Hey everyone,

Yesterday we got up early, tested the breakfast buffet, had a swim in the pool and spa and then went in to the The Wide World of Sport centre at the Disney World complex.
The venue was open early for teams to set up their pits and get their robots ready for the competition.
We registered our team, passed inspection and spent several hours practicing driver skills and refining our programming.
We received our new team t-shirts which we absolutely love! The rooster logo has really crisp colours, and having our team number on the back is great as we can see each other from far away, and people know who we are as we walk away from a field. Thank you Rakon!
Today was the first day of competition, a super early start as we ferried the team in two trips to be at the venue before 7:30am.
We saw dozens of hot air balloons taking off over the Kissimmee skies as we drove to Disney ESPN Sports World.
It was quite spectacular. We have one robot (2921b) in the Maths Division competing against 103 other robots, and the other (2921a) in the Engineering Division competing against another 103 robots.
There are also two other divisions (science and technology) each with 104 robots - so there are 416 teams competing from all around the world for the Tournament Championship.
The one winning alliance from each of the four divisions compete in the quarter/semi and finals.  The pressure starts to rise as we had our practice matches and first two rounds of qualifying matches today.
Every win, and every score, is added to place you in a ranking system.  Both of our teams won all the matches we played today, so we are in a good position so far.
George and Richard's programs in autonomous worked perfectly which is great, and the drive teams have been able to stay focused and calm.
We finished up at 7:30pm and have all collapsed back at our hotel.  Thank goodness for microwave meals! Our hours will be long, and energy levels need to be conserved so we can do our very best. Watch this space :-)

Isaac and the team.

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