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26 February-1 March 2025
Pacific Coliseum
100 N Renfrew St
Vancouver, BC Canada
Wednesday February 26
6:00PM - 8:00PM 5 Team Reps to Load In, Set Up Pits, and Robot Inspection Weigh In
Thursday, February 27
7:45AM 5 Team Reps to Load In
8:30AM Pits, Machine Shop, Registration and Inspection Open
8:30AM - 6:00PM Quiet Room Open
9:00AM Load-in Ends
9:00AM - 11:00AM Driver’s Meeting, Field Open for Measurement and Calibration
11:00AM - 12:00PM Lunch
12:00PM - 6:00PM Practice Matches
6:30PM Pits and Machine Shop Close
Friday, February 28
8:00AM Pits and Machine Shop Open
8:00AM - 6:00PM Quiet Room Open
8:30AM - 8:50AM Opening Ceremonies
8:50AM - 12:00PM Qualification Matches
12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch
1:00PM - 5:45PM Qualification Matches
5:45PM - 6:15PM Awards Ceremony
~6:30PM** Pits and Machine Shop Close immediately following Awards Ceremony
Saturday, March 1
8:00AM Pits and Machine Shop Open
8:00AM - 5:00PM Quiet Room Open
8:30AM - 8:50AM Opening Ceremonies
8:50AM - 12:00PM Qualification Matches
~12:00PM - 12:30PM Alliance Selections (begins 8 minutes after the end of Qualification Matches)
12:30PM - 1:30PM Lunch
1:30PM - 5:00PM Playoff Matches & Awards Ceremony
~5:30PM** Pits close 30 minutes following the close of the Closing Ceremony
More information to follow. See also https://firstroboticsbc.org/event/frc-canadian-pacific-regional-2025/. The public schedule is posted here: https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/frc/2025-events/2025_BCVI_Agenda.pdf
22-23 February 2025
St. Margaret's School, 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3P7
Victoria, BC Canada
FIRST events are free and open to the public. Best time for viewing matches is between 1:30 and 4:30 on Saturday, and all day Sunday.
The British Columbia and Yukon FIRST Tech Challenge Championship Tournament will be held at St. Margaret’s School in Victoria on Saturday and Sunday February 22,23 2025. FIRST Tech Challenge championship tournaments include judging sessions, robot inspections, qualification matches, playoff matches, and awards.
Saturday Schedule
Start time: 9am (Teams arrive)
Judging and Robot Inspection: 9:30am
Lunch: 12 noon to 1pm
Opening Ceremony, followed by matches: 1pm
End of Day: 4:30 pm
Team Social: 5pm
Sunday Schedule
Start time: 8:30am (Teams arrive)
Opening followed Qualification Matches: 9am
Lunch: 12 noon to 1pm
Qualifications Matches: 1pm
Alliance Selection and Playoff Matches: 3-4:30pm
Closing ceremony and Awards: 4:30
Event End: 5pm
Note: Times are estimates only
25 January 2025 - 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
St. Margaret's School, 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3P7
Victoria, BC Canada
FIRST events are free and open to the public. Best time for viewing matches is between 1 and 3:30pm.
The Victoria FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Tournament will be held at St. Margaret’s School in Victoria on Saturday January 25 2025. FIRST Tech Challenge qualifying tournaments include judging sessions, robot inspections, qualification matches, playoff matches, and awards.
Schedule
Start time: 8am (Teams arrive)
Judging and Robot Inspection: 8:30am
Opening Ceremony: 11am
Lunch: 12 noon to 1pm
End Time: 5:30 pm
Teams will have a judging interview in the morning and robot inspection. Around 11am is opening ceremonies followed by the first qualification matches. Lunch is usually 12 noon to 1pm, followed by more qualification matches. Once all the matches are played, the top teams choose their partners for the playoff matches. Closing ceremony and awards follow the final matches.
(Unofficial) Vancouver Island FTC Scrimmage
23 November 2024 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Esquimalt High School, 847 Colville Rd, Victoria, BC V9A 4N9
Victoria, BC Canada
0900 - Main door opens for teams to arrive in the cafeteria/theatre foyer
0930 - Inspections begin
1030 - Robot inspections complete, match schedule generation
1045 - Matches begin and judging practice will run in parallel
1200 - Lunch break (pizza for sale, concession stand available)
1300 - Matches resume and judging practice will run in parallel
1445 - Matches finish and teams begin packing up
1500 - Doors close and teams exit
If you are interested in ordering pizza for your team for lunch please order no later than Wednesday 20 November 2024.
Parking is available in the main (northwest) lot of the school, nearest the track field. Please enter via the main doors near the roundabout. A parkign map and floor plan is attached.
FTC Programming Workshops
17 October 2024 through 5 December 2024, each Thursday - 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Esquimalt High School, 847 Colville Rd, Victoria, BC V9A 4N9
Victoria, BC Canada
Are you new to programming? Interested in learning Java? Looking to learn about programming for FIRST Tech Challenge?
