Our first District Event of the 2020 season is in Escanaba at the Escanaba High School. Once we finalize travel arrangements, those details will be posted here.
Our second District Event for 2020 will be at Alpena High School. Travel information will be posted here as it becomes available.
FIM HAS CANCELLED THE MICHIGAN STATE CHAMP EVENT. FIM is looking at options to conduct an alternate series of events at SVSU at a later date. CHeck back here or follow us on Facebook or Twitter for details.
The State Champ event returns to Saginaw Valley State University (where we competed in 2016 and 2017). We will work hard to return this year.
The detailed schedule for the event has not yet been published, but please note that it runs over three days rather than the two (as is the case for regional events).
Full event information from FIM will be posted here: http://firstinmichigan.us/FRC/events/
Our second District Event of the 2022 season is in Kingsford in the UP at Kingsford High School. Once we finalize travel arrangements, those details will be posted here.
Click this link for directions to the venue. Additional information about the event is available on the Kingsford Event page at the First in Michigan site.
The team will depart from Welke Airport at 9:00 a.m. on April 7. The robot will depart late the prior day. It is about a 4:45 drive to the site so, with a few pit stops we should arrive there around 4:00 p.m. EDT, but because Kingsford is on Central time, the local time will be 3:00 p.m. EDT. We will leave Kingsford to return Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. local time and arrive back at CVX around 3:00 p.m. EDT. Our return flight is at 4:30 p.m.
The team will be staying at yje Days Inn in Iron Mountain, which is about three miles from the competition site. Reservations are available here. Directions to the hotel are here.
Our route to Kingsford will take us through Norway. However, because we will not disembark there, no passports will be required.
Our second FIRST Robotics district competition will be at Traverse City Central High School. This will be a great event for island fans to attend.
Here is a map to the competition site: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Traverse+City+Central+High+School/@44.7674623,-85.5901272,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881fd2a7a3a47717:0x8eec89c4d972e453!8m2!3d44.7674585!4d-85.5879385
You can find out more about FIRST and BICS’s FRC Team #6098 bIrobot at birobot.org. Team members and parents, please check our Discord site for hotel and travel details.
Coming out of our second District event in TC it looks like we might have a chance at making it to the FIM State Championship event. We’re saving the date just in case. We’ll plan to watch even if we don’t attend. You can watch here:
https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires31
https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires32
https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires33
https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires34
We are saving the date for FIRST Worlds just in case. And, because we plan to watch in all events. There is more info here: https://www.firstchampionship.org.
We came with in a few points of making it to the state championship event last season. We’re saving the date becaue this year we plan to make it! We’ll plan to watch even if we don’t attend. There will be more information (including details on how to watch) here: https://www.firstinmichigan.org/.
We are saving the date for FIRST Worlds just in case. And, because we plan to watch in all events. There is more info here: https://www.firstchampionship.org.