Congrats to all the Four Corners Teams that advanced from the RezBotics Championship on to the FIRST Championship and Premier Events!
- FIRST Championship:
- 23942 - Rez Kidz
- 23948 - Chieftains
- Western Edge Premier Event - CA
- 26006 - KC Broncos
- 26009 - Coltz & Boltz
- 31606 - Newcomb Skyhawks Techs
- Also advancing:
- 26008 - Shiprock
Good Luck to the 50 Arizona Teams Competing this weekend at the Arizona Championship in Flagstaff!
Teams can find information on the Arizona Championship, including the schedule, pit map, information on tours of NAU Engineering, and food information HERE!
Links to the live stream are below. Congrats to ALL the Arizona teams that competed this season in 12 qualifiers!!!
GO TEAMS!
Advice from the AZ Head Referees
We are excited to see the action this weekend. Teams have been improving at an amazing rate and we are anticipating some great Matches! Here are a few points for Teams to think about as you head into the final preparations…
- Safety Glasses – Remember our past Blog post re. wearing Safety Glasses. We continue to be rigidly enforcing Safety Glass wear in the pits and competition field. One (1) Team Warning which will escalate under G211 to a Yellow or Red Card for subsequent violation by any team member. Coaches/mentors are included in this issue with Safety Glass Wear this season. Please set the example for all!
- Gameplay/Defense– We are seeing some really good shooting and with that comes a rise in defense! This makes for an exciting match. Remember to take a look at protecting your Power Switch AND expect heavy defense. Keep in mind - There is a line between playing Defense and RAMMING a bot … so hard RAMMING action can easily be seen as intentionally trying to damage a robot. If you plan to play defense, keep defensive play tough, but be careful!
- Human Player Actions – We are seeing effective scoring and teams striving to get quick cycle times between loading and shooting. HPs - Remember to place the Artifact in the robot effectively. If the Artifact bounces out of the robot and leaves the Loading Zone when you are loading the robot, that is a violation of G432 D. and a Minor Foul per Artifact. So, be careful when loading.
- GATE Zone and Opposing Alliance Gate Activation- A number of matches have been decided by penalties resulting from Gate Contact/release of artifacts from the Ramp. Be careful and maintain your situational awareness when operating near the opposing alliance Gate area.
We look forward to seeing you all soon and…
Have a safe week and come ready to enjoy the weekend in the Snowy North Country!!!!
Enjoy,
Your Head Ref Team -
Rich, Robert, Samuel and Demian
RTI FTC Off-season events are in West Hills, CA for all teams worldwide on Aug. 1-2 2026
We are excited to work once again with the U.S. STEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION at West Hills CA after a successful Robo Tourney International competition last 7 years. The event will offer FTC off-season, Sumobots and Ball Blitz (9-16 aged) , Soccerbots and Ball Blitz (6-10 aged) and Speed(4-6 aged) Competitions.
Last year, FTC national teams from Romania, Canada, China and Kazakhstan had already confirmed their participation. We strongly recommend your team to participate in this event. The more teams we have the more we can show the world what we do and the more fun we can have doing it.
Other competitions will include contestants from the United States, Canada, Egypt, China, Jordan, South Korea, Dubai, Libya and other parts of the world.
Our competition will be held on August 1-2.
The location is Chaminade College Preparatory - High School, 7500 Chaminade Ave, West Hills, CA 91304.
You can register on the website (https://usefstem.org/robo-tourney-signup) or email us(usefstem@gmail.com) your team number and name, and we will register for you.
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