Batavia FLL Regional

December 17, 2011 (update 2011-12-11)

Fox Valley Robotics and Batavia Robotics are proud to be the regional host for the "Batavia FLL Regional" to be held on Saturday December 17, 2011. Qualifying teams will have a chance to continue on to the Illinois FLL State Competition on January 20-21. The teams competing consist of kids who are 9-14 years of age.

There is no charge for admission and the public is welcome. Bring the kids and they will have a blast watching the robots and walking thru the pit areas.

Interested in volunteering to help out or judge?
Please fill in our Volunteer Form.

Specifics
The competition this year will be held on Saturday December 17, 2011 at the following location. Ample parking is available and admission is free.

Rotolo Middle School
1501 S. Raddant Road
Batavia, IL. 60510

Overview / Schedule
A tentative schedule for the event will be as follows. Check back for updates.

Documents for Teams Participating

Every person attending the Batavia FLL Regional agrees to the following FVR/BR/FVTech-ED Consent and Waiver of Liability for Attended Event

Batavia Regional Team Packet Information (pdf)

Batavia Regional Quick Notes (pdf summary)

Every team member, mentor, and coach must turn in a FIRST Consent Form.

RMS Event Facility General Layout (parking, rooms, concessions, competition, pit area)

Team Information Form (this can be filled out in a pdf viewer and printed directly)

Table Competition Scoring Sheet

Team Schedule for Judging and Table Rounds (available at check in on Dec 17)

Directions / Maps

Batavia is located approximately
- 1 hour due west of Chicago
- 1 hour driving distance from Rockford
- 2 hours from Milwaukee

The facility which is being used is approximately 7 minutes away from the 355 Farnsworth Avenue North Exit.

Click here for google map
Click here for yahoo map

For your convenience, here are some pdf maps
Illinois and Batavia
Batavia regional
Batavia surrounding
Batavia from the expressway
Batavia Street and the competition location
More detailed regional competition location

A drop off area will be reserved in the parking lot for unloading of people or equipment.

Hotels / Accommodations and Surrounding Areas

Contact us for recommendations if you are staying overnight.

Facility Notes

No rollers or blade-like shoes allowed.
No open toed shoes allowed in the pit area or the competition floor.
Internet access is not available.
No smoking or alcoholic beverages are allowed in the facility.

Check In

You will receive a "Welcome Packet" with all the pertinent information.
Don't forget to submit at the registration table the following:
a) FIRST Consent Forms
b) Team info forms (optional if you have them)
c) Lunch pre-order sample form with payment (check, credit card, cash accepted)
The actual lunch form will be available at the registration desk on Saturday morning. You can use this sample form to gather orders and money ahead of time.

Awards and Advancement to the State Competition

Batavia will be hosting two simultaneous regionals. Each regional will consist of 14-16 teams and will follow the guidelines set forth by FIRST as indicated in the official game manual. The Illinois FLL State Committee has determined the number of teams moving on to the state competition from each regional event.

A designated number of teams will be selected to move on to the State competition in January. Winning an award does not guarantee a team moving on to state. Likewise, not winning an award does not preclude a team from moving on to the state competition.

Pit Area

Each team will have a 6' cafeteria style table in the pit area with a surge protector.
The pit area is located on a raised stage and is not easily accessible by people who have a difficult time with stairs. If a member of your group has an issue with walking up/down stairs, let us know by Friday December 16 and we will make appropriate adjustments.

Food the day of the competition & concessions

A large variety of reasonably priced delicious food items will be available for purchase through-out the day, including breakfast selections, refreshments, lunch items, and snacks. We appreciate your patronage of our concessions as it helps to defray the regional costs.

We will be selling the famous Hexbugs at the regional.

Purchase can be made with cash, check, or credit card.

Pre-order lunch forms (coming soon) need to be turned in at registration or by 9:45 am.

"No one that comes to our regional goes away hungry!"

RoboTykes Area

For those of you participating in the event that would like to bring along young children, we will have a special location set up called the "RoboTykes Area". We will have movies and other entertaining things for the little botters to enjoy. This area is intended for kindergartners and older, is close to the competition area, and is complimentary.

Armed Forces Support

Our FRC team, pwnage #2949, will be collecting items for the Armed Forces. These items will be combined with our other regional events and mailed to the armed forces. We are asking each team to bring at least one bag to donate. You can include a letter with your bag if you like.

Bags should be dropped off at the check in table.

Click here for a list of suggested items.

Questions from some of the coaches

(2012-12-11) Can you clarify how the teamwork/core values judging sessions will be structured. Do the kids "present" their poster? Will there be a teamwork activity?	There will be a 3 minute activity for the kids to do followed by a discussion with the judges inluding reviewing their core values poster. The kids will not have to perform a presentation on their core values poster; they should know what it is about.

 

Other Regionals

For a complete list of all regional competitions around the country, click here.

Check back soon for other updates.