Two weeks ago C.O.R.E. was in St. Louis, competing at the Championship level. Although it is always an honer to compete alongside teams from across the globe, it was a little humbling. All in all, we were the 65 ranked team in our division of a hundred. This gives us something to work for. As Dale Carnegie once said “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success”. On a different note, the St. Louis experience was quite enjoyable. We thank the parents, mentors, and sponsors who make trips like this possible. Lastly, congratulations to all of the teams that made it to Einstein, the final field of play, as well as everyone that competed.

All FIRST competitions are broadcasted live. To view the the matches here are some websites: http://theredalliance.com/livefeeds.html (red alliance), http://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday (blue alliance), http://watchfirstnow.com/live.php (general).

C.O.R.E. 2062 is in the Currie division.

With the FIRST Championship less than a week away, C.O.R.E. 2062 is finalizing our pre-Championship preparations. Æther,our robot, has got its new blocker in place and has been fixed up since its last competition. In addition, our improved hopper is in order to not give us any problems. Also, for the tournament, we have prepared safety demos as well as lock out tag out kits that we are going to give to other teams. Soon we will be packing everything away, only to see it later in the city of St. Louis.