FIRST LEGO® LEAGUE

Presented by

Johannes de Vries

2004: FLL– Pilot tournament (19 Teams – 180 learners)2005:All African FLL Championships. South Africa, Nigeria and Jordan total 60 teams2006: First SA FLL team won a Team Award at the world Festival 2007: TUT Operational Partner (2 tournament 77 teams, SAP sponsor 10 teams Sci-Bono 8, MTN Science centre first tournament)2008: FIRST FRC Robot build in SA Combined team won various awards (4 tournaments FLL 90 teams, SAP sponsor 20 teams, Sci-Bono first tournament)2009: 112 teams (5 UNISA teams, SAP sponsor 44 teams)2010: First Tournament at UNISA and Nelspruit. Gold Fields as main sponsor (5 tournaments, 122 teams)2011: FIRST KZN tournament at Gateway Science centre. (6 Tournaments 130 teams. Pilot JFLL with 15 teams.2012: Official JFLL and Pilot FTC. Expect 6 – 7 tournaments 140 teams

Coaches a few pointers:• Practice makes perfect

• Too much preparation is not enough•You can never start to early (if we had only 1 more week)

• You should be “GOOGLE”

• HAVE FUN WITH THE KIDS!

More Information

Register your team on the Web.

www.fllsa.org

Check other FLL resources

www.usfirst.org

www.firstlegoleague.org

“FLL taught me patience and that I could learn more than I ever thought I could. Oh yeah, and it was fun all at the same time.”

Andre Bauman, FLL Participant