Each team must have a National membership. Teams can register with the national organization at www.odysseyofthemind.com. The cost is $135 for the 1st membership, and the discounts are offered for multiple memberships.

Team Registration Online with the State
Note to coordinator or coach: please print and complete these forms prior to registering your team on the state site.

• 2011-12 Team Registration
• 2011-12 Buc Bay Regional Worker Form
• 2011-12 Buc Bay Regional Judge Form

Teams may register online with FLOMA at: http://floridaodysseyofthemind.org/FLO/MemberHome.php. The cost is $75.00 per team and $20.00 for Primary teams. All teams must be registered and paid by December 15th to avoid a $20 late fee. If you do not yet have a judge or worker for your team, just put coach name & contact information in order to complete your registration.

When entering team/judge/worker contact information on the state site, do not use a School District of Hillsborough County (SDHC) email address. SDHC blocks many email addresses making communication difficult. We must have email addresses that get checked regularly.

Time: 7am-5pm
Awards: Scheduled for 6pm in Stadium (in case of inclement weather: Gym)

Location: Strawberry Crest High School, 4691 Gallagher Rd., Dover, FL 33527.

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Registration cutoff: National Registration – January 27, 2012

State Pre-Tournament Coaches’ Meeting
April 13, 2012
UCF Student Union

Tournament Location: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

For more information, visit the Florida Odyssey of the Mind website.

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Location: Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University

The Odyssey of the Mind is truly a worldwide competition. Participants include teams from Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, Czech Republic, DoDDS Europe, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and practically every state in the U.S. The annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals is an event to behold. It embodies the international spirit of creativity!

View 2011 World Finals results, photos and videos.

It is always an exciting time for us as parents and judges to see the wonderful and creative solutions our children have worked hours upon. More often than not, the balsa wood structure competition is held in a gymnasium. We all know how sound carries and, let’s be honest, it’s very hard to hear what our children are saying during their long term performance. I ask my judges to get close to, but not in the way of, the children, so they don’t miss any of the style that is to be judged.

The reason for this article is to provide some helpful reminders to all of us in the Odyssey family from competitors to judges but most importantly to parents and guests. Please note that this year there will be no tolerance of any rude or disrespectful behavior from spectators during any of the tournaments. The way an adult behaves is as important as the way our students compete. Infractions could carry as much as 100 points in outside assistance or unsportsmanlike conduct penalties for your child’s team.
Here are some basic guidelines based on observed behavior of parents and coaches at past competitions. Such infractions will not be tolerated this year or in the future include:

1. Absolutely NO OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE–this includes fixing hair, makeup, costumes, fixing props, gluing or taping something together, etc.
2. Be polite to the Judges. They are volunteering their free time to watch and score your child. An adult’s rude behavior to a judge can seriously penalize a child’s team.
3. DO NOT tear, untie, or step over any boundary tape that is visible. It’s there for a reason, RESPECT IT! In the Structure problem, yellow caution tape is used.
4. The Judges score is final. If the coach feels it’s unfair, there are proper procedures to follow.
5. When the doors to a competition site are closed during a performance, DO NOT OPEN THEM! The doors are distracting and your child’s performance is more important than the sound of clanging metal doors being opened and closed.
6. Coaches only, are to pick up the scores from the Head Judge. Parents, guests, and competitors are not to ask for or question the scores from anyone other than the Head Judge. It is also not proper to discuss your scores with anyone other than team members outside the competition area (i.e. cafeteria, during awards, etc.)
7. Parents can help move props to the Staging Area. Once the performance is finished, parents are then encouraged to help the team remove props from the competition area.
8. Be mindful of not singing and reciting the long term solutions–coaches and parents frequently and unconsciously have done this in the past. This can be misconstrued as Outside Assistance.
9. Adult Assistant for the Structure Problem for handling the heavy weights must wait for a team member to designate which weight is to be placed on the crusher board. Once the weight is placed upon the weights the adult must move his/her hands and step away.
10. Equipment furnished by the tournament such as weights for structure will not be altered to benefit one team once competition has begun. All requests for additional weights must be in written form and given to the Regional Director before the Tournament date.

Coaches please emphasize these guidelines to your parents. Also, from Regional competition to State competition, changes may occur. Keep tabs on the Arizona Odyssey and Odyssey of the Mind web sites so you won’t be caught offguard.

** If you have photos you would like to posted on our regional site, please send them to Laurie.Filardo@BucBay.com.

Here are the scores, including teams advancing to World Finals: 2011 FLOMA State Results

• Problem 1: Extreme Mousemobiles
  • Division I:
    • 4th – Lakeland Christian School
    • 7th – St Lawrence Catholic School
    • 9th – Buckhorn Elementary School
  • Division II:
    • 4th – Family of Christ School
    • 7th – Campo Family YMCA
    • 12th – Westwood Middle School
    • 15th – Progress Middle School
  • Division III:
    • no teams
• Problem 2: As Good As Gold…berg
  • Division I:
    • 14th – Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School
    • 16th – Rowlett Magnet Elementary School
    • 18th – Buckhorn Elementary School
  • Division II:
    • 4th – St. Lawrence Catholic School
    • 6th – Madeira Beach Fundamental School
  • Division III:
    • 2nd – Campo Family YMCA (invited to World Finals)
    • 3rd – St. Petersburg HS
    • 9th – Blomingdale HS TM A
    • 10th – Bloomingdale HS TM B
• Problem 3: Le Tour Guide
  • Division I:
    • 7th – Stowers Elementary School
    • 13th – Lutz Elementary School
    • 16th – Lincoln Elementary Magnet School
  • Division II:
    • 4th – Progress Village Middle Magnet School
    • 5th – Palm Harbor Middle School
    • 8th – Skycrest Christian School
    • 16th – Espiritu Santo Catholic School A
  • Division III:
    • 9th – Blake HS
• Problem 4: Unhinged Structure
  • Division I:
    • 3rd – Rowlett Magnet Elementary School
    • 11th – Wakeland Elementary School TM A
  • Division II:
    • 14th – Family of Christ School
    • 15th – Holy Family Catholic School A
  • Division III:
    • 1st – Southeast HS (invited to attend World Finals)
• Problem 5: Full Circle
  • Division I:
    • 2nd – Lawton Chiles Elementary School (invited to attend World Finals)
    • 5th – Most Holy Redeemer School TM A
  • Division II:
    • 11th – Espiritu Santo Catholic School B
    • 12th – Progress Village Middle Magnet School
  • Division III:
    • 3rd – Blake HS
    • 12th – Lakeland Christian School

We want to recognize the Primary – Money Maker teams that attended State:

• Lincoln Elementary School
• Wakeland Elementary School TM A
• Wakeland Elementary School TM B