The Victoria FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier was held January 27 2024 at St. Margaret’s School. Robot inspections and judging interviews were held in the morning. Opening ceremonies were held at 11am and Qualification matches started after that.
The event was streamed on YouTube and can be viewed on the FIRST Robotics BC YouTube channel.
The FTC-Events website has the list of Qualification match results.
Congratulations to team 18840 Reynolds Reybots Too (Roborunners), they were the top-ranked team after qualification matches. See FTC-events for the complete rankings.
The top four teams selected an alliance partner and we entered the playoff rounds.
Congratulations to our winning alliance:
- Captain: team 18840 – Reynolds Reybots Too (Roborunners)
- 1st pick: team 16205 – Lightning Bots
More photos from the event are in this Google Drive folder.
Awards
| Award Name | Team Number | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Award | 20025 | Esquimalt Atom Smashers Esquimalt High School Parent Advisory Council/Finning&Esquimalt High School |
| Inspire Award 2nd Place | 16195 | Guild of Builders Family/Community |
| Inspire Award 3rd Place | 3491 | FIX IT FIX IT/Victoria Makerspace/Actuonix/EGBC&Victoria Robotics Club |
| Winning Alliance – Captain | 18840 | Reynolds Reybots Too Reynolds Secondary School |
| Winning Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 16205 | Lightning Bots Skeans&Home School |
| Finalist Alliance – Captain | 17453 | T.U.R.B.O. St. Margaret’s School |
| Finalist Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 23981 | Pearsonites Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (Canada) |
| Think Award | 3491 | FIX IT FIX IT/Victoria Makerspace/Actuonix/EGBC&Victoria Robotics Club |
| Connect Award | 16195 | Guild of Builders Family/Community |
| Innovate Award sponsored by RTX | 18840 | Reynolds Reybots Too Reynolds Secondary School |
| Control Award | 17453 | T.U.R.B.O. St. Margaret’s School |
| Motivate Award | 22557 | RAMBOTS Mount Douglas High School |
| Design Award | 16205 | Lightning Bots Skeans&Home School |
| Judges’ Choice Award | 23981 | Pearsonites Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (Canada) |
This event is advancing 8 teams to the BC Championships in February:
| Advancement Criteria | Team # | # Advanced |
| Inspire Award Winner | 20025 | 1 |
| Winning Alliance Captain | 18840 | 2 |
| Inspire Award 2nd place | 16195 | 3 |
| Winning Alliance 1st Team selected | 16205 | 4 |
| Inspire Award 3rd place | 3491 | 5 |
| Think Award Winner | 3491 – Advancing Above | 5 |
| Finalist Alliance Captain | 17453 | 6 |
| Connect Award Winner | 16195 – Advancing Above | 6 |
| Finalist Alliance 1st Team selected | 23981 | 7 |
| Innovate Award sponsored by RTX Winner | 18840 – Advancing Above | 7 |
| Control Award Winner | 17453 – Advancing Above | 7 |
| Motivate Award Winner | 22557 | 8 |