Team DAVE was overjoyed to compete at the Ontario District Provincial Championship in the Science Division last week! At this event, we competed against 50 teams from Ontario, including fellow WWFIRST teams.
On the first day, DAVE played in six qualification matches and won all of them, ending the day ranked 2nd. A highlight of the day was when we played with FRC Teams 2056 and 2702 to get a world high score of 155 (150 without penalties), which has since been broken.
The next day, DAVE arrived at 7 AM and played Uno to pass the time before entering the venue. We played in six more qualification matches, winning 4 and losing 2. We were ranked 5th out of 50 teams by the end of the day and had a win-loss record of 10-2.
We started the final day with Opening Ceremonies and quickly moved into Alliance Selection where we selected FRC Team 1114 – Simbotics and FRC Team 2702 – Rebels to be in our alliance with us. We won our first elimination match, moving up in the upper bracket. Next, we went up against Alliance 1 in Match 7 and lost, moving down into the lower bracket. DAVE and our alliance fought a hard battle in Match 9 but lost to Alliance 6. We spent the rest of the day cheering on other teams in the stands.
Congratulations to FRC Teams 2056, 4678, and 9785 for winning both the Science Division and the Ontario District Provincial Championship!
DAVE qualified for the FIRST World Championship and will be competing from April 17th to 20th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX. We are looking forward to going up against the best teams in the world for the chance to become World Champions!