2016-2017 Season

Season Event Calendar

Game

The 2016-2017 season game is VELOCITY VORTEX℠ presented by Qualcomm®. See www.firstinspires.org for complete game documentation.


Pennsylvania Events

The Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge 2016-2017 season events are listed in the table below. Unless identified otherwise, these events are managed by Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics. Events marked Team Powered are hosted and managed by a Pennsylvania FTC team.


Date Event Type Event Name Venue / Web Confernencing Location
Sat Sep 10, 2016
10:30 am
Kickoff Pennsylvania FTC Season Kickoff – Philadelphia Northeast High School
Auditorium
1601 Cottman Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Sat Sep 10, 2016
10:30 am
Kickoff Pennsylvania FTC Season Kickoff – East Penn State Great Valley
Conference Center Building
Auditorium
30 E Swedesford Rd,
Malvern, PA 19355
Sat Sep 10, 2016
10:30 am
Kickoff Pennsylvania FTC Season Kickoff – Central York Country Day School
Ann B. Barshinger Center for the Arts and the Brougher Center for Innovation and Technology
Gymnasium
1000 Indian Rock Dam Rd,
York, PA 17403
Sat Sep 10, 2016
10:30 am
Kickoff Pennsylvania FTC Season Kickoff – West Penn State New Kensington
Auditorium
3550 7th Street Rd,
New Kensington, PA 15068
Sat Sep 17, 2016
10:00 am
Workshop Design It! Pittsburgh Robert Morris University
Sewall Center
6001 University Blvd.,
Moon Township, PA 15108
Sun Sep 18, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Design It! East Technical College High School - Brandywine
Entrance D
443 Boot Rd,
Downingtown, PA 19335
Wed Sep 21, 2016
7:00 pm
Virtual
Workshop
Coaches Call – Philadelphia (virtual event complete)
Wed Sep 21, 2016
8:00 pm
Virtual
Workshop
Coaches Call – East (virtual event complete)
Thu Sep 22, 2016
8:00 pm
Virtual
Workshop
Coaches Call – Central and West (virtual event complete)
Sat Oct 1, 2016
10:00 am
Team Powered
Workshop
Build It! Pittsburgh Gateway High School
Cafeteria
3000 Gateway Campus Blvd,
Monroeville, PA 15146
Sat Oct 1, 2016
12:45 pm
Workshop Program It! Harrisburg Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 326 Market St,
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Sun Oct 2, 2016
11:45 am
Team Powered
Workshop
Build It! East Technical College High School - Brandywine
Entrance D
443 Boot Rd,
Downingtown, PA 19335
Sat Oct 15, 2016
10:00 am
Team Powered
Workshop
Program It! Pittsburgh Bible Baptist Church 200 Elicker Rd,
Plum, PA 15239
Sat Oct 15, 2016
2:00 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Program It! East Technical College High School - Brandywine
Entrance D
443 Boot Rd,
Downingtown, PA 19335
Sat Oct 22, 2016
8:30 am
Workshop Duel on the Delaware Workshop & Scrimmage Salem Community College
Davidow Hall
460 Hollywood Ave,
Carneys Point, NJ 08069
Sat Oct 29, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Drive It! East Technical College High School - Brandywine
Entrance D
443 Boot Rd,
Downingtown, PA 19335
Sat Oct 29, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Drive It! Central SciTech High School 215 Market St,
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Sun Oct 30, 2016
1:00 pm
Workshop Drive It! Pittsburgh National Robotics Engineering Center 10 40th St,
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Sat Nov 5, 2016
8:00 am
Scrimmage Ramp Riot Scrimmage Wissahickon High School
Lower Cafeteria (use Dager Rd entrance)
521 Houston Rd,
Ambler, PA 19002
Sat Nov 12, 2016
8:00 am
Scrimmage Pittsburgh Area Scrimmage Peters Township Middle School
Gymnasium
625 East McMurray Rd,
McMurray, PA 15317
Sat Nov 12, 2016
8:00 am
Scrimmage The Oxford Open Oxford Area High School
Gymnasium
705 Waterway Rd,
Oxford, PA 19363
Sat Nov 19, 2016
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Qualifying Tournament Wissahickon Middle School
Gymnasium
500 Houston Rd,
Ambler, PA 19002
Sat Nov 19, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Philly Chassis Workshop Central High School
Classrooms
1700 West Olney Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Sat Dec 3, 2016
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Pittsburgh Area Qualifying Tournament Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy
Gymnasium
107 Thackeray Ave,
Pittsburgh,, PA 15260
Sun Dec 4, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Philly Particle Workshop Freire Charter High School 2027 Chestnut St,
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Sat Dec 10, 2016
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Hat Tricks Qualifying Tournament Simmons Elementary School
Gymnasium
411 Babylon Rd,
Horsham, PA 19044
Sat Dec 10, 2016
12:45 pm
Team Powered
Workshop
Philly Beacon Workshop Freire Charter High School 2027 Chestnut St,
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Sat Jan 7, 2017
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Qualifying Tournament Oxford Area High School
Gymnasium
705 Waterway Rd,
Oxford, PA 19363
Sat Jan 14, 2017
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Qualifying Tournament Upper St. Clair High School
Gymnasium
1825 McLaughlin Run Rd,
Upper St. Clair, PA 15241
Sat Jan 14, 2017
8:45 am
Team Powered
Scrimmage
Philly Scrimmage Central High School
Gymnasium
1700 West Olney Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Sat Jan 21, 2017
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament South Central Pennsylvania Regional Qualifying Tournament Penn State York
Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center
Irving Ave,
York, PA 17403
Sat Jan 28, 2017
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Philadelphia Qualifying Tournament Central High School
Gymnasium
1700 West Olney Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Sat Feb 11, 2017
7:45 am
Qualifying Tournament Lehigh Valley Qualifying Tournament Emmaus High School
Cafeterias 1 and 2
800 Pine St,
Emmaus, PA 18049
Sat Feb 25, 2017
7:30 am
Championship Tournament Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament Dallastown Intermediate School
Gymnasium
94 Beck Rd,
York, PA 17403

Championships

FTC East Super-Regional Championship

For the 2016-2017 season, Pennsylvania FTC Championship teams advanced to the FTC East Super-Regional Championship. The 2016-2017 FTC East Super-Regional Championship was held on March 17-19, 2017, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

FTC World Championships

FTC East Super-Regional Championship teams advanced to the FTC World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2017 FTC World Championships were held on April 19-22, 2017, in Houston, Texas, and on April 26-29, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri.


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