DEWBOT XII Westtown
The Westtown event was co-hosted by teams 1391 (based at the Westtown School) and 1640 and was a huge success. This was the first time the two teams had worked together to host a robotics tournament. According to Clem McKown, the Volunteer Coordinator for the event: “The Westtown School provides a wonderful venue for a robotics competition, while neighboring team 1640 has a much larger volunteer base of students, mentors and parents as well as experience in hosting FLL competitions. It was natural for us to team up to host a tournament. Together, we put on a great event.”
Team 1640 seeded 3rd in a field of 37 teams with a (10-2-0) record during qualification matches. We gratefully accepted 225’s (TechFire) invitation to join them in the 1st alliance, which was completed by 1391 (Metal Moose). Together, we went on to become Westtown CHAMPIONS, defeating the 6th alliance in the 2nd final match through a tie-breaker.
1640 received the Quality Award.
Westtown MAR District Event Photo Gallery
Smoothing out the field carpet
Splicing the field centerline
Trimming the carpet
Gary Deaverwith boulder stop
Starting to put up the drivers station wall
Tower base & drivers station wall
Gary Deaver & Eric Zygmont assembling tower
Defense bases going in
Field partially assembled
Paul, CJ & Akhila secure field side panels
Pit area
Completing batter
Gary Deaver in tower
Joe Troy
Gary Deaver in tower
Mark Deaver
Attaching crenulations
Pit
Watching shots on practice field
Aashay
Safety Glasses table
Paul
Akhila & Alicia
Keith
Volunteer Coordinator - Clem McKown
Pit - Dana, Larry Dodds & Paul
Field reset
Announcer - Tom Zawislak
Fatima (Queuer) & Madi (Field Reset)
Bob Dudek of 365
