I hope your season is going smoothly.
Below are the major topics in this email. Please read through carefully.
1. Training, training, training...2. Qualifying Tournaments3. Materials
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1. Training, training, training.
A: FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Headquarters' Coach Calls
FLL HQ hosts Coach Calls which cover a variety of topics. They are conference calls and the dial in information and topics can be found here (just scroll down the page a bit). They also record their calls and post them. Many have already been completed and you can listen to them on your way to work or whenever is convenient for you.
B: FLL Ontario Webinars
We host local webinars in the evenings in Ontario. The upcoming topics can be downloaded from this file. Please take a look at the topics that interest you. I want to highlight our first one which is a season-specific topic kicking us off on TUESDAY evening with a special guest. This would be a great one for the whole team to chime in on if possible. Register here for that one and check out the document for the rest (which run Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m.
C: Face to Face training
October 5th at St. Mildred's in Oakville - keep an eye on our Facebook page for the link to register.
D: FLL Quickstart Video - check it out and tell us what you think?
E: Online resources:
http://www.
http://www.stemcentric.com/
2. Qualifying TournamentsMany people have been inquiring about the qualifying tournaments for FLL this year. They are currently postedhere but not available to register yet. Ontario is split into two regions (East and West) and there is a championship event for each region. Certain qualifying tournaments feed into each of these championships.
How do we split Ontario? We do it geographically so that we have (as close as possible) the same number of teams competing in each half of the province. This makes the percentage of teams moving on from each event even on both sides of the province.
If your team is located West of Toronto you will have to select a Western Qualifying Tournament which will eventually feed into the West Provincial Championships on January 11th at the University of Waterloo.
If your team is located in Toronto or East of Toronto you will have to select a tournament that is categorized as an Eastern Qualifying tournament and these will eventually feed into the East provincial championships being held at UOIT on January 18th.
The only exception to this rule is the TDSB because they are on the edge of the dividing line for the province. Teams in the TDSB will be assigned a tournament and teams attending the Runnymede event will be in a Western qualifying tournament while teams in the other three TDSB events will be in the Eastern stream.
Tournament Registration links will be provided on this page (the page is not currently displaying properly but the first 10 events are East and from Sudbury down are all West events). Contact information for the event will also be posted there. If you have questions regarding the event you're attending (e.g. you want to know if it's wheelchair accessible, etc.) please contact the person responsible for the event.
3. MaterialsIf you are missing pieces or other details related to your Field Setup Kit, please contact Spectrum Customer Service directly.
To track or ask questions about your FLL or Jr.FLL order, please contact customer service 1-
For order inquiries, please contact customer service 1-
Dave
Dave Ellis
Director, FLL Ontario
FIRST Robotics Canada
www.firstroboticscanada.org
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