foundation, Inc./Homeschool Resources Group/Farmer Machine&Home School
Control Award	16537	LOGICoyote Family/Community
Control Award 2nd Place	7039	Lord of the Bricks Pierian Spring Foundation, Inc./Homeschool Resources Group/Farmer Machine&Home School
Control Award 3rd Place	15360	Paradigm Break Albemarle High School
Motivate Award	18835	Deep Blue Robotics Albemarle High School
Motivate Award 2nd Place	4924	Red Beard Pandas New River Robotics Association & New River Robotics Association
Motivate Award 3rd Place	20343	R.I.P. (Robot in Pieces) DEKA Foundation&Centennial High School
Design Award	24158	Green Gang Boy Scouts of America
Design Award 2nd Place	16537	LOGICoyote Family/Community
Design Award 3rd Place	24128	Quantum Warriors Family/Community
Judges’ Choice Award	24225	The GMS Cool Ranch Doritos Goochland Middle School

Advancement:

4924 Red Beard Pandas

23565 Tech Titans

7039 Lord of the Bricks

STAGE RIGHT:

Award Name	Team Number	Winner
Inspire Award	17774	Monroe Robotics William Monroe High School
Inspire Award 2nd Place	14575	Capital Bots QinetiQ/OMIO CNC&Family/Community
Inspire Award 3rd Place	23648	Hypersonic Family/Community
Winning Alliance – Captain	17774	Monroe Robotics William Monroe High School
Winning Alliance – 1st Team Selected	7080	BACON Charlottesville High School
Winning Alliance – 2nd Team Selected	14575	Capital Bots QinetiQ/OMIO CNC&Family/Community
Finalist Alliance – Captain	19630	Watt Bots Family/Community
Finalist Alliance – 1st Team Selected	8630	Sparky Jr. Showbest Fixtures Corp&J R Tucker High School
Finalist Alliance – 2nd Team Selected	23362	METAL MAGIC The All American Steakhouse/Robeks/Honest1 Auto Care&Family/Community
Think Award	9064	Firefly Albemarle High School
Think Award 2nd Place	194	Mozzarella Mechanics Prince William County Schools/Marconi Edison&Battlefield High School
Think Award 3rd Place	24227	Techno Rexs St Stephen & St Agnes School
Connect Award	16598	Fairfax Roarbotics Fairfax High School
Connect Award 2nd Place	23362	METAL MAGIC The All American Steakhouse/Robeks/Honest1 Auto Care&Family/Community
Connect Award 3rd Place	9064	Firefly Albemarle High School
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX	23648	Hypersonic Family/Community
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX 2nd Place	15317	HHS Robotics – Error Code 404 HHS Governor’s STEM Academy/HHS CTE Department/Shickel Corporation&Harrisonburg High School
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX 3rd Place	19630	Watt Bots Family/Community
Control Award	7080	BACON Charlottesville High School
Control Award 2nd Place	22565	Rbots DoD STEM&Richard Montgomery High School
Control Award 3rd Place	23648	Hypersonic Family/Community
Motivate Award	14575	Capital Bots QinetiQ/OMIO CNC&Family/Community
Motivate Award 2nd Place	7953	Vertigo Albemarle High School
Motivate Award 3rd Place	7518	QO CouGears (JV) Lockheed Martin&Quince Orchard High School
Design Award	17682	TimberX Woodberry Forest School
Design Award 2nd Place	3804	Team Snuffleupagus St. Christopher’s School & St Christopher’s School
Design Award 3rd Place	7080	BACON Charlottesville High School

Advancement:

17774 Monroe Robotics

14575 Capital Bots

23648 Hypersonic

Event Schedule
7:30 AM	Team Check-in, Pits Open
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM	Inspections, Judge Interviews, Practice
10:10 AM	Driver’s Meeting
10:30 AM	Opening Ceremony
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM	Qualification Matches
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM	Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM	Qualification Matches Continues
3:00 PM	Alliance Selection
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Elimination and Final Rounds
5:15 PM	Closing Ceremony
6:30 PM	Pits Close

Last updated December 13, 2023

Pit Size

Each team will have a 2’x 6’ table and the space immediately in front of that table. There is not a guaranteed minimum pit size, as we must keep the aisles clear for the judges and transporting equipment and robots.

Match Schedule

To be announced on-site.

Health & Safety

Appropriate safety attire, including safety glasses, ling hair tied back and closed-toe shoes, are required while in the pits.

Safety glasses must be worn at all times in the pit area. Teams are responsible for providing their team members AND guests with safety glasses.

We encourage all visitors wear a masks in the pits and in the stands. Please stay home if you are experiencing symptoms of illness, especially shortness of breath, fever, cough, or congestion.

Remember to also clean up after your teams and only go into areas that are permitted while at the venue.

Advancement

Six teams will advance from this qualifier to the FIRST Chesapeake District FTC Championship.

Order of Advancement

Stage Left Division

Inspire Award Winner
Winning Alliance Captain
Inspire Award 2nd place

Stage Right Division

Inspire Award Winner
Winning Alliance Captain
Inspire Award 2nd place

***Awards are based on the advancement rules in Game Manual 1.

Inclement Weather Policy for FIRST Chesapeake Events

Any changes to our event schedule will be determined by the policy of the event venue or hosting school district. Because of this, we recommend that all traveling teams make hotel reservations that are refundable.

In case of inclement weather the day of a FIRST Chesapeake event, click to call (804.404.3134) after 5am for updates.

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Volunteer roles range from safety attendants and field reset to judges, emcees, and referees. Volunteering at an event is a great way to share technical or professional knowledge, but you do not need special skills or expertise to volunteer.

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