Blog is back up!!!!

I'm Back! Blogger dashboard has been down, so I finally figured out how to set up a new blog spot that would link to this one.

Big year so far for LYR.

Our annual Blue Thunder tournament was a huge success and received accolades from all teams that attended. Special thanks to Steve Mac and his crew for running the tables so smoothly. A huge thanks to Brendan, Tina, and Marie for organizing and overseeing all the judging and the competition schedules. You guys did a fantastic job!!!
Leominster teams continued to pile up the awards with several research awards and a couple Gracious Professionalism awards.
Congratulations to The Wild Horses, and to Cybernetics Without Borders for their golden ticket performances at Shrewsbury and Agawam. Both teams did fantastic at the State Championship Robonautica tournament at WPI. Cybernetics took home the State Research Award!!!!

Another special thanks to Tina and Marie for putting together the season finale tournament up at the World Headquarters, complete with blindfolds and parents looking like kids, running the robots. A lot of fun was had by all.

I'm already looking forward to next years Lego challenge!!!!

On to VEX!
With more time to prepare than ever before, the LYR VEX teams showed that practice makes perfect by sweeping the top 5 spots at the World qualifier this past month at Quinsigamond College. The top three team alliance consisting of the Mountain Lions, Geared Gators, and Devil Dolls were impressive as they swept their way through the playoffs and winning a heated battle against fellow Leominster teams in the Finals!
With this, the three teams have qualified to compete this April in Kissimee Florida at the World Championships!!!!!

Next up is the inaugural Leominster Youth Robotics VEX Invitational tournament to be held January 15th at the Tata Auditorium in City Hall. We have teams coming from Springfield, Quabbin, Connecticut, and Maine. This should be fun event and we are hoping to see a lot of the public at this tournament. It is free and open to the public, so spread the word and come on down!!!!