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FIRST Field for 2009 Off-Season Events

<em>FIRST</em> Field for 2009 Off-Season Events
Item# offseasonfield
$400.00

Product Description

(updated on May 4th, 2009)

FIRST playing field usage for 2009

AndyMark is coordinating the usage of a 2009 FIRST Lunacy playing field. This field is located in Kokomo, Indiana, with the intention to be used in Midwest off-season events.

List of Costs

  • $400 Field Use and Reservation Fee

    This reserves the field for your event and helps pay for transporting the field to Indiana from Atlanta in April and from Indiana to Manchester in November.

  • Event Transportation Fee

    Each event is responsible for shipping the field from Kokomo to their event location. If AndyMark personnel can attend the event, then AndyMark can bring the field to the event for a cost of $1 per mile traveled.

  • $200 Technical Assistance Fee

    This fee pays for the travel expenses for one AndyMark field expert, if available, to help with your event.

  • $1 orbit ball rental

    AndyMark has a large number of orbit balls. These balls can be rented for your event, for $1 per ball. 90% of the balls must be returned to AndyMark in usable condition at the end of the event.

    To use this field, you must do these tasks

    1. Contact Andy Baker andyb@andymark.biz, providing of this information:

  • Date of event
  • Name of event
  • Location of event
  • Main contact information (name, phone number, email)
  • Does this event need an FTA? (field setup and operation)
  • Do you need carpet and regolith?
  • How many orbit balls do you need to rent?
  • How will you be managing the field transportation from Kokomo, Indiana to your event?

    2. Fill out and fax FIRST's required documents to FIRST (603-666-3907) and AndyMark (765-868-4795)

  • Financial Responsibility Agreement
  • Hold Harmless Agreement
  • Field Transportation Charges Agreement
  • Field Criteria and Considerations All field users must be approved by FIRST HQ in Manchester. These documents above and also more information can be found at the Invitational Tournament Criteria portion of the FIRST website.

    3. Look at the dates for the list of events below and not pick the same date.

    List of events scheduled to use this field
  • July 30-August 1: IRI, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • August 3-7: NI Week, Austin, Texas
  • October 17: CAGE Match, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • November 7: Cow Town Throwdown, Kansas City, Missouri

    When you reserve this field, e-commerce system will initially tag on a shipping charge for this Field Use and Reservation Fee. This shipping charge will be omitted before the charge card is processed. Please ignore this $8 shipping charge.

    An alternative to using this field is to build a lower cost field out of wood. We have a complete design available for anyone to use, if they wish. The raw material cost to make this field border is approximately $1000. This cost does not include the polycarbonate, the 2009-specific game elements, or any of the field electronics.

    FRC Wooden Field Design

    • Accessories