2010 Promotion Video

Ranked 10th after a record of 8-1-1, Picked third overall, went on to win division without a loss.

Met the eventual World Champions on the Einstein field. Lost the first match 14-13, won the second 22-14, and lost the third 15-12

Zac Young - our Dean's List Finalist was honoured by a special presentation on Friday along with the other 90 students.

The Team won the "Engineering Excellence" Award - one of only five technical awards handed out to the 344 teams present. This award celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature that recognizes any aspect of engineering excellence and innovation in the real world. This includes, but is not limited to: design, wiring methods, material selection, programming techniques, and unique machine attributes. The criteria for this award are based on the team's ability to concisely describe verbally, as well as demonstrate, this chosen machine feature.

Saturday - Our first match once again was against 1114 and was our only loss of the tournament. Ranked second after qualifying rounds, chosen by Governor Simcoe team 1114 along with team 1547 - Waldo from Whitby. The alliance went on to win each round two games straight, taking our EIGHTH Regional win.

Our very own Zac Young received the "FIRST Dean's List Finalist" Award and will be included in the pool in Atlanta.

Team 2056 received the Quality Award sponsored by Motorola as well.

Friday - A good day of competition. Congratulations to our Woody Flowers Award winner Tyler Holtzman.

Six and zero going into tomorrows final four matches.

Saturday - Another great day - no breakdowns or code issues at all. Won 1 and lost two matches in the morning (both against 1114 from Governor Simcoe) - Finished 2nd seed behind 1114.

Picked by 1114 and then went on to win all six matches in elimination rounds giving 2056 their seventh straight regional win!

2056 also won the Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

Friday - A great Day. 8-0, number 1 ranked with 188 seeding score. 3 matches on Saturday. Then elimination rounds. 2056 is going for seven straight regional wins.

Thanks to all our fans that came from Stoney Creek and Winona today.

Team 2056, Orchard Park Robotics is a four year veteran team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition and based in OrchardPark Secondary School in Stoney Creek, Ont. Canada. Our team of thirty students works hard for six weeks designing, building and testing a robot for competition. Within these six weeks, students spend many of their waking hours building a 120 pound robot as well as maintaining websites and finances, and submitting essays for award considerations.

This six week build season culminates at two events the Waterloo Regional and the Greater Toronto regional. Success at any of these regional competitions earns a team a spot at the World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia in April.

FIRST is about much more than competing robots. The organization seeks to create a culture shift where heroes of Science and Technology are as celebrated as sport champions. Team 2056 is proud to be part of this monumental change, but we also recognize that we could not take part in this shift if not for the support of our team members, mentors and sponsors.