St. Margaret’s School hosted a FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier on January 25 2025 in Victoria. 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 and can be viewed on the FIRST Robotics BC YouTube channel.
Thanks to Antaya Schneider for taking photos of the event which can be found on Flicker. 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 26908 Teamsters, 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 26908 Teamsters and their alliance partner team 22111 Mecha Mustangs.
Awards
The awards are also posted in FTC Events.
Inspire Award | 20025 | Esquimalt Atom Smashers Esquimalt High School |
Inspire Award 2nd Place | 26908 | Teamsters Family/Community |
Winning Alliance – Captain | 26908 | Teamsters Family/Community |
Winning Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 22111 | Mecha Mustangs L.A. Matheson Secondary School |
Finalist Alliance – Captain | 20025 | Esquimalt Atom Smashers Esquimalt High School |
Finalist Alliance – 1st Team Selected | 18840 | Reynolds Reybots Reynolds Secondary School |
Think Award | 18840 | Reynolds Reybots Reynolds Secondary School |
Connect Award | 417 | S.K.I.D. (Space Koalas In Disguise) Swerve Robotics |
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX | 6220 | DRIFT (Dinosaurs Racing in Food Trucks) Swerve Robotics |
Control Award | 22263 | More Thunderbots Spectrum Community School |
Motivate Award | 17453 | T.U.R.B.O. St. Margaret’s School |
Design Award | 22111 | Mecha Mustangs L.A. Matheson Secondary School |
Advancement
This event advanced 6 teams to the BC Championships in February. The order of advancement is from Section 4 Advancement in the Competition Manual and takes into account teams already advancing or ineligible.
- Inspire Award 1st Place: 20025 Esquimalt Atom Smashers
- Winning Alliance Captain: 26908 Teamsters
- 3rd Place Alliance Partner: 16353 Reynolds Raiders
- Control Award 1st Place: 22263 More Thunderbots
- Motivate Award 1st Place: 17453 T.U.R.B.O.
- Highest Ranked Team not already advancing: 25748 NCS Trail blazers