2009 Power Hawks FLL Qualifier

South County Showdown!

Hosted By: Powerhawks Team 1111

Date: December 12, 2009
Location: South River High School
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm


Come Play with us!


Information

Registration information –
please make checks payable to:

Power Hawks Robotics Club, Inc.
1498 Lee Way
Edgewater, MD 21037

memo: Team name & number / FLL Qualifier Tournament


New Schedule of the Day!
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Schedule (new!)
8:00 am - 8:30 am Check-in/Registration/Pit set-up
8:45 am - 9:00 am Coaches meeting
9:00 am - 11:45 am Judging & practice rounds (Robot design/Research project/Teamwork)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch (spectators are encouraged to come at noon)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Opening Ceremony
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Match Rounds
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Elimination Match Rounds
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Awards Ceremony

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What we need from each team:
Now
  • Registration fee
  • Names of all participants (PIT): students, coaches and mentors (for badges)
  • What city is your Team from?
  • Will you be using light sensors?
  • Do you have any special requirements to show your research project?
  • Team contact information on day of tournament
  • For our seating count: do you know (guess) how many parents/spectators may come?
  • Food requirements (see below)

Upon Arrival
Team info sheet: used by emcee (downloaded from our site)
Release forms filled out (downloaded from our site)

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Lunch
In order to make sure every team has plenty of time for lunch,
please contact us with your lunch preferences:
1) will your team be ordering from our concession stand: hotdogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, & grilled chicken sandwiches
2) will your team have lunch delivered? we can supply you with a list of local restaurants that deliver
3) will you be going out: we can supply you with a list of very fast restaurants nearby
4) will you be bringing a bag lunch?

pre-ordered TEAM box lunches are available: orders due by Tuesday, December 8th
Pre-ordering helps us to guarantee your lunch is ready on time.
$4.00 Hotdog, chips and drink (soda or water)
$4.50 Hamburger, chips and drink
$5.00 Chicken sandwich, chips and drink
$15.00 Large 1-topping pizza (cheese, pepperoni, sausage)
For breakfast: we will be serving breakfast sandwiches and hot coffee!

*Your lunch purchase helps us offset the many costs of hosting this competition.


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Reminders for coaches:
  • spectators are encouraged to come at noon
  • we will be taking team photographs
  • remember to bring:
Extra Batteries - for both your laptop computer and your robot!
Participant consent forms and Team Information sheet
Laptops
Power strips
Trading items
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The Power Hawks are sponsoring two outreach events, we are asking each team to bring in donation items for:

1) We are sponsoring a shoe drive: bring in new or gently worn shoes for Soles for Souls
www.soles4souls.org/
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2) We are adopting a Soldier through www.soldiersangels.org. If you can bring Care Package items such as:

Our soldiers greatly appreciate hearing from supportive Americans like you! Whether it’s a letter of encouragement or a care package of goodies, please know that any effort you make to support our troops is greatly appreciated.

Drinks:
Capri Sun
Sweetened Kool-Aid packets
Country Time lemonade
Gatorade
Lipton Tea Mixes

Food:
Beef Jerky
Beef sausage (these are very popular according to Paul and Evan)
Candy of all kinds
Canned meats (no pork)
Canned cheese
Canned chips
Canned salsa, dips
Canned tuna, chicken
Chocolate anything (they don’t care if it’s melted)
Cookies (all kinds)v Crackers
Dried fruits
Graham Crackers
Granola Bars
Hickory Farms stuff (no need for refrigeration)
Nuts
Pretzels

Fun Stuff:
Books (new or used)
Board games
Card games
Comic books
Electronic Games
Magazines (Newsweek, People, Maxum, Cosmo, Sports anything, etc.)
Tabloids newspapers (they are fun to read)
Playing cards
Puzzles
Word Puzzles
Footballs
Nerf Balls
Soccer Balls
CD Players
CDs & DVDs

Health and Hygiene:
Aspirin
Antacids
Band-Aids
Chapstick
Cough Drops
Dental floss
Disposable razors
Foot powder
Hair brush/comb
Kleenex
Mouthwash (without alcohol)
Neosporin
Q-tips
Soap (bar)
Shampoo/conditioner
Thera-Flu
Toilet paper
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Wet wipes

Miscellaneous:
Batteries
Can opener
Boot socks (gray, green, black only w/ thick soles) Wal-Mart has them
Envelopes
Gloves
Gum
Journal
Pens
Plastic utensils
Stationary
Slippers
Backpacks

Share who and where you are:
Your local newspapers/comics
Photos of you/your family/your city, town or state
Jokes you know
Our soldiers love any news from the outside world

Directions

Find directions:


If you are coming from the Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis, use these directions.


