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The Franklin Cup 2010 Event Report
Another great turnout again for this years Franklin Cup. Many strong and innovative designs were seen in the pits. Battling took it's toll and many found themselves using every minute allowed to make sure their bot was 100% before the box was locked. Check out below to see this years winners:

Winners

Ant weight:
1st -- Szalor Service Shuffle Bot
Kyle Singer Twisted Sick Robots
2nd -- Zergling
Kyle Singer/Michael Jefferies
Twisted Sick Robots
3rd -- Little Spinny Tortoise Thingy
Kyle Singer/Richard Wong
Ready to Rumble Combat Robots
Ant Brackets

Beetle weight:
1st -- Mr. Croup
Jim Iocca NovaRobots
2nd -- Spinning Tortoise
Kyle Singer/Richard Wong
Ready to Rumble Combat Robots
3rd -- Torgr
Kyle Singer Twisted Sick Robots
Beetle Brackets

Hobby weight:
1st -- Scurrie
Zac O'Donnel Team Brain Damage
2nd -- Surgical Strike
Andrew Smith Team Rolling Thunder
3rd -- Flat Line
Chuck Butler Team Pneusance
Hobby Brackets

Feather weight:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Higgins
Daniel Jones Team Tech
2nd -- Steel Shadow
Zac O'Donnell Team Brain Damage
3rd -- The Duke of Death
Alex Weiss 1st Regiment Robotics
Feather Brackets

Sportsman:
1st -- Mangi
Brian Benson/Al Kindle Half Fast Astronaut
2nd -- Lock Jaw
Josh Zimmerman Team jZ Robotics
3rd -- Shish Kabot
Alex Horne Cookin With Gas
Sportsman Brackets

The Franklin Cup
This award is given to the most innovative and best engineered bot at the event.
All The Ready to Rumble Bots with their "melty Brain" translational spinning design.
Little Spinny Tortoise Thingy, Spinning Tortoise, Double Trouble
Richard Wong Ready To Rumble Combat Robots

Special Awards
Best Driver -- Kyle Singer Twisted Sick Robots
Most Destructive -- Lock Jaw - Josh Zimmerman Team jZ Robotics

Big thanks to everyone who helped make this year's Fi another fun event.

Big Thanks to Mike and the FI crew for setup, tear down, and hosting us in general.
Pete Smith from KitBots for providing some excellent prizes.
Ed and Beth for bracketology.
Alan for working with The Franklin Institute and PACTS in organizing another great event.
The Dude for announcing the first half of the day.
Greg Horne for taking the Dude's place for announcing the second half of the day.


I'm sure I'm forgetting many, you know who you are!


Motorama Robot Conflict 2010 Event Report
Another event in the books. Lots of good solid fights with bots giving and taking some heavy hits. In the end, only one can stand with the first place trophy next to the official Miss Motorama...proabaly a first since she usually leaves by the time we even finish the tournament.

Winners

Fairy weight:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Crim
Kyle Singer Twisted Sick Robots
2nd -- Mango Farmer
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
3rd -- Fright Blade
John Parsons Team Slammers
Fairy Brackets

Ant weight:
1st -- Maelstrom
Bryan Uber Dark Steel Robotics
2nd -- Gilbert
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
3rd -- Green Monster
George Hotz Team Titanium Squirrels
Ant Brackets

Beetle weight:
1st -- Another Brick In The Wall
Simon Popecki Team Slammers
2nd -- Weta
Andrew Smith Team Rolling Thunder
3rd -- Once Fierce Uppercut
Gene Burbeck Fierce Robots
Beetle Brackets

Hobby weight:
1st -- Scurrie
Zachery O'Donnell Team Brain Damage
2nd -- Zandor
Alan Young Mad Scientist
3rd -- Ntertainment
Paul Ventamiglia Team Demolition
Hobby Brackets

Feather weight:
1st -- Higgins
Daniel Jones Team Tech
2nd -- Steel Shadow
Zachery O'Donnell Team Brain Damage
3rd -- General Dissaray
Brian Benson Benson Labs
Feather Brackets

Sportsman:
1st -- Upheaval
Alan Young Mad Scientist
2nd -- Shish-Kabot
Alex Horne Cookin' With Gas
3rd -- Mangi
John Pagano Half Fast Astronaut
Sportsman Brackets


Special Awards
Best Driver -- Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
Most Destructive -- Steel Shadow - Zachery O'Donnell Team Brain Damage

Thanks again to everyone involved in putting this event together and to keep NERC and the sport of combat robotics going.

Thanks to Brad and Motorama for having us back again!
Jim Iocca- Registration coordinator.
Al Kindle - DemoBots, prize wrangling.
Brian and family - Arena delivery - without the Benson's this doesn't happen.
Wayne Molnar - Trophies and being fun to harass.
John Wolan - Videographer (Note: And to Ed for actually figuring out how to put the "duck blind" together without assistance).
Beth, Ben, and Gina - Brackets. One of the hardest parts of the process.
Rob Masek and Eric Scott - Judging and poor parking.
Tony Fowlie - Announcing - making things sound exciting even when they weren't.
John "Anarchy Dude" Durand - music and for having the tech-est thing I've seen in awhile...controlling the music over the PA system via iPhone.

Anyone who we made impromptu judges: Dan, Josh, Jim, etc, etc, etc.
John "Anarchy Dude" Durand - music and for having the tech-est thing I've seen in awhile...controlling the music over the PA system via iPhone.
Arena setup: Honestly - Friday's are tough to keep track of people at the event. We did notice the McKeown's kicking butt and taking names and wanted to thank them specifically. Thanks guys! Pretty sure the Parson's were involved too. Jim, Josh, anyone else we forgot! Thanks!
Arena teardown: Al, Alan, Brian, Bryan, Team Canada: Jason, Dalton, Pete and Andrew, Josh F., Joe P and, again, anyone I forgot. Feel free to chime in...
All The Competitors - Thanks to everyone that comes out and supports this event. A lot of work goes on before, during and after the arena is packed up until next time. And it couldn't be done without a such a committed group of builders. Thanks.

Big thanks to our VERY generous sponsors, please take the time to reach out to them and thank them for their very generous donations this year:

Team Whyachi
Dimension Engineering
Fingetech Robotics
Kitbots

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