<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InformAction"><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="description" content="Invitation from swvasteamntdsync@swvastemnextthreedayssync.iam.gserviceaccount.com"/></span><span itemprop="object" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event"><div style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" summary="" style="width:100%;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;border:1px Solid #ccc;border-width:1px 2px 2px 1px;background-color:#fff;"><tr><td><meta itemprop="eventStatus" content="http://schema.org/EventScheduled"/><h4 style="padding:6px 0;margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.4;border:1px Solid #fff;background:#fff;color:#090;font-weight:normal"><strong>You have been invited to the following event.</strong></h4><div style="padding:2px"><span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Google Calendar"/></span><meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="os3jokfk7kf2o8hb3eh6js0m38"/><div style="float:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=b3Mzam9rZms3a2YybzhoYjNlaDZqczBtMzggc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTU3YzE0NjRkN2I5YmM2YzBmNTEzNjA0ZGNjNjRiOWM5NjIxY2Y0MjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more details »</a><br></div><h3 style="padding:0 0 6px 0;margin:0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#222"><span itemprop="name">FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament - Christiansburg Qualifier</span></h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="Event details"><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">When</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="20191207T153000Z"></time><time itemprop="endDate" datetime="20191207T230000Z"></time>Sat Dec 7, 2019 3:30pm – 11pm <span style="color:#888">Coordinated Universal Time</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Where</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">Auburn Middle School
4163 Riner Road
Riner, VA 24149</span><span dir="ltr"> (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Auburn+Middle+School%0D%0A4163+Riner+Road%0D%0ARiner,+VA+24149?hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank" itemprop="map">map</a>)</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Calendar</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px">stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech</div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Who</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;width:10px"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span style="font-family:Courier New,monospace">•</span></div></td><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><div><div style="margin:0 0 0.3em 0"><span itemprop="attendee" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">RBTC STEM Event Announcer</span><meta itemprop="email" content="stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech"/></span></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div style="padding-bottom:15px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;white-space:pre-wrap!important;white-space:-moz-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-o-pre-wrap!important;white-space:pre;word-wrap:break-word"><span>FIRST Chesapeake District presents a FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament: Christiansburg Qualifier on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Auburn Middle School.<p>Tentative Tournament Schedule:<br>• 10:30 AM: Opening Ceremony<br>• 10:45 AM: Qualifications Matches<br>• 12:00 PM: Lunch for Teams and Volunteers<br>• 12:45 PM: Qualification Matches<br>• 2:30 PM: Alliance Selections<br>• 3:00 PM: Elimination & Finals<br>• 5:30 PM: Awards and Closing Ceremony</p><p>FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) offers a robotic competition for grades 7-12 to be challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Robotics teams from Virginia and Maryland will compete to win a place at the FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship Sponsored by Capital One at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville on February 21, 2020.</p><p>Teams are evaluated not only on robot performance, but their STEM outreach, control system, an engineering notebook and a concept FIRST robotics calls "Gracious Professionalism".</p><p>This year's challenge is called Skystone. To view a video previewing the Skystone challenge and what to expect in the competition, visit: <a href="https://youtu.be/XiGB_8Ppnbs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XiGB_8Ppnbs</a>.</p><p>Admission is free and all are welcome.</p><p>Visitors can see students in an amazing experience, celebrate their hard work, have fun, make new friendships and are exposed to STEM ideas!</p><p>For more information, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newriverrobotics.org%2Fevents%2Fftc-tournament&sa=D&ust=1572507404700000&usg=AFQjCNF7gKW9JkrN1wBpFkPAkzmIgJ5kWQ" target="_blank">https://www.newriverrobotics.org/events/ftc-tournament</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstchesapeake.org%2Fchristianburg-qualifier&sa=D&ust=1572507404701000&usg=AFQjCNHJrcyLoDm2fxQItOB7EoVZSsg0YQ" target="_blank">https://www.firstchesapeake.org/christianburg-qualifier</a>.</p><p>Cost: See Description</p></span><meta itemprop="description" content="FIRST Chesapeake District presents a FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament: Christiansburg Qualifier on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Auburn Middle School.
Tentative Tournament Schedule:
• 10:30 AM: Opening Ceremony
• 10:45 AM: Qualifications Matches
• 12:00 PM: Lunch for Teams and Volunteers
• 12:45 PM: Qualification Matches
• 2:30 PM: Alliance Selections
• 3:00 PM: Elimination & Finals
• 5:30 PM: Awards and Closing Ceremony
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) offers a robotic competition for grades 7-12 to be challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Robotics teams from Virginia and Maryland will compete to win a place at the FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship Sponsored by Capital One at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville on February 21, 2020.
Teams are evaluated not only on robot performance, but their STEM outreach, control system, an engineering notebook and a concept FIRST robotics calls "Gracious Professionalism".
This year's challenge is called Skystone. To view a video previewing the Skystone challenge and what to expect in the competition, visit: https://youtu.be/XiGB_8Ppnbs.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Visitors can see students in an amazing experience, celebrate their hard work, have fun, make new friendships and are exposed to STEM ideas!
For more information, visit: https://www.newriverrobotics.org/events/ftc-tournament or https://www.firstchesapeake.org/christianburg-qualifier.
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