COUNTDOWN TO ROVER RUCKUS - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - BLAST OFF!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 - ROVER RUCKUS GAME REVEAL!! 
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SEVEN LOCATIONS!! DOORS OPEN AT 8:30 AM 
This game is SO amazing we wanted as many teams as possible to see it in person on Kick-off Day!!
Official FTC Oregon Kickoff Page

The following towns will be hosting FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon KICKOFF events. 

• UMATILLA 
  • Venue: Umatilla High School,  1400 7th Street, Umatilla, OR 97882
• HOOD RIVER
  • Hood River Valley HS in the LIBRARY,  1220 Indian Creek Rd, Hood River, OR 97031
• HILLSBORO 
  • Venue: Hillsboro HS – Gymnasium  3285 SE Rood Bridge Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97123
• CANBY
  • Venue: Canby HS Applied Technology Center/ OMNI Room  
    • 721 SW 4th Ave, Canby, OR 97013
    • RSVP kindly requested - limited space 
• BEND
  • Venue: Abby’s Pizza, 1115 NE 3rd St Bend, OR 97701
• EUGENE 
  • Venue: North Eugene HS, 200 Silver Ln, Eugene, OR 97404
• MEDFORD
• Venue: St. Mary’s School, 816 Black Oak Dr, Medford, OR 97504

Schedule of Events at ALL VENUES – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th 

• 8:30 am – Doors will open
• 9:00 am – ROVER RUCKUS GAME REVEAL/ Game Animation Video from HQ!  
• 9:15 am – Rover Ruckus field revealed / Head Referee will talk about the highlights of the game, rules and penalties from Game Manual 2
• ~9:45 am – See the field up close, touch the elements, measure, “kick the tires” on the new game
•  ~10:00 am – Each venue will have a kickoff program featuring presentations, round table discussions or other activities – click links to see venue specific programming

GO FOR LAUNCH!!! FIRST Tech Challenge National – “Rover Ruckus presented by Qualcomm”  Kickoff page 

#MakeItLoud 

FIRST Tech Challenge NATIONAL REGISTRATION !!!

• Please get your National Registrations started! HQ in NH is a bit nervous looking at our low registration  numbers (only 41 teams).  
• Go ahead and pay if you are not waiting on a FIRST Rookie Grant. 
• Registration Page - https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc/cost-and-registration 
•  Registration instructions for Rookie Teams
• Registration instructions for Veteran Teams
• NEED HELP???? Email Cathy-Swider@ortop.org 

ORDERING YOUR AndyMark ROVER RUCKUS FIELD KIT 

AndyMark is offering the following options for Rover Ruckus sets . 

• Full Set - $450 
• Partial Set $340 
• Full Set without scoring elements - $340  (not a typo) 
• Partial Set without scoring elements - $290 

Link to AndyMark Rover Ruckus ordering site 
Link to Field Wall and Field Tiles ordering 

***Note: FIRST will not be providing any DIY plans for field elements this season. However, if you show up at kickoff and bring your measuring tape you can measure and decide if you think you have the skill set to make facsimile model(s) out of less expensive materials.  Measure twice, cut once. 

ORTOP TEAM SUPPORT AWARDS
Round 1 of the ORTOP Team Support Awards has closed. Notifications were supposed to be released today, Aug. 30 as emails to each applicant. I need an extra couple of days to work with the committee to decide amounts. I'm trying for more funding. Please be patient, it may be worth the wait. 

ORTOP is still accepting applications for Round 2 hoping there will still be funds to distribute.