# Team 40: Checkmate

Manchester, NH, USA. Rookie year 1998.

## Who backs them

- School: Trinity High School
- Sponsors (2011): intelitek
- Website: http://www.trinityrobotics.org

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2007 – 2011: Checkmate
- 2003 – 2006: Pioneers

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 21, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 6 | 2011, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2004 |
| Winner | 3 | 2011, 2008 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 3 | 2010, 2009, 2005 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2011 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2008, 2005 |
| Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2007 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2006 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2006 |
| Quality | 1 | 2004 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | Galileo Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event |
| 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2010 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2009 | Galileo Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2008 | Boston Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2008 | Suffield Shakedown |  | Top four |
| 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2006 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Boston Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2005 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Waterloo Regional |  | Finalist |
| 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Finalist |
| 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 34.2 | 64 / 2053 | 96.9 | 34-16-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.5 | 90 / 1801 | 95.1 | 15-25-3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 35.0 | 7 / 1675 | 99.6 | 29-10-1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 21.7 | 187 / 1498 | 87.6 | 32-15-2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 22.9 | 68 / 1295 | 94.8 | 15-11-0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 23.1 | 56 / 1125 | 95.1 | 22-17-1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 17.1 | 45 / 747 | 94.1 | 20-9-0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 26.4 | 434 / 932 | 53.5 | 7-1-0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 12.6 | 731 / 785 | 6.9 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9.9 | 612 / 641 | 4.5 | 2-6-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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