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The Franklin Cup 2009 Event Report
Our third event with The Franklin Institute and PACTS (Partnership for Achieving Careers in Technology & Science). Once again, the arena found a new home, this time with more general audience foot traffic. Although, this time around was only a one day event, it didn't mean there wasn't a lot of bot bashing going on...look below to see who became victorious this year:

Winners

Ant weight:
1st -- Poco Tambor
Chuck Butler Team Pneusance
2nd -- Otis
John Carioti Team Basenji
3rd -- Decidely Undecided
Brian Benson Robotic Hobbies
Ant Brackets

Beetle weight:
1st -- The Rolling Pin
Richard Kelley Team Kelley PA
2nd -- Maniac Kathy
Joey Maffei Team Green Machines
3rd -- Cloud of Suspicion
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
Beetle Brackets

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

Feather weight:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Pinball
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
2nd -- Gnome Portal
Brian Benson Robotic Hobbies
3rd -- Jagaroth
John Carioti Team Basenji
Feather Brackets

Sportsman:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Upheaval
Alan Young Mad Scientist
2nd -- Mr. Gadget
Alex List The Teen Titans
3rd -- Mangi
Al Kindle Half Fast Astronaut
Sportsman Brackets

The Franklin Cup
This award is given to the most innovative and best engineered bot at the event.
Herald - Brian Benson Robotic Hobbies

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.
Jim and Zach for helping me try to get Dory running for the 1st Regiment team.
The Dude for an outstanding job of announcing (you're hired)
Ed and Beth for running brackets
The volunteer judges who I don't know who you were..sorry!
Fingertech for providing some neato prizes
Pete Smith for providing some cool mounts for prizes

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


Motorama Robot Conflict 2009 Event Report
This year's Motorama Robot Conflict saw the brackets filled with a lot well built bots. That ment getting to the finals in one peice was that much more challenging. This year also saw the appearence of the new NERC demo bots where the audience could take up the challenge and see if they had the skills to control a saw weilding titanium terror.

Winners

Fairy weight:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Baby V
Matt Benjamin Team Mateo
2nd -- Underconstruction
Richard Kelley Kelley PA
3rd -- Not Quite A VD
Jon Durand Anarchy Robots
Fairy Brackets

Ant weight:
1st -- Black Death
Peter Iskaros Team Enigma
2nd -- Switchblade
Justin Mathews Team Sawzall
3rd -- Maelstrom
Bryan Uber Dark Steel Robotics
Ant Brackets

Beetle weight:
1st -- Revenge of Dr. Super Brain
Chris Olin Cloak and Dagger Robotics
2nd -- Maniac Kathy
Joey Maffei Green Machines
3rd -- Cloud of Suspicion
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
Beetle Brackets

Hobby weight:
1st -- Surgical Strike
Andrew Smith Team Rolling Thunder
2nd -- Foobar
Howard Hwang Enigma Robotics
3rd -- Wünderbar
Peter Iskaros Enigma Robotics
Hobby Brackets

Feather weight:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Pinball
Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
2nd -- Gnome Portal
Brian Benson Jr. Robotic Hobbies
3rd -- Tripolar
Zachery O'Donnell Team Brain Damage
Feather Brackets

Sportsman:
Round Robin Tournament
1st -- Upheaval
Alan Young Mad Scientist
2nd -- Mangi
Al Kindle Half Fast Astronaut
3rd -- Mr. Gadget
Alex List The Teen Titans
Sportsman Brackets


Special Awards
Best Driver -- Thomas Kenny MH Robotics
Most Destructive -- Diabolical Machine - Jason Ribeiro Team Terror

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

Brian Benson Jr. for taking a crash course on how to haul a 16' arena from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania.
Rob Masek for breaking the WRX landspeed record for hauling a trailer across 5 states despite being lost for 45 min in New Jersey.
Ed and Beth McCaron for handling all the tedious behind the scenes things that go into putting on an event.
Anarchy Dude's girfriend Gina for "volunteering" and helping out with the brackets
Al Kindle and Wayne Molner for creating NERC's new demo bots
Thanks to Brad and Motorama for having us back again!

Wayne Molnar for handling the trophies again this year..this year they could actually stand up.
John Wolan - Video, floor painter, and all the other artsy crap that goes along in promoting an event
The Judges - There were quite a few in rotation...sorry, don't have their names.
Setup and Teardown Crews - thanks to everyone that showed up early to help set the arena up and then stuck it out when the place was deserted to pack it al up again.
All The Competitors - Thanks to everyone that comes out and supports this event. It's because of you that we've been able to come back every year.

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
Battlepack
Dimension Engineering
Big Blue Saw
The Robot Marketplace

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