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+to: Potential team supervisors
+subject: Announcing Student Robotics 2025!
+preview: |
+  Sign up to Student Robotics 2025 and get started with our pre-kickstart activities!
+---
+
+Hi,
+
+We're pleased to [announce][announcement] that registration for Student Robotics
+2025 is now open. The [programme][programme-structure] will run from October
+this year until around Easter 2025.
+
+If you would like to compete, please complete the [signup form][signup-form]
+with the details of your team. Entries must be made by a responsible adult on
+behalf of a team -- we call this role a [team supervisor][team-supervisor]. All
+future emails about SR2025 will be sent to the details you provide via the form.
+
+This year we're hosting [Kickstart][kickstart] at the University of Southampton,
+on Saturday 12th October. We will also be live-streaming the event for those
+unable to attend in person. We expect to confirm places towards the latter half
+of September. Places are limited, so sign up soon to avoid disappointment.
+
+As usual we will loan competing teams a [kit][kit] of parts to help build their
+robots. This year we hope to send out kits before Kickstart.
+
+Also **new for this year** we have prepared some [pre-Kickstart activities][pre-kickstart-activities]
+to enable teams to start learning about robotics and our simulator right away.
+
+  [Sign up to SR2025][signup-form]
+
+We look forward to seeing your teams,
+
+Regards,
+
+-- SR Competition Committee
+
+[announcement]: https://studentrobotics.org/blog/2024-09-02-sr2025-registration-open/
+[programme-structure]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/programme_structure
+[signup-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaDRTIoGnSv4F9MXaxe8WXYWlj_4DLHTyv019a6pB2TntEyg/viewform
+[team-supervisor]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/robots_101/team_supervisor
+[kickstart]: https://studentrobotics.org/events/sr2025/kickstart/
+[kit]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/kit/
+[pre-kickstart-activities]: https://studentrobotics.org/docs/competitor_resources/pre_kickstart_activities