Final FRC REEFSCAPE qualifier in New Hampshire recognizes FIRST Robotics Awareness Month

The REEFSCAPE season is flying.... or swimming? by SO quickly! Week 4 in New England featured two of our collegiate venues in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

At our largest event before DCMP this year, the University of New Hampshire hosted 41 teams from New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Special thank you to our many guest speakers from the UNH District Event:

• UNH President Elizabeth Chilton

• UNH Dean of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Erin Bell

• BAE Systems Senior Principal Systems Engineer Jenn Schelly

• Bring Back the Trades Administrative Director Shana Brunye

• Community College System of New Hampshire GBCC President Dr. Cheryl Lesser

On Saturday, there was a special recognition of local FTC team 21689, Team Tesseract. Their hard work led to a proclamation from NH Governor Kelly Ayotte naming April as FIRST Robotics Awareness Month for New Hampshire. This proclamation marks the culmination of our local events in April from the New England District Championship to the New England FTC Premier Event, all the way to the world stage at the FIRST Championship in Houston. It’s such a great reminder of the passion and innovation driving our FIRST community forward!

And on Sunday, we were excited to have final matches guest emceed by Executive VP and COO of FIRST, Chris Rake! We love having him (and his shiny suit jacket!) on our fields!

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Congratulations to our award-winning teams:

FIRST Impact Award: FRC 1071, Team MAX from Wolcott, CT

Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 2342, Team Phoenix from Nashua, NH

Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Dyuthi P. from FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA, and Cooper M. from FRC 4925, The Resistance from Wolfeboro, NH

Outstanding Volunteer Award: Mike McNeil, Pit Admin Supervisor

NE FIRST UNH District Event Champions:  FRC 133, B.E.R.T. from Standish, ME;

FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA;

FRC 5902, The Wire Clippers from Portsmouth, NH

NE FIRST UNH District Event Finalists: FRC 6328, Mechanical Advantage from Littleton, MA;

FRC 3467, Windham Windup from Windham, NH; FRC 3597, Robo-Rangers from Kittery, ME; FRC 4761, The Robockets from Reading, MA

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 6324, The Blue Devils from Salem, NH

Judges' Award: FRC 6895, Mechanical Madness from Walpole, NH

Rising All-Star Award: FRC 1474, Titans from Tewksbury, MA

Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 1729, Team Inconceivable! from Peterborough, NH

Team Spirit Award: FRC 8724, Mayhem from Bedford, NH

Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 138, Entropy from Amherst, NH Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 3467, Windham Windup from Windham, NH

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 4761, The Robockets from Reading, MA

Quality Award: FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 8410, Oyster River Overdrive from Durham, NH

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 6328, Mechanical Advantage from Littleton, MA

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 8708, Ov3R1y K0Mp13X from Dunbarton, NH