Wreckers Top GFA Robotics Competition

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Wrecker Robotics team from Westport’s Staples High School took top honors today in the Connecticut FIRST Tech Challenge, a robotics competition dubbed Battle @ The Beach, at Greens Farms Academy. The team also won the Inspire Award, the highest in the competition, as well as the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award. It now moves on to the world championships in St. Louis in April. Pictured (l-r) are Will Moeller, 16, Troy Fantini 17, co-captain, Alec Solder, 16, co-captain, Ian Blanchard, 15, Max Liben, 16, and Eric Pan, 16. All are juniors except Ian who is a sophomore.The Wrecker Robotics team won the world championship in 2011. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Posted 02/16 at 06:03 PM

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Great news… Go Eric Pan

Posted by Mark Molesworth on February 16, 2013 at 10:18 PM | #

Wrecker Robotics is in need of funds to make the kids dream of competing in the World Championship in St. Louis a possibility.
Please visit http://www.wreckerrobotics.com to help the team out. Or send me an email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to become a sponsor.
Thanks

Posted by John Solder on February 21, 2013 at 04:10 PM | #

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