British Columbia is introducing Leagues for the 2017/18 FIRST Tech Challenge season. It means that your team will get more opportunities to play matches with your robot. All teams are encouraged to participate in League events which will be held in November, January and February. The scores from the League events will carry forward to the British Columbia Championships which will be held in February.

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Bring your robot parts and laptop to learn how to build and program a FTC robot. Date: Saturday October 14, 2017 From: 1pm -4pm Location: University of Victoria Engineering/Computer Science(ECS)…

Find out about FIRST Tech Challenge and learn about this year’s game challenge called FIRST Relic Recovery. See a playing field set-up for this year’s game and participate in workshops to get your season started.

Kickoff is free and open to the public.
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FIRST has released the FTC teaser for next season, the new game is called RELIC RECOVERY.

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In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FIRST Tech Challenge students, the Kamen family sponsors an Award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List. Since its introduction in 2010, the FIRST Dean’s List Award has attracted the attention of prestigious colleges and universities who desire to recruit FIRST Dean’s List students.

British Columbia sent two Dean’s List Finalists to the FIRST Championship in Houston:  Clare Feddema and Aila Simpson.
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The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Inspire Award, recognizing excellence in robot design and teamwork, went to Team 3491 FIX IT, from Victoria, Canada.
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The British Columbia FIRST Tech Challenge Championship was held on February 19 2017. Twelve teams competed at the University of Victoria.
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FIRST Tech Challenge will be at Discover Tectoria 2017 February 24 2017 from 11am to 5:30pm at the Crystal Garden 713 Douglas Street.
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On Sunday, Dec 4, the first ever FTC Scrimmage was held in British
Columbia. Six of the B.C. teams were at the event and had a lot of fun.
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The FIRST Tech Challenge BC Championship is a one day event that is held at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia. A big Thank You to our event hosts, Science Venture and the Faculty of Engineering.

When: 8:00am – 5:45pm on Feb. 19, 2017
Where: Engineering Lab Wing (ELW) at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia
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