At the inaugural Greater Toronto Regional East FIRST Robotics competition March 8-10, 2012, OP Robotics Team 2056 went on to win their twelfth straight regional event. After finishing 9-0-1 and ranking 3rd overall, they were picked by the number one ranked Team 1114 from Governor Simcoe in St Catharines along with Team 1219 from Emery Collegiate Institute in Toronto. The alliance went on to win each of the best of three quarter finals, semi-finals and finals with only one loss. The team also won the Motorola Quality award, having a robot that stood out amongst the 36 teams competing from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Michigan. Held at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, the event was a great success with a lot of fun yet intense competition.
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