The British Columbia FIRST Tech Challenge Championship was held on Saturday February 26, 2022.

Teams competed in 5 qualification matches followed by an elimination round. Match Results (in PDF format).

You can see photos of the event by clicking on the link.

Each team was ranked (PDF) after five qualifying matches.

The top four teams become the Alliance Captains. These Captains picked two other teams to be their Alliance Partners in the elimination rounds. The four alliances were:

1. 16031 PARABELLUM, with partners 20341 Sheep Robotics and 19769 Sentinels
2. 16267 Forces Unknown, with partners 19995 Mustang Warriors and 14316 Meadowridge Entradox
3. 16353 Reynolds Reybots, with partners 18840 Reynolds Roborunners and 18589 St. Pat’s Celtic Silverfish
4. 15013 Friction, with partners 19767 The Frog Series and 16140 TechnoDynamics

BC FTC Championship Elimination bracket results

Congratulations to team 16031 PARABELLUM, Captain of the Winning Alliance and their alliance partners 20341 Sheep Robotics and 19769 Sentinels.

Awards

In addition to the robot game, teams were evaluated for a number of judged awards that were presented at the end of the day. Before the team awards, there were some individual awards.

Alumni Honourariums

Five FIRST alumni (Aila Simpson, Dean Brown, Dorian Munro, Helen Leslie, and Simon Erlic) were presented with $500 honourariums. These college and university students have continued to be part of FIRST and have volunteered throughout the season.

Volunteer of the Year Award

The Volunteer of the Year award was given to Mike Silversides who has volunteered as Field Technical Advisor at all BC FTC championships.

Design Award

The Design Award expands on this year’s challenge, inspiring teams to incorporate industrial design into their robots. These elements can be shown in the simplicity of the design as it applies to the tasks, the look and feel of the robot in how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways. The design aspect must serve a function – but should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion.

Third Place
19769 Sentinels – from Kitimat, BC

Second Place
16448 A.I.M. Bot Robotics – from Coquitlam, BC

Winner
16140 TECHNODYNAMICS – from Burnaby, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This scrappy SELF-MADE TEAM CADs their designs to keep their budgets in check. Other teams can take a CUE from them and print out their own parts. They solved how to FIT A ROUND BALL into a square scoop. Please help us celebrate the DESIGN AWARD winner, team 16140 TECHNODYNAMICS !

Motivate Award

The team that receives the Motivate Award celebrates the culture of FIRST and clearly shows what it means to be a team. This award celebrates the team that represents the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit, and displayed enthusiasm. This is a team who makes a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.

Third Place
18589 St. Pat’s Celtic Silverfish – from Vancouver, BC

Second Place
15013 Friction – from Victoria, BC

Winner
19769 Sentinels – from Kitimat, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
A rookie team’s journey is always inspiring, but this team has travelled FURTHER than most. They have brought FIRST to anew community, and their community rallied around to help bring them here today. With the support of everyone from the thrift store, to the supermarket, to the mayor, the future of FIRST in Kitimat is looking bright. The MOTIVATE award goes to team 19769 Sentinels!

Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc.

The Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc celebrates the team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the field.

Second Place
16195 The Guild of Builders – from Victoria, BC

Winner
20341SHEEP ROBOTICS – from Vancouver, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This robot excelled at finding its PATH in an intelligent manner during autonomous mode. In tele-op mode this robot demonstrated precise CONTROL, and could even extend its reach with a tape measure. Advanced software such as TensorFlow and over 1000 training images proved to be this robot’s SHEPHERD. Congratulations goes to team 20341SHEEP ROBOTICS!

Innovate Award sponsored by Raytheon Technologies

The Innovate Award sponsored by Raytheon Technologies celebrates a team that has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This award is given to the team that the Judges feel has the most innovative and creative robot design solution to the FIRST Tech Challenge game. Elements of this award include elegant design, robustness and ‘out of the box’ thinking. This award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component of the robot. The creative component needs to work consistently, but a robot does not have to work all of the time during matches to be considered for this award. The team’s engineering portfolio showed the design of the component(s) and the team’s robot, and clearly explains how the team arrived at their solution.

Third Place
18799 Clean-Up Crew Robotics – from Vancouver, BC

Second Place
19767 The Frog Series – from Terrace, BC

Winner
16353 Reynolds Reybots – from Victoria, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team traversed the field, staying right on TRACK. Their clever use of materials, and placement of motors, helped themstay right on TIME. No matter how much plastic the was, we didn’t get TUNNEL vision. The INNOVATE award goes to team16353 Reynolds Reybots!

Connect Award

The Connect Award is presented to the team that the Judges feel most connected with their local Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) community. A true FIRST team is more than the sum of its parts and recognizes that engaging their local STEM community plays an essential part in their success. The recipient of this award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the team itself. In addition, this team aggressively seeks and recruits engineers and explores the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science, and technology.

Third Place
18841 KSS1 – from Surrey, BC

Second Place
14316 Meadowridge Entradox – from Maple Ridge, BC

Winner
16267 Forces Unknown – from DELTA, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team has mentored many ways over many ways. Their mentors are the genesis of stepping into the great UNKNOWN. They teach the teachers, wrapping it up in a big PINK bunny-hug. The CONNECT award goes to team 16267 Forces Unknown!

Think Award

The Think Award is given to the team that the Judges feel best reflects the journey of the engineering design process. The engineering portfolio is the key reference for Judges to help them identify the most deserving team. This team’s engineering portfolio focused on the design and build stage of the team’s Robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.

Second Place
16140 TechnoDynamics – from Burnaby, BC

Winner
3491 FIX IT – from Victoria, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team fully embraced all aspects of FTC and their engineering portfolio really TIE-ed it all together. They SHINE brightly wherever they go. We TIP OUR HATS to their professionalism and perseverance. The THINK award goes to team 3491 FIX IT!

Dean’s List Finalists

FIRST Dean’s List Finalists are outstanding student leaders whose passion for and effectiveness at embodying FIRST ideals is exemplary. These students were nominated by their teams for their direct contributions and impact on others – exemplifying leadership and commitment, on their FIRST Tech Challenge team, in their school, and in their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists, recognized here today, will represent BC in the running for the ten Dean’s List Winner spots.

Congratulations
Grace Yu of Team 14316 Meadowridge Entradox – from Maple Ridge, BC
Lourdes Golland of Team 16267 Forces Unknown – from DELTA, BC

Inspire Award

The Inspire Award is presented to the team that the Judges felt truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. The team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and works to promote FIRST and make it loud in their community. The team that receives this award has performed well in all Judging categories and was chosen by the Judges as a model FIRST Tech Challenge team both on and off the playing field. This team shares their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge with other teams, sponsors, their community, and the Judges. Working as a unit, this team will have shown success in performing the task of designing and building a robot.

Third Place
16267 Forces Unknown – from DELTA, BC

Second Place
3491 FIX IT – from Victoria, BC

Winner
16031 PARABELLUM – from Port Coquitlam, BC

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team’s ability to relate to what others do is INSPIRING. There’s nothing COOKIE-CUTTER about them. They have no PARALLEL. The INSPIRE award goes to team 16031 Parabellum!

Advancement

Congratulations to teams 16031 PARABELLUM and 3491 FIX IT who will advance to the FIRST 2022 Championship in Houston Texas USA April 20 – 23, 2022.