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FIRST Championship - April 17, 18 & 19 - Atlanta, GA. GM
of St. Catharines, Westlane Secondary Spartonics finish 10th overall
in Galileo Division, out
of 86 teams. Team 1503 Spartonics were teamed up with teams 103
and 1089 before elimination. Spartonics members would like to
thank all teams involved with their matches. As well, 1503 would
like to thank all parents, teachers, mentors, and everyone else
for their support and making FIRST possible at Westlane.
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Special
Thanks to the leaders who put numerous hours and a lot of patience
into the season preparing for each regional and championship event.
TED CLARK - STEPHANIE THOMPSON - MARK JOHNSON
- MR & MRS SMULDERS - PAT FAIRBANKS - MR. PAGE.
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Team
1503 Prepares for Atlanta World Championships!
Spartonics
members pack for the 17 hour bus trip to Atlanta that leaves at
12 AM Wednesday, April 16. Spartonics are picked to compete in
the Georgia Super Dome against the best of 525 teams, 8600 high
school students and 5000 mentors. Teams from 5 countries: Brazil,
Canada, Israel, Mexico and United States are expected to compete.
Westlane Secondary's team 1503 are excited and prepared to scout,
spectate and compete on 6 playing fields in the Georgia Dome with
250,000 square feet in the Georgia World Congress Center.
GOOD LUCK SPARTONICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Team
1503 Earns Silver at GTR! GM-St.Catharines'
Spartonics
wins silver at the Greater Toronto Regional competition in Mississauga.
Spartonics, along with teams #247 and 1507 were very optimistic
about earning silver, considering the excellent competition coming
from the alliance of teams 1114, 2056 and 2166 who earned gold.
Spartonics members felt as though they had met many goals by the
end of the competition. Of the 67 teams at the event, Spartonics
felt as though all of the teams they had faced were highly competitive,
making what Spartonics felt a "tough" competition. 1503
would like to thank all mentors, teachers, and parents for helping
with the event. They would also like to thank teams 1507 and 247
for their effort in the participation of the final matches.
GTR
Photos
<----Click here
Spartonics
ready for Greater Toronto Regional: GM-St.Catharines'
Spartonics
seem optimistic about this years GTR event which takes place on
March 27-29, at Mississauga's Hershey Centre. Teacher Leader T.
Clark states that, "this will be the most important regional
event of the year to date." Westlane team members are preparing
for this years event by practicing, scouting, and are making modifications
to their robot during "open build windows".
Team
1503 braves snow storm to compete at Finger Lakes Regional:
GM-St.Catharines' Spartonics invaded the Rochester Institute of
Technology during the span of March 6th-8th. Spartonics
experienced some troubleshooting at first, but persevered in order
to stay competitive throughout the competition.
Spartonics would like to thank RIT and FIRST for organizing such
a great event. Members of Spartonics felt completely welcomed
as the only Canadian team attending the event, especially while
attending the "team social".
Finger
Lakes Regional highlight clip <---Click
here
New Finger Lakes Regional Photos
<---Click here
Team
1503 Ships robot: On February 26th,
Spartonics, Team 1503 shipped their completly built robot in order
to make the FIRST robotics "ship date" deadline. Thanks
to all parents, mentors, teachers and team members who made this
vigorous build season
successful.
Team
practice pictures <---Click here
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