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It is with immense gratitude and pride that we want to thank our FIRST Tech Challenge teams, volunteers, coaches, mentors, and parents for such an unforgettable FIRST RELIC RECOVERY Presented by Qualcomm season! This season was amazing, and we couldn�t have done it without each and every single one of you. We�re so impressed with the creative robots that were built, the high scores that were achieved, the rookie teams that succeeded, and the ethos of FIRST that was passed on to the next generation of our FIRST Tech Challenge community. We finished this season with 5235 teams, which is incredible.  We want to thank YOU for showing up week after week from our  FIRST Tech Challenge Kickoff in September, to our FIRST Championship in April. What a year. YOU are what make the FIRST Tech Challenge community fun, engaging, and successful. You act as ambassadors for FIRST and help new members of the community see the potential in our program and community. Joining FIRST is more than ju...

Happy Summer, FIRST� Tech Challenge Teams! That's right! We are more than half-way through the summer, and we here at Headquarters have not been idle (even while partaking in the occasion ice cream cone). The Team Information Matching System (TIMS) has been replaced by our new Team Registration housed within www.firstinspires.org . This system now plays host to ALL FOUR PROGRAM , has easier access between multiple Teams, and is located within our home website. FIRST� as an organization has moved to a single sign on within the FIRST Website ( my.firstinspires.org/Dashboard/ ). All Team Registration for each program is handled through this FIRST Portal. New Teams Once a FIRST account is created and an individual is logged in, Teams will be navigated to the Dashboard where they will be able to select �Create a Team�. Teams will select a program and be walked through the wizard to create a Team Profile. For more detailed instructions check out our Creating a Team Video.  For further...

We are so excited about the new website, www.firstinspires.org . It looks so awesome! But where's all the stuff? It's still there, but moving over to the new website, we re-organized and cleaned up to make it more user-friendly. Let's take a brief tour through the new website and help you locate what you need. When you arrive at the FIRST website , click on Programs, hover over FIRST Tech Challenge, and select a category to get to the FIRST Tech Challenge program pages . Here you will find information about the Game, Season, Starting a Team, Budget, Social Media, and more. But those pages are really geared more toward folks who are new to FIRST and FIRST Tech Challenge; the resources and materials for Team, Mentors, and Volunteers is located in the Resource Library . The Resource Library houses individual documents and lists of resources. We've organized most of the resources into lists, such as: Start a Team Resources Game and Season Info Volunteer Resources and l...