March 23rd, 2009
     Hey everyone!
    
     The Regionals are a scant three days away, and the team is busy at work preparing for the Connecticut Regionals. They will run all day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 26th – 28th at the Connecticut Convention Center.
    
     The following is an outline of each day:
    
     Thursday, March 26th is the practice day, a low-key day that teams use to prepare and practice with their robots. Due to the preparatory nature of the day, the team finds it beneficial to bring only a small core group of members, as decided by their good standing on the team (as per Handbook procedures). The roster of students going on Thursday is as follows:
    
     Taylor Amarel
     Matt Bedard
     Zach Clapper
     Evan Dorsky
     Tim Guilford
     Ben Henry
     Lauren Jefferson
     Zhihe Li
     Connor McCrudden
     Eric Ni
     Ethan Read
     Max Reenan
     Jared Simonelli
     Ketaki Shashank
     Todd Slater
     Kelsey Starr
     Sirui Sun
     Adam Turner
     Margaret Valerio
    
     We will arrive at the school at 7:00 am, depart the school at 7:30 am, arrive at the convention center by 8:30 am, depart the Convention Center at 8:00 pm, and arrive back to the school by 8:45 pm.
    
     Friday, March 27th is the first official day of regulation matches, and we invite all team members to come that day. Once again, ALL TEAM MEMBERS are eligible to go to the competition on Friday. We will arrive at the school at 6:30 am, depart at 7:00 am, arrive at the Convention Center at 8:00 am, depart the Convention Center at 6:00 pm, and arrive back to school by 6:45 pm.
    
     Saturday, March 28th is the final day of competitions, during which happens the playoffs and the awards ceremonies. Family members are highly encouraged to come via the fan bus, which will be departing Avon High School at 8:50 am. The team itself will arrive at the high school at 6:30 am, depart at 7:00 am, arrive at the convention center at 8:00 am, depart the Convention Center by 5:00 pm, and arrive back to school by 5:45 pm. After Saturday, we may stop by 99 for a team dinner.
    
     It promises to be a fun-filled and action-packed weekend, and we hope everyone comes on Saturday to show their support.
    
     Thanks,
     -The Management Team