Fwd: VRC Update

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From: "VEX Robotics Competition" <VEX_Robotics_Competition@mail.vresp.com>

Date: December 11, 2009 3:23:23 PM MST

To: amanda.chapman@pcmail.maricopa.edu

Subject: VRC Update

Reply-To: "VEX Robotics Competition" <reply-f25b5a1502-2a25b00af6-2026@u.cts.vresp.com>

Greetings Teams,

It's been about four weeks since the last update and A LOT has happened. Just in the past month over 800 VEX teams have played in about 30 Clean Sweep Competitions in 7 different countries and 13 different US States. Many new teams have now qualified for the 2010 VEX Robotics World Championship April 22-24 in Dallas, Texas. This next week will see almost 400 more teams compete in more events spanning the globe, including Canada, England, Puerto Rico and multiple cities in the US.

Online Challenges Being Announced on Monday, December 14

We will be unveiling 6 Online Challenges for 2010 on Monday. These will include a FUTURE Foundation Product Design Challenge, a game Animation Challenge, a Promotional Video Challenge, a Web Site Design Challenge and a new Digital Prototyping Design Challenge presented by Autodesk for users of Autodesk Inventor. All the specific details and information will be announced on Monday.

2010 VEX World Championship and Hotel Information

Many qualified teams have already registered for the 2010 World Championship, and many more teams will qualify in the coming weeks and months. As teams qualify, be sure to register and to book your hotel rooms to ensure you get your spot and get the discounted hotel rates before they fill up. The three hotels offering special World Championship discounts for VEX teams can be found on the event page at on RobotEvents.com.

Event Results and Qualifying Information

Results of events are now being displayed on the RobotEvents.com event pages for each tournament. Teams that have won tournaments or been finalists, have come in 1st or 2nd place in Skills Challenges or won the Excellence Award have qualified for the 2010 VEX World Championship and/or the 2010 CREATE Foundation Championship of the Americas. You can check the qualifying criteria and register for each tournament on their specific event pages on RobotEvents.com.

Now over 2200 Teams and 160 Events

Since our last update almost 400 new teams have registered, raising the total number of teams this season to over 2200. The VEX Robotics Competition is now the largest High School and Middle School Robotics Competition Program in the World, and still the fastest growing! One third of the 160 plus events around the world have already taken place with over 100 events still to come. As the season progresses, robot performance seems to get even more impressive each week - keep up the great work! While many of the upcoming events still have space available, almost 30 competitions have already filled up this season and many more are getting close, so be sure to go online and get your teams registered for any upcoming events you know you want to participate in while there are still spots available.

Best of luck to all the teams competing this week – have a great time!

Sincerely,

VEX Robotics Competition

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