FRC Update 6-14-24 - FIRST Ohio

Hello Teams! Hope your summer is going well! A few updates and some reminders below:

Registration for the 2024-2025 FIRST^® DIVE^SM presented by Qualcomm season is now open! Start your team registration and prepare your team to use their engineering skills to strengthen one of the ocean’s most diverse habitats.

Updated Blog Site: Going forward, new FIRST Robotics Competition blog posts will be hosted on the FIRST® Community Blog on the FIRST Robotics Competition blog landing page. The FIRST Community blog has re-launched as the primary source for inspiration and updates about FIRST programs and our global robotics community from FIRST Be sure to update your bookmarks/feeds. Important program updates will continue to be shared with registered teams through the FIRST Robotics Competition Team Blasts. 

Regrants: Team leads that have a “credit balance” in their FIRST account must submit regrant requests before June 30, 2024. If not regranted, any of the remaining funds are re-designated based on sponsor intent. See the regrant policies and procedures page for more details.

Off Season Events:

June 22 – Riverboat Rumble, Louisville, Kentucky (see attached flyer). Event will be held at Central High School and is hosted by FIRST in Indiana and KY FIRST Robotics.
August 2-3 – WV Rox (waitlist only), Fairmont, WV www.marsfirst.org/wvrox
September 14 – Mahoning Valley Robotics Challenge, Warren G. Harding High School, Warren, Ohio. Registration and volunteer information found here: https://www.neofra.com/2024-mvrc
September 28 – Curiosity Open, Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio
October 26 – Rah Cha Cha Ruckus, Rochester, NY. More information found here: https://ruckus.penfieldrobotics.com/
October 27 (Sunday) – CORI Invitational, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, Ohio

Check out the FIRST Robotics Competition Calendar which is updated with key dates related to the 2025 season all the way through FIRST^® Championship. Have a great day! Nancy