Weekly Updates

Week of Jan 19 - Build Season

FIRST Chesapeake's Week FRC Updates

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Event Highlights and Reminders

Welcome to Build Season and your first FRC weekly update from FIRST Chesapeake! In this newsletter - sent out every Monday - we will keep you current with dates and deadlines, updates to the season's rules, and spotlight the best of our community!

Looking Forward to Week 0

FIRST Chesapeake is exploring opportunities to organize Week 0 Pre-Inspection across our district. Watch this space for more!

Full FIRST Chesapeake FRC Schedule

Week 1

March 6-8, 2026

CHS District Alexandria VA Event

Hayfield Secondary School

7630 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315

Week 2

March 13-15, 2026

CHS District Pasadena MD Event

Chesapeake High School

4798 Mountain Road, Pasadena, MD 21122

CHS District Glen Allen VA Event

Deep Run High School

4801 Twin Hickory Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23059

Week 3

March 20-22, 2026

CHS District Bethesda MD Event

Walt Whitman High School

7100 Whittier Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20817

CHS District Chesapeake VA Event

Hickory High School

1996 Hawk Blvd, Chesapeake, VA 23322

Week 4

March 27-29, 2026

CHS District Severn MD Event

Severn Run High School

8065 New Cut Rd, Severn, MD 21108

CHS District Blacksburg VA Event

Blacksburg High School

3401 Bruin Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060

FRC District Championship

April 9-12, 2026

CHS District Championship Event

Virginia State University Multipurpose Center

20809 2nd Ave, Petersburg, VA 23803

FIRST Updates and Reminders

Here's the latest news from the FIRST Community Blog!

Bumper Guide - This guide outlines information on how to make bumpers in a variety of ways depending on your preferred design based on the 2026 rules.
R104 - Robot perimeter is reduced to 110.0 in
R105 and R106- Max extension of 12 inches in one direction at a time
R107 - Vertical limit is 30.0 inches
No limits to number of game pieces a robot can control or hold this season!

At time of publication, these are the latest versions of necessary software. Get those uploads in ASAP!

For Returning Teams: WPI Lib Provides a software guide to update your system

For New Teams: Head to the Zero-to-Reboot guide!

Latest Versions

FRC Game Tools: 2026
LabVIEW: 2026
Driver Station: 26.0 or later
roboRio 2.0: Version 2026_v1.2 or later

Upcoming Deadlines

Priority List Ordering Opens	Jan 19 - Noon ET
Payment Deadline for Additional Events	Jan 21 - 5:00 p.m. ET
Dean's List Award Nominations Close	Feb 5 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Woodie Flowers Award Nominations Close	Feb 5 - 3:00 p.m. ET
FIRST Impact Award Nominations Close	Feb 12 - 3:00 p.m. ET

FIRST HQ Season Resources

Thank you,

FIRST Chesapeake Team

frc-teams@firstchesapeake.org

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