An introductory Java programming course using Android Studio is being offered from 17 October 2024 to 5 December 2024. It will run from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm at Esquimalt High School in Room 221. No workshop on 31 October 2024. Please fill out the form below if you are interested and come join us on October 10th! We can accommodate approximately 25-30 students and have a couple of driverbots available for code testing. If a team is interested to bring their own bot, they certainly may.
https://forms.gle/8S3Sf7hatBKazdDW8
All of the presentations and code samples are available here.
(Unofficial) Vancouver Island FTC Scrimmage
26 October 2024 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Esquimalt High School, 847 Colville Rd, Victoria, BC V9A 4N9
Victoria, BC Canada
0900 - Main door opens for teams to arrive in the cafeteria/theatre foyer
0930 - Inspections begin
1030 - Robot inspections complete, match schedule generation
1045 - Matches begin (hopefully) and judging practice will run in parallel
1200 - Lunch break (pizza for sale, concession stand available)
1300 - Matches resume and judging practice will run in parallel
1445 - Matches finish and teams begin packing up
1500 - Doors close and teams exit
If you are interested in ordering pizza for your team for lunch please fill out this form no later than Wednesday 23 October 2024: https://forms.gle/iCixNKmrjV4F1gtSA
Parking is available in the main (northwest) lot of the school, nearest the track field. Please enter via the main doors near the roundabout. A floor plan is attached.
21 September 2024
UVIC, ECS Building Engineering Computer Science Building
Victoria, BC Canada
Fundraising_Sponsorship.pptx20 September 2024
Victoria, BC Canada
FIRST Robotics Competition Canadian Pacific Regional - February 28-March 2, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
FIRST Robotics Competition Canadian Pacific Regional - February 28-March 2, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre 1925 Blanshard Street Victoria, BC Canada
From February 28th to March 2nd, 2024, FIRST Robotics British Columbia will host 42 FIRST Robotics Competition robotics teams from around the world—along with their robots, built and programmed by high school students—at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre for the only competition of its kind in B.C.
Aimed at providing learning and development opportunities for kids in technology, this competition will showcase the robots in an epic battle that combines sport, science, and teamwork.
Stop by the program displays to find out more about FIRST robotics and how you can get involved and compete with your own robot! FIRST events are free and open to the public, best viewing will be during match play.
February 28 will be set-up day and team load-in will be from 5-8pm.
February 29 8:30am Pits, Machine Shop, Registration and Inspection Open. There will be practice matches from 12:30-7pm.
March 1 will have opening ceremonies at 8:30am with qualification matches from 9am-6pm. Lunch break 12-1pm.
March 2 will have opening at 8:30am and qualification matches from 9am-12:30, then playoff matches start at 1:30pm followed by an awards ceremony that should end around 4:30pm.
Detailed Schedule will be linked as soon as it is posted to the firstinspires.org website.
There are two Twitch live streams for this event:
The list of teams attending can be found on the FIRST Inspires site: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/BCVI.
FIRST Tech Challenge BC / Yukon Championship - February 24-25, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
FIRST Tech Challenge BC / Yukon Championship - February 24-25, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
L.A. Matheson Secondary School 9484 122 Street, Surrey, BC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdwsBezgptRv3g3Tfjy7wSP3VYdwy1ULs9Uz98SgM5M/edit?usp=sharing
Victoria FTC Qualifying Tournament - January 27, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Victoria FTC Qualifying Tournament - January 27, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
St. Margaret’s School, 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria
The Victoria FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Tournament will be held at St. Margaret’s School in Victoria on Saturday January 27 2024. FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Tournament include Robot Inspections, Qualification Matches, Elimination Matches, judging sessions and awards.
Schedule
8:00 Team Registration Opens
8:30-10:45 Judging Interviews, Inspections
11:00 am Opening
11:15 - noon Qualifying Matches
Noon Lunch
1:00-3:00 Qualifying Matches
3:00 Alliance Selection
3:30 Elimination Matches
5:00 Awards and Closing
At Qualifying Tournaments, teams will have a Judging Interview in the morning and Robot Inspection. Around 11am is Opening Ceremonies followed by the first Qualifying Matches. Lunch is usually 12noon to 1pm, followed by more Qualifying Matches. Once all the matches are played, the top teams choose their partners for the Elimination Rounds. Closing and Awards follow the final matches.
Victoria FTC Scrimmage - November 18, 2023 @09:00 am - 3:00 pm
St. Margaret’s School, 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria
Open to the public.
A scrimmage is an unofficial FIRST Tech Challenge event where Teams help each other improve their Robots, play Robot Matches, attend workshops, and socialize. This scrimmage is organized more like an official event with robot inspections in the morning so teams can experience what an event is like and have their robots checked out.
Schedule:
9:00 Teams Arrive
9:30 - 10:30 Inspections
11:00 Opening and Matches
noon - 1pm Lunch
1-3pm Matches
3:30pm Pack Up
The event will be held in the south gym at St. Margaret's.
