NorCal FTC Championship - seeking volunteers

[Jill Wilker]

The FIRST Tech Challenge program is holding their Regional Championship this weekend on February 22-23 at Newark Memorial HS in Newark and they are still looking for volunteers

If you'd be interested in finding out what's beyond FIRST Lego League Challenge, this is a great opportunity to learn about the program while giving back to the FIRST programs. Similarly to FLL-C, the FTC program uses judges who are unaffiliated with any current FTC team. If you're thinking about moving up but haven't yet and are not connected with a current season FTC team, you're unaffiliated.  :)

The judging for the Championship starts with judge pairs interviewing teams on Saturday from roughly 3p to 9p. Then on Sunday, judges will interview a few remaining teams then conduct pit interviews, watch matches and deliberate until they determine which teams will win which awards.  Judges can volunteer for one or both days - just specify your availability when you apply.  There is a very short online training and certification required which takes about an hour.


If you'd like to help out, here's the overall link to volunteer: https://my.firstinspires.org/Volunteers/Wizard/Search/2?EventId=75226

The FTC championship is open to the public if you'd like to visit.  The best time to visit is after 10am or so on Sunday to watch the game play.   I would not recommend stopping by on Saturday as teams will be going through inspection and doing their judging interviews - nothing exciting for an audience.

Thanks,  Jill