(April 14, 2016) For the third consecutive year, the Titanium Wrecks robotics team is going to the FIRST Championship in St. Louis.
The local team, T-Wrecks for short, performed well during the Chesapeake Regional Championship last weekend to earn a spot on the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) league’s biggest stage.
“Last weekend’s event was thrilling for Titanium Wrecks, because [the team] won two prestigious awards,” Team mentor Paul Suplee said.
That included the United Laboratories Industrial Safety Award, which recognizes effort put forth to ensure safety in all aspects of robotics, and the Judge’s Award, given to the team that impressed the judging panel of professional engineers.
Suplee said this year has also been an exciting one for the Eastern Shore Robotics Alliance, which includes the TEC Tigers of Salisbury, Carbonauts of Onancock, Virginia and Shorebots of Northampton County, Virginia.
Three of those teams qualified to compete in the regional match, and the T-Wrecks, based in Snow Hill and comprised of high school students from throughout Worcester County, and the TEC Tigers will now move on to compete in St. Louis, April 27-30.
“TEC Tigers from Parkside High School qualified for worlds by their ranking points, coming in third place out of 58 teams,” Suplee said. “Their performance was stellar, and we’re thrilled to be able to go to St. Louis with them. It doesn’t get any better than that!”
Suplee said world championship matches would be held in the Edward Jones Dome in front of an expected crowd of 40,000 people. During the competition, 900 teams from 39 countries will vie to be the next First Robotics Champion.
Before that can happen, however, the T-Wrecks need to raise money for the FIRST entry fee, and to help pay for travel expenses. To help the team, visit its GoFundMe page by searching “TWrecks World Championship Fund,” or using the link www.gofundme.com/hbyejsjw.
Alternatively, email Suplee at pgsuplee@gmail.com.
The local team, T-Wrecks for short, performed well during the Chesapeake Regional Championship last weekend to earn a spot on the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) league’s biggest stage.
“Last weekend’s event was thrilling for Titanium Wrecks, because [the team] won two prestigious awards,” Team mentor Paul Suplee said.
That included the United Laboratories Industrial Safety Award, which recognizes effort put forth to ensure safety in all aspects of robotics, and the Judge’s Award, given to the team that impressed the judging panel of professional engineers.
Suplee said this year has also been an exciting one for the Eastern Shore Robotics Alliance, which includes the TEC Tigers of Salisbury, Carbonauts of Onancock, Virginia and Shorebots of Northampton County, Virginia.
Three of those teams qualified to compete in the regional match, and the T-Wrecks, based in Snow Hill and comprised of high school students from throughout Worcester County, and the TEC Tigers will now move on to compete in St. Louis, April 27-30.
“TEC Tigers from Parkside High School qualified for worlds by their ranking points, coming in third place out of 58 teams,” Suplee said. “Their performance was stellar, and we’re thrilled to be able to go to St. Louis with them. It doesn’t get any better than that!”
Suplee said world championship matches would be held in the Edward Jones Dome in front of an expected crowd of 40,000 people. During the competition, 900 teams from 39 countries will vie to be the next First Robotics Champion.
Before that can happen, however, the T-Wrecks need to raise money for the FIRST entry fee, and to help pay for travel expenses. To help the team, visit its GoFundMe page by searching “TWrecks World Championship Fund,” or using the link www.gofundme.com/hbyejsjw.
Alternatively, email Suplee at pgsuplee@gmail.com.