Editing 1996 New England Tournament

{{Infobox EventNoAlliance
| name                  = 1995 New England Tournament
| image                 = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/39839 https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=thumb/39839.jpg]
| tag                   = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1996nh/1 1996nh]
| number_teams          = 47
| location              = Hooksett, New Hampshire
| venue                 = Southern New Hampshire University
| date                  = March 28-30, 1996
| chairman_winner       = 
| impact_winner         =
| champions             = [[frc151|151]]
| finalists             = [[frc146|146]]
| altlogo               =
| altlogocaption        =
| below                 =
| prevevent             = [[1995nh]]
| nextevent             = [[1997nh]]
}}

The 1996 New England Tournament was the first official competition of the [[1996]] FIRST Robotics Competition season. The competition was held at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_New_Hampshire_University Southern New Hampshire University] from March 28th to 30th, 1996. Two fields were set up and matches were played back and forth to speed up match turnaround time. Teams did not need to attend the regional to qualify for Nationals.

==Team list<ref name="prog">[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:1996_National_Championship_Event_Program_(partial).PDF 1996 National Championship event program]</ref>==
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{{1996frc-65}}

{{1996frc-116}}
{{1996frc12}}
{{1996frc23}}
{{1996frc36}}
{{1996frc42}}
{{1996frc47}}
{{1996frc-114}}
{{1996frc166}}
{{1996frc61}}
{{1996frc-84}}
{{1996frc26}}
{{1996frc176}}
{{1996frc175}}
{{1996frc73}}
{{1996frc80}}
{{1996frc177}}
{{1996frc88}}
{{1996frc90}}
{{1996frc28}}
{{1996frc99}}
{{1996frc105}}
{{1996frc111}}
{{1996frc58}}
{{1996frc121}}
{{1996frc-36}}
{{1996frc124}}
{{1996frc69}}
{{1996frc126}}
{{1996frc-67}}
{{1996frc131}}
{{1996frc130}}
{{1996frc138}}
{{1996frc146}}
{{1996frc20}}
{{1996frc151}}
{{1996frc-115}}
{{1996frc155star}}
{{1996frc157}}
{{1996frc-82}}
{{1996frc173}}
{{1996frc140}}
{{1996frc172}}
{{1996frc153}}
{{1996frc200}}
{{1996frc190}}
{{1996frc191}}
{{TeamListFooter}}


==Award list<ref name="96nh">[https://web.archive.org/web/20000919171400/http://www.usfirst.org/1996comp/ne_winners.html Results from 1996 FIRST New England Tournament]</ref>==
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{{AwardListSubheader|[[Winner|Tournament Winner]]}}
{{1996frc151}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Finalist|Tournament Finalist]]}}
{{1996frc146}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Offensive Round]]}}
{{1996frc177}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Outstanding Defense]]}}
{{1996frc131}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Play of the Day]]}}
{{1996frc23}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Most Photogenic]]}}
{{1996frc146}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Sportsmanship]]}}
{{1996frc88}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Team Spirit]]}}
{{1996frc69}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Number One Seed]]}}
{{1996frc151}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Rookie All-Star]]}}
{{1996frc47}}
{{1996frc58}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Use of a Human Player]]}}
{{1996frc-116}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Strategic Play]]}}
{{1996frc20}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Procter & Gamble Creativity Award]]}}
{{1996frc121}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Motorola Quality Award]]}}
{{1996frc157}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Honeywell Leadership in Control Award]]}}
{{1996frc151}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Against All Odds]]<ref name=prog />}}
{{1996frc200}}
{{TeamListFooter}}



==Top ten<ref name=96nh />==
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|1||{{1996frc151}}
|2||{{1996frc146}}
|3||{{1996frc69}}
|4||{{1996frc20}}
|5||{{1996frc177}}
|6||{{1996frc69}}
|7||{{1996frc190}}
|8||{{1996frc130}}
|9||{{1996frc-36}}
|10||{{1996frc173}}
{{TeamListFooter}}

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Additional photos on the [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1995cmp/1 FRC Archive]" perrow=3 heights=250px widths=300px>
File:3221 - 1995 1995nh frc144 frc157 frc191 match robot.jpg|Teams [[frc157|157]], [[frc191|191]] and [[frc144|144]] setting up their robots for a match [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3221]
File:15344 - 1995 1995nh frc20 match robot.jpg|[[frc20|Team 20]] during a match [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/15344]
File:42658 - 1995 1995nh frc126 match robot.png|[[frc126|Team 126]] scores [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/42658]

</gallery>

==Notes==
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