FIRST Tech Challenge gives middle and high school students and their adult mentors the opportunity to work and create together to solve a common problem. Teams are challenged to design and build a robot using a kit of parts and within a common set of rules to play a sophisticated field game. The robot game changes every season and is a blast! Winning is always secondary to the quality of the overall experience.Schedule of Events
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Date |
Event |
Location |
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January 28th |
AL Scrimmage #2 |
Fort Payne, AL |
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February 4th |
AL Scrimmage #3 |
Huntsville, AL |
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March 4th |
AL FTC State Championship |
Huntsville, AL |
Eligibility and Advancement
Alabama is an open region with priority registration. This means we do allow teams from other FTC regions to compete in Alabama, with priory first given to Alabama teams and regions that are open to Alabama teams (Currently this includes Arkansas and Tennessee teams). Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee teams are automatically eligible to compete in the Alabama FTC Championship. While we strongly encourage you to participate in one or more scrimmages, participation in a scrimmage is not required for Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee teams. Teams from regions outside Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee must participate in at least one or more of the scrimmages on January 29th and/or February 19th to be eligible to compete in the Alabama FTC State Championship on March 5th.
We still anticipate advancing two teams from the Alabama State Championship to the World Championship which will take place in Houston 19th-22nd.
Event Fee and Registration
The registration fee for Alabama State Championship will be $300. The State Championship registration fee will include participation in Scrimmage #2 and Scrimmage #3. If you are competing in the State Championship, there will be no additional fee for competing in the scrimmages. If you intend to compete in a scrimmage, but not the State Championship, the registration fee will be $40 for each scrimmage.
Once you register and your spot is confirmed, you will receive a separate email with instructions on how to pay the registration fee. All Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee teams will automatically be confirmed. Teams that register from outside regions will be notified by email if they have a spot,
Registration Form
Please use the following link to register for all remaining FTC events. If you have any questions or need to change your registration after submission, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Team Registration
If you have not done so, please go ahead and register your team at the link below as soon as possible. This will make sure you are on the mailing list to receive information and updates from FIRST HQ and FTC in Alabama and help us with finalizing the plan for this season based on how many total teams we have. A coach/mentor of an FTC team will have to create a FIRST account using the "Sign In" button on the top right of this page and then follow the link to "Create New Team(s)".
https://www.firstinspires.org/
The full instructions on how to register a team can be found HERE
When registering a team, please make sure the contact information for the coaches is filled out as this is the only way your team will be added to the email list to receive future communications from FTC in Alabama.
New Email/Discord
I have a new email address! If you are trying to get in contact with me, please start using this address from now on. I will continue to check the other address, but at less regular intervals.
Additionally, if you have questions that the larger FTC in Alabama community can answer, you may get a faster answer by asking on the FTC in Alabama Discord server. Both coaches and students are welcome on Discord, so I encourage you to share the link with your teams.
