2012 Hawaii Regional FRC

Hawaii Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, Day One

Day one of the Hawaii Regional FRC is practice day, Thursday, March 22^nd.

Andrea worked in pit administration as a volunteer. I drove her in before 7:00 Am and she took this picture before the teams entered.

Later Thursday morning I returned with Lenore and she sat with some of the Kalani Robotics students.

This is where Andrea worked the three days in pit administration, along with announcer Larry, lead Karen, and Doni. Photo by Andrea.

Our pit and robot looked great and got a lot of attention.

Students spent most of the day getting the robot in shape after the San Diego competition.

Hawaii Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, Day Two

Qualifying rounds started Friday, March 23^rd. At the end of the day, Kalani was ranked 10 out of 38.

The opening ceremony featured a modern hula.

Kalani 3008's robot "Daedelus" on the field in a qualifying match.

FRC team 359 (Waialua) dominated its qualifying matches, and eventually won the regional, knocking Kalani out in the semi-final.

The Kalani drive team in action in a qualifying match.

FRC 368 (McKinley) allied with 359 won this qualifying match.

Master of Ceremonies Mark Leon led some dancing during pauses in the action on Friday (silent video).

Kalani receives the Entrepreneurship Award Friday evening in this video screen image over the pit area in the Stan Sheriff Center,
captured by Andrea.

Hawaii Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, Day Three

Kalani lost its three qualifying matches on Saturday, March 24^th. However, we were a first round pick by fifth seeded Iolani.

Larry, Doni, and Karen in the pit administration area. Photo by Andrea.

Kalani's T-shirt cannon was a real crowd pleaser during a break in the elimination matches.

Hybrid period of semifinal match two.

The end of semifinal match two.

Our alliance photograph with Iolani and Honoka'a.

City Councilmember Stanley Chang attended. Here he is sitting with the Kauaibot team during the finals. He said to me "This is really cool!"

Councilmember Chang was very excited by what he experienced at the Hawaii Regional FRC.

Before the awards ceremony, Councilmember Chang visited our pit. He was very well impressed with the event and our team.

Best of all, Kalani won the Hawaii Regional Chairman's award, FIRST's highest honor presented at a Regional Competition.

Andrea took this photo of the team receiving congratulations from the judges on winning the Chairman's Award.

Andrea took this video of the team receiving congratulations from the judges.

Kyoko Stockwell took this team photo. I downloaded it from Picassa, cropped, and resized it.

With local reporter Jenn Boneza at the Hawaii Regional. Photo courtesy of Jenn Boneza.

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