Qualifying Tournament Consolidated Awards Script Template

This script follows the Closing Ceremony script.

Emcee: Coaches and Mentors – please stand. These are the special volunteers who have spent hours each week with the teams. They have inspired, encouraged andmotivated, all the while demonstrating and modelingGracious Professionalism®. Teams, show your coaches how much you appreciate all they have done for you.

Now I would like to present the Coach/Mentor Award. Coaches and mentors inspire their teams to do their best, both as individuals and together. This award goes to the coach or mentor whose leadership and guidance is clearly evident and best exemplifies the FIRST LEGO League Core Values. This Coach’s team said the following about this very special coach:

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this Coach or Mentor deserves this award).

The Coach/Mentor Award goes to:

Team Number / Coach Name

Emcee: The Judges Award: Duringthe course of competition, the Judges may encounter teams whose unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition. Some teams have a story that sets them apart in a noteworthy way. Sometimes a team is so close to winning an award that the Judges choose to give special recognition to the team. Judges Awards allow Judges the freedom to recognize remarkable teams that stand out for reasons other than the Core Awards categories.

The judges had the following to say about this team.

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this team received this award).

The Judges Award:

Award Name / Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: We now move on to the FIRST LEGO League Core Awards.

The Project Award: Judges look for teams whose quality research, innovative solutions, community sharing and presentation best reflect an in-depth understanding of the scientific disciplines involved with the Project. In order to be eligible to win this award, each team was required to identify a problem with the way we make or handle trash, create an innovative solution to that problem, and share their solution with others.

The Judges had this to say about this very deserving team:

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this team received this award).

The Project Award goes to:

Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: Now on to our Robot Design Award. Judges look for teams whose design work stands out. Judges evaluate mechanical design, innovation, programming effectiveness and team strategies for solving missions to assess overall design quality. The Judges said this about this award-winning team:

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this team received this award).

The Robot Design Award goes to:

Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: The Robot Performance Award recognizes a team that scored the most points during the Robot Game. Teams have a chance to compete in at least three, 2.5-minute matches and their highest score counts.

With a high score of(Insert score here),the Robot Performance Award goes to:

Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: We now come to our Core Values Award. FIRSTLEGO League presents this award to the team that best demonstrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit, inspiration, exceptional partnership, and the utmost respect to its own teammates and in its support and encouragement of fellow teams.

The Judges had this to say about this cohesive group:

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this team received this award).

The Core Values Award goes to:

Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: I know you are waiting patiently to learn what team has earned the most coveted Champion’s Award. Our Champion’s Award-winning team will receive an advancement to the (Name of next level tournament), which will be held at (location) on (date). The following teams, in addition to our Champion’s Award winner, will move on in competition: (List the FIRST LEGO League numbers and names of all advancing teams, with the exception of the Champion’s Award winning team).

Emcee: Before we announce our final award, let’s take a quick moment to acknowledge those teams who are with us for the last time. Please stand if you are aging out of FIRST LEGO League at the end of this season. We hope to see you all at a FIRST® Tech Challenge orFIRST® Robotics Competition next year!

Emcee: Now, let’s hear it for our FIRST alumni. If you are a Coach, volunteer or supporter with us today and graduated from a FIRST program, please stand. Teams, we hope to see you join these ranks someday!

Emcee: Finally, we come to our Champion’s Award.

The Champion’s Award recognizes a team that embodies the FIRSTLEGO League experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and the Project.

The Judges had following to say about this stellar team:

(Insert a short paragraph explaining why this team received this award).

The Champion’s Awardand the final advancement to the (Name of next level tournament)goes to:

Team Number / Team Name

Emcee: This concludes our tournament for today. Join us on (date)to support the teams at the (Name and Date of the Championship Tournament). Thank you for sharing the excitement with us. Safe travels home!

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