2018-2019 Season

2018-2019 Season

The 2018-2019 game is called ROVER RUCKUS Presented by Qualcomm. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing alliance by descending from the Lander, collecting Minerals from the Crater, sorting and scoring Minerals into the Cargo Hold of the Lander, performing Autonomous tasks, and navigating to specific parts of the Playing Field.

See http://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/ftc/game-and-season-info for more details.

Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge Events

Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge events for the 2018-2019 season. Qualifying Tournaments and the Championship Tournament follow the Tournaments format. This calendar of events contains Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics managed events plus select Team Powered (team hosted and managed) events. Unless specified, the events listed below are Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics managed events.

Advance registration using our Event Registration system is required to participate in the Workshops, Scrimmages, Qualifiers, and Championship listed below.

Registration for Kickoffs and Coaches Calls is requested for planning purposes, but not required.
Registration for Workshops closes 1 week before the event date.
Registration for Scrimmages closes 1 week before the event date. Open Scrimmage slots are offered to Waitlist teams starting 3 weeks before the event date.
Registration for Qualifiers closes 2 weeks before the event date. Open Qualifier slots are offered to Waitlist teams starting 6 weeks before the event date.
The registration deadline for Championship is 1 week after your team's qualifying date.

Minors attending or participating in any of these events must by accompanied by a parent or guardian (a team coach may be the guardian).

Registration for all events is now open!

Add an event to your calendar - click on the iCal link to download an iCalendar file, then open it and save it in your mobile or desktop calendar program.

Date	Event Type	Event Name Click on event name for event details web page	Venue Host's website	Location Google Maps
*September 2018*
Saturday Sept 8 iCal	Kickoff	Pennsylvania FTC Season Kickoff Individual iCalendar files: iCal-Philadelphia iCal-East iCal-Central iCal-West	Philadelphia: Temple University East: Penn State Great Valley Central: York Country Day School West: North Catholic High School	Philadelphia, PA Malvern, PA York, PA Cranberry Twp, PA
Wednesday Sept 12 iCal	Coaches Call	Coaches Call #1 7:30 PM	GoToMeeting
Thursday Sept 13 iCal	Coaches Call	Coaches Call #2 7:30 PM	GoToMeeting
Saturday Sept 15 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Design It! Pittsburgh	Southpointe Center of Waynesburg University	6000 Town Center Blvd Suite 100 Canonsburg, PA 15317
Sunday Sept 16 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Design It! Downingtown	Technical College High School - Brandywine	443 Boot Rd Downingtown, PA 19335
Saturday Sept 22 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Build It! Philadelphia	Abraham Lincoln High School	3201 Ryan Ave Philadelphia, PA 19136
Saturday Sept 22 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Jump Start! Johnstown	University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Living Learning Center B1 on Campus Map	450 Schoolhouse Rd Johnstown, PA 15094
Saturday Sept 29 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Build It! Pittsburgh	South Fayette Library	515 Millers Run Rd Morgan, PA 15064
Sunday Sept 30 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Build It! Downingtown	Chester County Intermediate Unit	455 Boot Rd Downingtown, PA 19335
*October 2018*
Saturday Oct 13 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Program It! Philadelphia	Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter	5501 Cedar Ave Philadelphia, PA 19143
Sunday Oct 14 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Program It! Downingtown	Chester County Intermediate Unit	455 Boot Rd Downingtown, PA 19335
Sunday Oct 21	Webinar	Blocks Programming Webinar Introduction & Simple Teleop	GoToWebinar
Sunday Oct 28	Webinar	Blocks Programming Webinar Autonomous Programming	GoToWebinar
Sunday Oct 28 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Drive It! Downingtown	Chester County Intermediate Unit	455 Boot Rd Downingtown, PA 19335
Sunday Oct 28 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Drive It! Pittsburgh	National Robotics Engineering Center	10 40th Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201
*November 2018*
Saturday Nov 3 iCal	Scrimmage	Ramp Riot Scrimmage Concurrent with Ramp Riot - FRC Off-Season Competition	Wissahickon High School Lower Cafeteria	521 Houston Rd Ambler, PA 19002
Sunday Nov 4	Webinar	Blocks Programming Webinar Rescheduled to Nov 11	GoToWebinar
Saturday Nov 10 iCal	Team Powered Workshop	Drive It! Philadelphia	Central High School Cafeteria	1700 West Olney Ave Philadelphia, PA 19141
Saturday Nov 10 iCal	Team Powered Scrimmage	Pittsburgh Area Scrimmage	Peters Township Middle School Gymnasium	625 East McMurray Rd McMurray, PA 15317
Sunday Nov 11	Webinar Register	Blocks Programming Webinar Debugging Techniques	GoToWebinar
Sunday Nov 11 iCal	Team Powered Scrimmage	Lancaster Scrimmage	Lancaster Country Day School Gymnasium	725 Hamilton Road Lancaster, PA 17603
Saturday Nov 17 iCal	Team Powered Scrimmage Register Now!	The Oxford Open	Oxford Area High School Gymnasium	705 Waterway Rd Oxford, PA 19363
Sunday Nov 18	Webinar Register	Blocks Programming Webinar Using Sensors & Vuforia	GoToWebinar
Sunday Nov 25	Webinar Register	Blocks Programming Webinar Using Functions	GoToWebinar
*December 2018*
Saturday Dec 1 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Hat Tricks Qualifier Concurrent with Hatboro-Horsham PennFLL Qualifier	Hatboro-Horsham High School Gymnasium	899 Horsham Rd Horsham, PA 19044
Saturday Dec 8 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	West Central Pennsylvania Qualifier	University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Wellness Center G-3 on Campus Map	450 Schoolhouse Rd Johnstown, PA 15094
Saturday Dec 15 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Eastern Pennsylvania Qualifier	Wissahickon Middle School Gymnasium	500 Houston Rd Ambler, PA 19002
Saturday Dec 15 iCal	Team Powered Scrimmage Register Now!	Philadelphia Scrimmage Concurrent with Central High School PennFLL Qualifier	Central High School Gymnasium	1700 West Olney Ave Philadelphia, PA 19141
*January 2019*
Saturday Jan 5 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Southeastern Pennsylvania Qualifier	Oxford Area High School Gymnasium	705 Waterway Rd Oxford, PA 19363
Sunday Jan 6 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Maroon and White Qualifier	Oxford Area High School Gymnasium	705 Waterway Rd Oxford, PA 19363
Saturday Jan 12 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Philadelphia Qualifier Registration is limited to Philadelphia city and select nearby schools	Central High School Gymnasium	1700 West Olney Ave Philadelphia, PA 19141
Saturday Jan 19 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Southwestern Pennsylvania Qualifier	Upper Saint Clair High School Gymnasium	1825 McLaughlin Run Rd Upper St. Clair, PA 15241
*February 2019*
Saturday Feb 2 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	South Central Pennsylvania Qualifier	Penn State York Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center	Irving Ave York, PA 17403
Sunday Feb 3 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Blue and White Qualifier	Penn State York Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center	Irving Ave York, PA 17403
Saturday Feb 16 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Lehigh Valley Qualifier	Emmaus High School Cafeterias 1 and 2	800 Pine St Emmaus, PA 18049
Sunday Feb 17 iCal	Qualifying Tournament Register Now!	Green and Gold Qualifier	Emmaus High School Cafeterias 1 and 2	800 Pine St Emmaus, PA 18049
*March 2019*
Saturday + Sunday Mar 2/3 iCal	Championship Tournament	Pennsylvania FTC Championship	TBA	TBA

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