View Larger Map

If you are coming from Central Middle School, use these directions (hopefully you won't need them anyway it's a good 3 blocks from there to SRHS).

If you need the address of the event:

201 Central Ave E,
Edgewater, MD 21037

Teams

Team # Name Head Mentor Contact Email
5505 Maryland Metro Mechanics Joanna St. Clair jstclair01@comcast.net
8695 Transport Pros Bill Aucoin dana.aucoin@verizon.net
4142 Power Cobras Deborah Holloway dholloway@aacps.org
4145 Striking Cobras Deborah Holloway dholloway@aacps.org
394 Brick Breakers Ben Tolen wortwood@gmail.com
1431 BrickHeadz Brian Kiesel bskiesel@gmail.com
2604 The Lord's Army Lydean Spangler ssi@the-spanglers.net
9429 Bot Brigade Dan Ensminger bizminger@md.metrocast.net
915 Mothership Connectors Anthony Brown kwesi@dogstartech.com
7534 RoboticSWATeam Christina Hedberg christinahedberg@verizon.net
4478 Bates Boys & Girls Club DMartin Stinson martin.stinson@yahoo.com
4479 Bywater Boys & Girls Club Lisa Slade lacslade11@yahoo.com
4481 Admiral Oaks Boys & Girls Club Caleb Wolf caleb.wolf@gmail.com
4482 Team 5Star Pat Cooley gwcooley@gmail.com
4483 Meade Village Boys & Girls Club Reese Jones reese.jones@ngc.com
7305 St. Annes Jesse/Susan Judge sjudge@st.annesschool.org

Our Sponsors

Our sponsors. Without them this event would not be possible! (To be updated).

Company Contact Email Phone Address Powerhawks Contact
Lisa Hebberd lhebberd@morrellcompanies.com (410) 626-1802 726 Second St., Ste. 3A, Annapolis, MD  21403 Dink Chapman
Larry Letow lletow@convergencetech.us (301) 860-1960 808 Landmark Drive, Suite 213 Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061 Sallie Jo Marker/Dink
n/a n/a (866) 527-0223 1107 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401 n/a
n/a n/a (410) 573-2340 2562 Solomons Island Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401 n/a
n/a n/a (703) 406-5000 21839 Atlantic Blvd, Dulles, VA 20166 n/a
n/a n/a (410) 222-7410 x124 2660 Riva Road, Suite 200, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 n/a
n/a infoh@hri-online.com (410) 451-4202 HRi Corporate Headquarters, 2127 Espey Court, Suite 306, Crofton, MD 21114 n/a

Contacts

Jeanne Bellis
Event Coordinator

Home: 410-263-0530
Email: twincastor@aol.com
Ryan Sackett
Head Mentor

Email: rsackett@aacps.org
South River High School
Qualifier Location

Phone: 410-956-5600
Address: 201 Central Ave E,
Edgewater, MD 21037

Results

Champion’s Award
1st Place CHAMPIONS*: 8695 Transport Pros
2nd Place CHAMPIONS*: 7305 St. Annes

Robot Design Award
1st Place ROBOT DESIGN*: 2604 The Lords Army
2nd Place ROBOT DESIGN: 915 Mothership Connectors
3rd Place ROBOT DESIGN: 4478 Bates Boys & Girls Club

Robot Performance Award (winner Competition matches)
1st Place ROBOT PERFORMANCE*: 1431 BrickHeadz
2nd Place ROBOT PERFORMANCE: 7305 St. Annes
3rd Place ROBOT PERFORMANCE: 7534 RoboticSWATeam

Presentation Award
1st Place PRESENTATION*: 5505 MD Metro Mechanics
2nd Place PRESENTATION: 4145 Striking Cobras
3rd Place PRESENTATION: 4481 Admiral Oaks Boys & Girls Club

Teamwork Award
1st Place TEAMWORK*: 9429 Bot Brigade
2nd Place TEAMWORK: 4482 Team5Star
3rd Place TEAMWORK: 4483 Meade Village Boys & Girls Club

Judges’ Award*: 4142 Power Cobras
Judges’ Award*: 4479 Bywater Boys & Girls Club
Rookie All Star Award: 394 Brick Breakers
Team Spirit Award: 2604 The Lord's Army

* go to STATE!

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