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
Teams should lookout for emails coming directly from their Tournament Director.
List of Events and tournament directors here.
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.
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:
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.
- 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.
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.
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