CANADIAN PACIFIC REGIONALS - MARCH 1, 2023 @ 8:00 am - MARCH 3, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
CANADIAN PACIFIC REGIONALS - MARCH 1, 2023 @ 8:00 am - MARCH 3, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre 1925 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC from March 1st to 3rd, 2023
FIRST Robotics British Columbia will host 24 FIRST Robotics Competition robotics teams—along with their robots, built and programmed by high school students—at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
Everyone in attendance will be required to have a signed FIRST Robotics British Columbia Waiver Form.
https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2023/BCVI
The event can also be viewed live online via Blue Alliance - https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=firstupdatesnow We are team 7287 and our event is the Canadian Pacific Regionals 2023.
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Championship - FEBRUARY 25-26, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Championship - FEBRUARY 25-26, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
L.A. Matheson Secondary School 9484 122 Street, Surrey, BC
FIRST Tech Challenge Competitions pack many activities into one day. The main activities are as follows:
1. Team check-in
2. Robot and field inspection
3. Judges’ interviews
4. Drivers’ meeting
5. Opening ceremony
6. Qualification Matches
7. Alliance Selection
8. Elimination Matches
9. Awards and closing ceremony
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Victoria Qualifier – VICTORIA JANUARY 28, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Victoria Qualifier – VICTORIA JANUARY 28, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
St. Margaret's School 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC
This will be a in-person qualifying tournament for FTC teams to play the POWERPLAY game.
Qualifying Tournaments include Qualification Matches, Elimination Matches, judging sessions and awards.
The number of Teams advancing to the regional championship Tournament depends on the capacity of the regional championship Tournament, the number of qualifying Tournaments and/or league Tournaments, and the number of Teams attending the Tournaments. The advancement criteria for moving to the next Tournament level is detailed in section 6.0 of the game manual part one.
FIRST Tech Challenge Competitions pack many activities into one day. The main activities are as follows:
1. Team check-in
2. Robot and field inspection
3. Judges’ interviews
4. Drivers’ meeting
5. Opening ceremony
6. Qualification Matches
7. Alliance Selection
8. Elimination Matches
9. Awards and closing ceremony
FTC SCRIMMAGE 3 – VICTORIA NOVEMBER 26, 2022 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
FTC SCRIMMAGE 3 – VICTORIA NOVEMBER 26, 2022 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
St. Margaret's School 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC
JUMPSTART – OCTOBER 29 2022 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
JUMPSTART – OCTOBER 29 2022 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Esquimalt High School 847 Colville Rd., Victoria, BC
A free event focusing on new teams, new team members, and anyone who is considering being on a team in any of the FIRST programs.
Workshops for FLL Challenge from 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Demo / general info for all programs at 3:30 pm
Email Uleslie@firstpartners.org for questions.
Register here: https://forms.gle/AyYNKKmF76W75Muw5
CANADIAN PACIFIC REGIONAL - MARCH 4, 2022 @ 8:00 am - MARCH 5, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
CANADIAN PACIFIC REGIONAL - MARCH 4, 2022 @ 8:00 am - MARCH 5, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Save On Foods Memorial Centre 1925 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC From March 3rd to 5th, 2022, FIRST Robotics British Columbia will host 30+ FIRST Robotics Competition robotics teams—along with their robots, built and programmed by high school students—at the Save-On-Foods […]
*Due to restrictions, spectators are not permitted at the event this year. The event can be viewed live online via Blue Alliance - https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=firstupdatesnow We are team 7287 and our event is the Canadian Pacific Regionals.
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Championship - FEBRUARY 26, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
BC FIRST Tech Challenge Championship - FEBRUARY 26, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meadowridge School 12224 240 St Maple Ridge, BC V4R 1N1 Canada
FTC SCRIMMAGE – VICTORIA 2 JANUARY 22 2022 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
FTC SCRIMMAGE – VICTORIA 2 JANUARY 22 2022 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
St. Margaret's School 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC
Scrimmage for FTC teams to play FRIEGHT-FRENZY at in person matches at St. Margaret's School in Victoria. Teams arrive at 12:30. Matches start at 1:30pm. Unfortunately, no spectators are allowed for this event.
25 January 2025 - 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
St. Margaret's School, 1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3P7
Victoria, BC Canada
FIRST events are free and open to the public. Best time for viewing matches is between 1 and 3:30pm.
The Victoria FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Tournament will be held at St. Margaret’s School in Victoria on Saturday January 25 2025. FIRST Tech Challenge qualifying tournaments include judging sessions, robot inspections, qualification matches, playoff matches, and awards.
Schedule
Start time: 8am (Teams arrive)
Judging and Robot Inspection: 8:30am
Opening Ceremony: 11am
Lunch: 12 noon to 1pm
End Time: 5:30 pm
Teams will have a judging interview in the morning and robot inspection. Around 11am is opening ceremonies followed by the first qualification matches. Lunch is usually 12 noon to 1pm, followed by more qualification matches. Once all the matches are played, the top teams choose their partners for the playoff matches. Closing ceremony and awards follow the final matches.
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