It's STILL TOURNAMENT WEEK!!!

Follow-up on last weekends events and registering for Super-Qualifier Weekend. 
We had some great action last weekend. 

• ALL Judged Award results and advancements for both weekends will be posted on Monday, Jan 28.  
• If your team was announced as an advancement team to Super-Qualifier Weekend, the mentor will be sent a link by email to submit an online preference for SQ dates. This will happen on Tuesday, January 29th. 
• SQ Events: SQ-Delta-Feb 9-Roseburg / SQ:Theta-Feb 9-Hillsboro / SQ:Pi-Feb10-Hillsboro 
• Please do not email me with your preferences or reasons. There will be a spot on the form  for that.
• Match results and final rankings are posted here. Be sure to read the "Please Note" about the rankings on ftcscores.com

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ARE YOU ROVER RUCKUS READY??? 

Schedules FOR JAN 26 and JAN 27 !

BEND - HILLSBORO - JUNCTION CITY - TIGARD- SATURDAY  --- TIGARD-SUNDAY

Our final weekend of qualifying tournaments are here!!!  We've been super busy preparing for the events this weekend and I almost forgot to send an email. 

You've all worked hard. I hope the robots are put together and ready to roll.

If you have a tournament on Jan 26 or Jan 27  and have not directly heard from your Tournament Director, please email me. 

A few reminders!

• Download your copy of the 2018-2019
   QUICK GUIDE to Preparing for your League or Qualifying Tournament
• Folder of helpful documents for preparing for the upcoming tournaments 

• Team Check starts 7:45 am and ends at 8:15 am 
• Mentor must arrive with the official printed Team Roster from the Dashboard with an additional signed consent and release forms. Every team must do this.
• Be prepared to surrender you Team Engineering Notebook at the Team Check-in Desk. 
• Question from the Judge Certification Test: 
• Q: Engineering Notebooks may not be considered for deliberation if a team has not put their team number on the cover.  True or False 
• A: TRUE THAT! Arrive with team numbers on the front cover! 
• Have your robot ready for inspection. 
• The morning of the event is not the time to be building your robot. Show up ready to roll.
• Robot Form / Field Form
• At Team Check-in teams receive an official Inspection form, complete the left column again prior to going to Robot Inspection. 
• Rookie Teams - Judging is different from Inspection. Teams do both. Judging session time is inflexible. Inspection time is more flexible.  See schedules above. 
• Pack a copy of Game Manual 1 and 2 - latest forum - in case you end up in the question box. 
• Remember your gracious professionalism!  
• And last but not least - this is the hardest fun you'll ever have while wearing safety glasses. Bring them! Wear them over your eyes! 

LET'S DO THIS!
---Cathy Swider

FIRST Tech Challenge Affiliate Partner, Oregon

It's TOURNAMENT WEEK!!!

ARE YOU ROVER RUCKUS READY????

SCHEDULES
PHILOMATH-Sat - PHILOMATH-SUN - ROSEBURG - PENDLETON - TILLAMOOK!

Yes, the time is finally here. We've been super busy preparing for the events this weekend and I almost forgot to send an email.

You've all worked hard. I hope the robots are put together and ready to roll.

If you have a tournament on Jan 18, 19 or 20 and have not directly heard from your Tournament Director, please email me. 

A few reminders!

• Download your copy of the 2018-2019
   QUICK GUIDE to Preparing for your League or Qualifying Tournament
• Folder of helpful documents for preparing for the upcoming tournaments 

• Team Check starts 7:45 am and ends at 8:15 am (except Tillamook which is earlier) 
• Arrive with the official printed Team Roster from the Dashboard with an additional signed consent and release forms. Every team must do this. 
• Be prepared to surrender you Team Engineering Notebook at the Team Check-in Desk. 
• Question from the Judge Certification Test: 
• Engineering Notebooks may not be considered for deliberation if a team has not put their team number on the cover.  True or False 
• TRUE
• Have your robot ready for inspection. 
• The morning of the event is not the time to be building your robot. Show up ready to roll.
• Robot Form / Field Form
• At Team Check-in teams receive an official Inspection form, complete the left column again prior to going to Robot Inspection. 
• Rookie Teams - Judging is different from Inspection. Teams do both. Judging session time is inflexible. Inspection time is more flexible.  See schedules above. 
• Pack a copy of Game Manual 1 and 2 - latest forum - in case you end up in the question box. 
• Remember your gracious professionalism!  
• And last but not least - this is the hardest fun you'll ever have while wearing safety glasses. Bring them! Wear them over your eyes! 

LET'S DO THIS!
---Cathy Swider

FIRST Tech Challenge Affiliate Partner, Oregon

It's FTC Oregon Qualifying Tournament Month!

Happy New Year! 
Welcome to 2019!  It's FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon Qualifying Tournament Month!

COMMUNICATIONS for QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS  
Last Friday, December 28th I dropped 125 letters in the US mail addressed to every Lead Mentor #1 in the  FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon program.   The letter outlines key details for our upcoming Qualifying Tournaments.

In case it did not arrive in your mailbox or if you are LeadMentor2, team parent or student team representative or volunteer, you can also read the letters online. The letter highlights what is important to know and directs teams to the Quick Guide to Preparing for the Qualifying Tournaments

• Pre-tournament letter for Non-League Teams 
• Pre-tournment letter for League Teams 

Teams should lookout for emails coming directly from their Tournament Director. 

List of Events and tournament directors here. 

 LEAGUE RANKINGS for LEAGUE and InterLEAGUE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS
The 10 best matches for every team participating in Leagues has been compiled and ranked for the upcoming League and InterLeague Tournaments.  These rankings will be used to start the League and InterLeague Tournaments. 5 more qualification matches played at the LQTs will be added to the rankings.

•  Pre-Tournament rankings are posted at https://ortop.org/ftc/ftc-home/
• Match details from league meets can be found at https://ftcscores.com/ 

WAYS TO HELP OUR UPCOMING EVENTS 

As a community coming together, we make tournaments possible. That's the way FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon works.  There are always ways teams can do a little more, or lot more than just showing up at an event.
Your Tournament Director will be sending out emails to teams asking for the help they need. 

Here is a list of ways you can help: 

• Ask team parents/friends to volunteer for logistics roles like Judge Door Assistants, Bullpen Table Monitors, Pit Runners, Field Queuers, etc. Younger siblings (8 year old+) are excellent  great re-setters. Those closely associated with teams cannot be referees or judges.  Just one volunteer per team can make a huge difference in helping the events run smoothly. 
• Offer to bring a Practice Field. Our League events have been running with only one field, having a practice field at the tournament is very helpful and ORTOP is in short supply of providing them. 
• Offer to show up early or stay after the event to help with load-in or load-out. Many hands make for light work. 

SAFETY GLASSES - YES! YES! YES! 
Fair warning..... Safety Glasses are required to be worn over the eyes in the PIT by Team Members, Mentors, and any Guests at/near your Pit Table. Ignoring this rule can result in a yellow card.  Team members must wear safety glasses at the field. If you expect to have team parents/guests visit your Pit Table, stock up on extra safety glasses for them.  ORTOP cannot provide safety glasses for team members or guests.