FRC Canadian Pacific Regional

From March 1st to 3rd, 2023, FIRST Robotics British Columbia will host 38 FIRST Robotics Competition robotics teams—along with their robots, built and programmed by high school students—at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre for the only competition of its kind in B.C.

Aimed at providing learning and development opportunities for kids in technology, this competition will showcase the robots in an epic battle that combines sport, science, and teamwork.

Stop by the program displays to find out more about FIRST robotics and how you can get involved and compete with your own robot! FIRST events are free and open to the public, best viewing will be during match play.

• February 28 will be set-up day and team load-in will be from 5-8pm.
• March 1 8:30am Pits, Machine Shop, Registration and Inspection Open. There will be practice matches from 12:30-7pm.
• March 2 will have opening ceremonies at 8:30am with qualification matches from 9am-6pm. Lunch break 12-1pm.
• March 3 will have opening at 8:30am and qualification matches from 9am-12:30, then playoff matches start at 1:30pm followed by an awards ceremony that should end around 4:30pm.

Teams may be interested in the detailed schedule.

There are two Twitch live streams for this event:

• Main channel program view
• Static view

The list of teams attending can be found on the FIRST Inspires site: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2023/BCVI.