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Kettering Kickoff!!  Fun off season competition! 

9/19/2016

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Over the weekend we went to an off season FRC competition at Kettering University. Friday was fun with mentor matches in which our team of mentors came in second! Way to go Jon Uren & Matt Wagner! This was a blast for the team to watch the adults play the game. 
Saturday was the competition. Unfortunately we were plagued with radio and programming issues, something that has been an issue off and on all season. Thankfully we had a bit of outside help and were able to correct the problems eventually. (our programmer this year had graduated and was gone to college, we are now training new team members!) However, our issues left us with low ranking  points, but our performances after correcting problems still led us to be picked by the number one seed alliance for the eliminations! This was a shocker for us and made what was kind of a bummer day into an amazing one! We made it into the semi-finals with Teams 27 & 67. 
Overall it was a really fun weekend and we were happy to play the game again and see the other teams!  This was the last time many of our team (the boys - girls have an all girl comp in November) got to play the Stronghold competition for the year. We're going to miss this game! Really was a fun to play, watch and build a robot for! 
​What a season 2016 has been! 
Mentor match fun! 
1. We know our coach was really in a happy place!   2. One of our seniors from this year made it back in time to help out. Alyssa got to be the mentors drive coach.  3. Neat to be on an alliance with 5460! Tony is a mentor of ours as well! 4. The mentor team focused!  5. Matt from 5460 in action as human player!  6.  Gavin helping mentor Matt get the robot ready for a match. 

More Kettering Kickoff pics!! 
1. Some fun in the pits while trying to solve the radio issues.  2. Sam and Trista pose for a quick pic!  3. A match ending shot from a mentor match. Nice climb Jon!  4. Long day and frustrating day, but smiling faces from EliAna, Will, Sydney and Gavin.  3. Drive team waiting for a match.  5. Chosen by the 1st seed alliance for elims! SO exciting after the rough day we had!  6 & 7. Some fun dancing in the stands with Marshall, Grace, Sam and Trista.  8. Photobombed by the coach!  9.  End of the day team pic. Go Chimeras! 
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What we've been up to and upcoming events!

9/14/2016

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Lots of things happening at the Chimera Nest! 
During the off season is a perfect time to sharpen our skills and train new members.  CAD, programming and learning how to use the machines are just a few of the things we've been practicing lately.  
Working on building a VEX robot is a nice shift in gears also. Gets the creative and engineering thoughts flowing! 
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A few team members, Ryan, Will, Donald and Marshall working on a VEX robot. 
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Our coach, Jon working on the machines with Sam, Grace, Sydney, Trista and EliAna. 
Our last event with this year's robot happens this weekend at Kettering University. The annual "Kettering Kickoff" is a fun off season event we are excited to be a part of. The game this year, Stronghold, was a really fun one to play and we're a little sad to see it go! So going at it one last time is something we're all looking forward to!
It's been an amazing year for us which started with a district event at Kettering and will now close with one there as well.  We put a lot into our robot this season and he (Rocky) will be one we treasure! 


Looking forward to seeing the other FRC teams again for some fun and competition, as well as our mentors (Jon & Matt) playing in the mentor matches on Friday! It will be amusing for the kids to watch the adults! 
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This year's driver, Gavin, looking longingly at Rocky.  It's been quite the ride!  Think he's a little sad to see it end! 

A few more shots from this week while getting ready for the Kettering event this weekend...
1 - Gavin 1.0 & Gavin 2.0 re-treading a few wheels.  2 - A little fun while working.  3 - Our current operator, Sydney and driver, Gavin giving lessons to Jon & Matt for the mentor matches at Kettering Friday.  4 - EliAna touching up our numbers.  5 - Sydney and Will doing some machining.  6 - Ryan, Donald and Sam working on VEX.  7 - Sydney about to be surprised!  8 - And the 16th birthday girl with her cake!  Sydney has been a Chimera since she was 11, hanging around when her older brother and sister were on the team. We proud to have her as one of our own!
RUN FOR ROBOTS 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER!!! 
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We are planning a 5K run/walk to raise money for our team. It will take place October 15th at 5:00pm in Rowden Park in Lapeer. 

More info can be found in the RobotRun section on our website.  Click HERE. 

We'd love to see everyone there! 
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