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Suffield Shakedown 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Thank you to all those involved with the scrimmage and making it another successful event.  Thanks also to all those teams that ventured out to test their robots and to those teams who came to watch.  Congratulations to the winning alliance: Teams 177, 178 and 3125. Aces High wishes everyone a fun and successful season.  See you at the competitions!

Welcome to Suffield Shakedown, Aces High's 10th annual FIRST Robotic Scrimmage at Suffield High School, Suffield, CT.  This pre-ship date scrimmage is an informal but fun event giving teams the opportunity to practice their driving skills, test their robot and observe other teams on the official FIRST playing field.  Included below are many of the details on how our scrimmage will be run.  For those of you new to the event, be assured we try to be as flexible and helpful as possible.  Remember this is designed to showcase the talents of our teams, practice and have fun!

***PLEASE NOTE: Registration for Suffield Shakedown is full, we will continue to place teams on our wait list. Should a registered team notify us that they can not compete, then the next registered team on the wait list will be notified of the availability. Notification may come as late as the night before the scrimmage. ***

Cost will be $75 paid in advance or $100 paid at the door. Please email Tina LaPointe at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register for the wait list.

Please Mail Registration checks (made out to WLHS FIRST) to: Tina LaPointe, 1604 North Grand St., West Suffield, CT 06093

Suffield Shakedown contacts:

Scrimmage Chairperson:

Kim Congden  Cell Phone  (860) 989-6530

Home Phone  (860) 668-9959

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Team Registration Coordinator:

Tina LaPointe  Cell Phone  (860) 966-5071

Home Phone (860) 668-0070

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