The second of two Lower Mainland area FIRST Tech Challenge qualifiers was held January 18 2025 at L.A. Matheson School in Surrey. Robot inspections and judging interviews were held in the morning. Opening ceremonies were held about 11am and Qualification matches started after that.

The event was streamed on YouTube.
Thanks to Lawrence Yu for taking photos of the event which can be found in this One Drive folder. There are also team photos and photos of the Award winners.
Qualification Matches
The FTC Events website has the list of Qualification match results. See FTC Events for the list of team rankings after qualification matches.
Congratulations to team 16448 – A.I.M. Bot Robotics, they were the top-ranked team after qualification matches.
Playoff Matches
The top four teams each selected an alliance partner and we entered the playoff rounds. FTC Events has the playoff match results.
Congratulations to the winning alliance: team 16448 A.I.M. Bot Robotics and their alliance partner team 19461 MDR Epsilon.
Awards
The awards are also posted in FTC Events.
Inspire Award | 18589 | St. Pat’s Celtic Silverfish St. Patrick’s Regional Secondary School |
Inspire Award 2nd Place | 18841 | KSS ONE Khalsa Secondary School |
Winning Alliance – Captain | 16448 | A.I.M. Bot Robotics Family/Community |
Winning Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 19461 | MDR Epsilon Meadowridge School |
Finalist Alliance – Captain | 23430 | PMR PHOENIX Port Moody Secondary |
Finalist Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 24232 | PMR INFERNO Port Moody Secondary |
Think Award | 22817 | KNOTbot Killarney Secondary |
Connect Award | 22648 | Robotic Raiders Delview |
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX | 16448 | A.I.M. Bot Robotics Family/Community |
Control Award | 23430 | PMR PHOENIX Port Moody Secondary |
Motivate Award | 14316 | MDR Entradox Meadowridge School/Motorola&Meadowridge School |
Design Award | 27560 | PMR IGNITE Port Moody Secondary School |
Advancement
This event advanced 7 teams to the BC Championships in February. The order of advancement is from Section 4 Advancement in the Competition Manual.
- Inspire Award 1st Place: 18589 – St. Pat’s Celtic Silverfish
- Winning Alliance Captain: 16448 – A.I.M. Bot Robotics
- Winning Alliance Partner: 19461 – MDR Epsilon
- Inspire Award 2nd place: 18841 – KSS ONE
- Finalist Alliance Captain: 23430 – PMR PHOENIX
- Think Award 1st Place: 22817 – KNOTbot
- Finalist Alliance Partner: 24232 – PMR INFERNO
- Connect Award 1st Place: 22648 – Robotic Raiders
- 3rd Place Alliance Captain: 20266 – Prince of Wales Engineering and Robotics