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FIRST Canada Winners Move On To International Finale

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Over the course of the last several weeks, students from 120 high schools (78 from Ontario, 32 from Quebec, 2 from Alberta, 1 from Nova Scotia, 5 from the United States and 2 from Mexico) took part in the FIRST Robotics Competition – the largest high school robotics competition in Canada. Eighteen of these teams earned spots at the 2012 World Championship event, to be held at the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri – April 25 – April 28, 2012.

The following Canadian student teams will move on to the 2012 World Championships:

Greater Toronto East Regional, Oshawa, Ontario, March 8-10, 2012:
Award Team Name City
Winner #1 1114 Governor Simcoe SS St. Catharine’s, ON
Winner #2 2056 Orchard Park SS Stoney Creek, ON
Winner #3 1219 Emery CI Toronto, ON
Chairman’s Award 1114 Governor Simcoe SS St. Catharine’s, ON
Waterloo Regional, Waterloo, Ontario, March 22-24, 2012:
Award Team Name City
Winner #1 1114 Governor Simcoe SS St. Catharine’s, ON
Winner #2 2056 Orchard Park SS Stoney Creek, ON
Winner #3 4372 PRDG HS Cambridge, ON
Chairman’s Award 2056 Orchard Park SS Stoney Creek, ON
Greater Toronto West Regional, Mississauga, Ontario, March 29-31, 2012:
Award Team Name City
Winner #1 2056 Orchard Park SS Stoney Creek, ON
Winner #2 4001 St. Robert CHS Thornhill, ON
Winner #3 2200 M. M. Robinson HS Burlington, ON
Chairman’s Award 1241 Rick Hansen SS Mississauga, ON

The 2012 FIRST Robotics Canada Event Sponsors are:

Platinum: Research In Motion
Gold: Bruce Power, Hatch
Silver: University of Toronto, SYNNEX Corporation, Thales, TMMC
Bronze: Google, Bell, General Motors, Ontario Power Generation, Rockwell Automation, University of Waterloo
Pit Sponsor: Magna

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international non-profit organization designed to inspire students to pursue studies and careers in science, engineering and technology. FIRST’s programs reach 212,000 students in 56 countries. FIRST Robotics Canada, which was started in 2002, now reaches over 10,000 Canadian students.

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