Potomac School VRC Tournament (HS Only)
- Fecha
- 13-Jan-2024 Add to Calendar
- Código de evento
- RE-VRC-23-3514
- Programa
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Tipo de evento
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacidad
- 48
- Plazas disponibles
- 0
- Event Region
- Virginia
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 12
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 10-Oct-2023 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Dec-2023 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 22-Dec-2023 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 22-Dec-2023 12:00 EST
- Precio
- US$105.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
Información general
Welcome:
Welcome to the Potomac School VRC High School Tournament. We are looking forward to an exciting day of competition.
Robot Skills, judged awards, and engineering notebook judging will be available. Please turn in the team’s engineering notebook at the inspection table. Teams with a digital engineering notebook must provide a printed hardcopy.
Location:
This tournament will be held at The Potomac School's Spangler Center in McLean, VA. Parking and entrance locations will be emailed to coaches prior to the event.
Payment:
Unless a payment date/plan has been precoordinated via email with the EP, registration fee must be paid by December 22, 2023, otherwise team will be moved to the waitlist.
Concessions:
Light refreshments will be sold throughout the event. Teams will be able to pre-order lunch for their teams and spectators.
COVID protocols for this event:
At this time, there are no specific COVID protocols for this event. Please visit the Health and Safety Polices information page to stay abreast of any changes to the COVID protocol for this venue.
Participant Release Form:
A Participant Release Form/Consent Form must be completed and uploaded for all team participants (students, coaches, and mentors) prior to the event. As a reminder, only those team members and coaches/mentors with a signed Participant Release Form/Consent Form will be allowed to participate. Please take a few minutes to complete and upload the forms as soon as possible. Upon arrival, all team members, coaches, and mentors must sign in at the check-in table.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Nivel académico : High School
Concurso de habilidades de robots ofrecido: Sí
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Fecha: 13-Jan-2024
Lugar / ubicación:1301 Potomac School Road
McLean, Virginia 22101
United States
Información de contacto
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode of Conduct
The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.
For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.
Agenda
7:00 am – Doors Open
7:00 am – Check-In, Inspections, Practice Fields Open
8:30 am – 8:45 am – Drivers Meeting, Match Schedule Distribution
9:00 am – 3:45 pm – Skills Field Opens – Max of 3 attempts per type (closed over lunch)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Qualification Matches
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm – Lunch Break (Skills Fields closed)
12:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Qualification Matches
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm – Alliance Selection – Top 32 teams
4:15 pm – 5:45 pm – Eliminations & Awards
5:45 pm – Event Clean Up
Skills:
8:00 am – 2:30 pm – Skills Fields – Max of 3 attempts per type
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Skill Fields – We will prioritize teams who have done 1 or fewer skills runs.
The agenda might change slightly prior to the tournament based on the number of teams registered.
Voluntario
You can sign up to volunteer here.
Política de emergencia/mal tiempo
An email will be sent to each team's primary and secondary POC in the event of bad weather. Teams should note that Northern Virginia area weather may differ from other parts of Virginia and should plan accordingly. This tournament will be cancelled only if The Potomac School closes due to weather. Teams that choose not to attend due to weather will not receive a refund.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
- To cover processing fees and expenses leading up to the tournament, the refund will be $60.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
- No refund will be issued.
Unpaid teams will be put on the waitlist December 22, 2023, unless payment has been worked out via email with the EP Brian McCarthy.
Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges. Teams with a digital engineering notebook must provide a printed hardcopy.