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NY Excelsior Region Update!
Very limited space in NY Excelsior Qualifiers! Registration deadline is Dec 15 

Please register right away. We will do what we can to fit you into a tournament, but you may need to be placed on a waiting list.
For all the important details see the “Teams Register Here” button at the link below.
For Teams to see all event team lists see the “Current Teams List” button here as well. (After looking it over please notify us of any event changes for your team ASAP.)
Dean's List interview dates!

Our NY Excelsior hard deadline for submitting nominations is January 15th at 11pm.
See the Events webpage linked above for the link to the Dean’s List Nomination Guide and February Interview dates.
Game Manuals, etc. updates occur throughout each season!

Manuals have been updated recently, so consistently read up on all the changes. The updates log in all FIRST documents is found on page 3.
Finger Lakes Qualifier! 

Fun was had by all at this first in-person NY Excelsior event in almost 2 years! It was incredible to be back together again. Thanks so much to our fabulous hosts: Penfield High School, FTC Team 6996 Oncoming Storm, and FRC Team 1511 Rolling Thunder!
Note on possibly pivoting from in-person to Remote events:

Hopefully the season’s events will all go on as planned, but understandably as COIVD rates continue to rise in certain areas, please be advised that each of our Tournament venues may create new policies. Thank you for being respectful of any difficult decisions our very generous venues and Tournament Committees may need to make.
For example: Peekskill High School will only allow a maximum of 15 people per team to attend the Qualifier on January 15th. Details have been emailed to teams in our Peekskill event.
 
For planning purposes, in case a venue decides they will not allow a Qualifier to occur on-site, then we will pivot to running it as a Remote qualifier in the week before the current Qualifier date. Especially since we know our Judge Volunteers would be available. We are asking Tournament Directors/venues to let us know 2-3 weeks ahead of a decision like this- if at all possible, so that we can give everyone time to plan and pivot.

This means teams should please be reading the game rules and manuals for remote events- just in case. Basically, alert your teams and parents they should be ready for anything!
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