What is The Governor's Cup?

The Governor’s Cup is an elite virtual event welcoming FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams from all over the state of New Hampshire to compete for awards and scholarships based on a team presentation to an experienced judging panel. The Governor's Cup will take place virtually on October 24th, 2020. Started in cooperation with Governor Chris Sununu’s administration in 2018, The Governor’s Cup began as a full day of exhibition and competition, and will be continued this year online. Scholarships will be awarded based on a team presentation and individual student nominations by team mentors.

This year our goal is to continue the excitement of this prestigious event while abiding by social distancing guidelines. As we know FIRST is about more than robots. Never has that been truer than during this pandemic. During these days of uncertainty and ever-changing guidelines, we have reimagined this event to create a way for teams to connect in a virtual competition model that will offer fun and reward. Scholarships and trophies will be awarded!

In keeping with his mission to build New Hampshire's workforce for "not just tomorrow but for five, ten, twenty years", Governor Chris Sununu has worked with the University & Community College Systems of NH to continue to offer a FREE TUITION waiver to high school seniors for the top 3 teams at The Governor's Cup virtual event.

About the Virtual Event:

We have a full day of activities planned for socializing and showcasing your FIRST skills, including virtual workshops, games, internship opportunities, and even a virtual pit! Keeping up the tradition, the day will culminate in an awards ceremony hosted by David Price, where we will give away the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup tuition waivers to the high school seniors from the top 3 winning teams.

In addition to the Governor’s Cup tuition waiver awards, there will be several other awards that teams can win based on their presentation and participation in the other virtual activities:

• The Woodie Flowers “Good Stuff” Award

• The CAD is Strong with this One Award

• Smells like NH Spirit Award

• Winnipesaukee Judges Award

• Wookie Rookie Award

• 603 Alumni Award

• Governor’s Cup Participation Award

And to top it off, the Governor’s Cup will be offering several individual scholarships to nominated seniors and an Alumni Award to nominated alums that are still active in the state of New Hampshire.

In addition to the judging sessions, the Governor’s Cup virtual event will include workshops and other fun sessions with sponsors and NH Colleges and Universities. The tentative schedule for the day is 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an opening ceremony, workshops and judging planned from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, and the awards ceremony at 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions ahead of the event, please feel free to reach out to the planning committee (governorscup2020@firstnh.org) or join our slack Workspace (governorscup2020.slack.com).

We hope you will join us and show your NH pride!

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