Brunswick Eruption 9 - November 6, 2010
North Brunswick, NJ - hosted by Raider Robotix
Brunswick Eruption is an off-season competition where the 2010 FIRST Breakaway game is replayed. The mission of the FIRST Robotics program is to "inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication and leadership." - usfirst.org For more information regarding FIRST, please visit www.usfirst.org.
Regular Cost for teams: Still $200
Bringing a pre-rookie? $100
Bring two pre-rookies? Free
Public Entrance: Also FREE!
Teams are invited to bring a Pre-Rookie team to Brunswick Eruption 9 using one of your older robots refitted to play the FIRST Lunacy game. The Pre-Rookie team will be given free admission. The loaning team will pay only $100 - yes, that's half the price. Bring two pre-rookie teams and get free admission. We do this because we believe that once a pre-rookie team gets involved and participates in the enthusiasm, spirit and excitement of FIRST, they will join us on a field in the spring.
Agenda
(Tentative)
7 - 7:30 - Pits Open/Practice Rounds
7:45 - Driver's Meeting
8:00 - Opening Ceremonies
8:10 - 12:30 - Seeding Rounds (7 Rotations)
12:30 - Alliance Selections
12:45 - 1:30 - Lunch Hour
1:45 - 4:30 - Eliminiation Rounds
4:30 - 5 - Closing Ceremonies and Awards
5:00 - 7:00 - Takedown.
Rules and Regulations
This tournament will follow the same rules as the FIRST Breakaway game, however a few modifications will be announced in the coming months.
EVIL SUNDAE EATING CONTEST
Stay tuned for more announcements!
Rules
1. Team captains (student) must represent their drive teams.
2. The contest will be held in the lunch hour.
2. The evil sundaes will be provided by team 25 chefs.
3. The first Team Captain to down the ENTIRE SUNDAE wins.
Note: the ENTIRE SUNDAE.
4. Judges decision is final
Evil Sundaes:
1. Not for Vegeterians
2. Each team chooses a champion.
3. Bring your favorite spoon.
4. We supply the barf bags.
Coming soon!
Registration
Register for Brunswick Eruption 9 here. The fee's for registering is $200. If you bring a pre-rookie along, you get a $100 discount, which means you only have to pay $100. The Pre-rookie gets in for free. Bring two pre-rookie's and your entrance is free. Payment details as follows:
Make Checks payable to:
NBTHS Robotics
Mail to:
NBTHS/Wayne Cokeley
1 Raider Road,
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Registration info:
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We are always looking for qualified and talented individuals to help run our event. Please fill out this form and you will be contacted shortly
Directions to Brunswick Eruption 9 (November 6, 2010):
North Brunswick Township High School
Raider Rd. and Rt. 130 So,
North Brunswick,
NJ, 08902
or:
From the NJ Turnpike:
-Take the turnpike to Exit 9, East Brunswick-Get on Rt. 18 North towards New Brunswick
-In about 1 Mile, get on Rt. 1 South
-In about 2 Miles, get on Rt. 130 South
-Make a right on the second light (Raider Rd)
-North Brunswick High school is at the end of this road.
From Rt. 1:
-Take Rt. 1 North or South to Rt. 130 at North Brunswick-Get on Rt. 130 South
-Make a right on the second light (Raider Rd) -
-Our high school is at the end of this road.
From Rt. 287/440:
-Take Rt. 287/440 either east or west to Rt. 1 at Edison.-Get on Rt. 1 South and travel to North Brunswick
-Get on Rt. 130 South
-Make a right on the second light (Raider Rd)
Our high school is at the end of this road.
About Brunswick Eruption
Brunswick Eruption was started in 2002 mainly to get FIRST teams active in the region. Our goals still remain the same. Usually over 40 teams from all over the Northeast participate.The Brunswick Eruption Off-Season competition is a replay of the FIRST 2010 Breakaway game. The goal of the FIRST Robotics Competition is to get students involved in fields of science and engineering by participating in robotics competitions.
RINOS and Pre-Rookies: RINOS or Rookies In Need Of Support is a program started by team 25. RINOS pairs up rookie teams with experienced veteran teams in order to help them through their first season.
This radical new concept evolved when a team from Baldwin, NY participated in Brunswick Eruption in 2004. They came to Brunswick Eruption before they were an official FIRST team by borrowing a neighboring team's robot. After seeing this, we thought that this is the best way to go ahead and start new teams because they will be experienced and excited before their first season. Since then, we have been re-fitting old robots to play the current game and letting pre-rookie teams compete with them. We also encourage all veteran teams capable of doing so to do so.
For more information on RINOS, please click here.
Contacting us
For questions regarding the event please contact Wayne Cokeley at smwonder at comcast.net.
For any technical difficulties with this website, please contact Bharat Nain at bharatnain at gmail.com.
For details on Team 25 - Raider Robotix, please visit www.raiderrobotix.org.
For details about the RINOS Program, please visit www.firstrinos.org.
We look forward to seeing you at Brunswick Eruption 9.