1. FIRST LEGO® LEAGUE
Presented by
Johannes de Vries

2. 2004: FLL– Pilot tournament (19 Teams – 180 learners)
2005:All African FLL Championships. South Africa, Nigeria and Jordan total 60
teams
2006: 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

3. 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!

8. 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