Code 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

7:45 AM Doors Open

8:00-8:45 AM Check-In/Robot Inspection

8:45-11:00 AM Skills Challenge

11:00 AM-11:30 AM Lunch Break

11:30 PM Drivers Meeting

11:45  AM- 2:30 PM Teamwork Qualification Matches 

2:40-2:55 PM Championship Round

3:05 PM Awards Presentation

Volunteer

Our competitions couldn't function without our volunteers. With everyone working together, we know this event will be an incredible success that celebrates our students' accomplishments this year.

We need volunteers of all skill levels. Many volunteer roles do not require prior experience, and we provide online training resources to prepare volunteers for most positions. See below for volunteer opportunities: 

Score Keeper Referees: Responsible for scoring teamwork and skills matches. 

Head Referee: Responsible for monitoring all matches and ensuring all rules established by the VEX IQ Full Volume game manual. 

Judges: Review team engineering notebooks and interview teams to select judged award winners. 

Field Setters: This is a great job for little siblings!

If you are interested in helping volunteer please contact Eric Mohrman at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

For event day information regarding weather delays or cancellations, please check the event page for updates. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Your registration fee will be refunded minus the fees for Robotevents.com charges. 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

Your registration to the event commits the event partners to set costs. Therefore, no refunds can be given. 

Date: 4-Nov-2023

Travel Info

River Ridge Academy is located at 3050 River Ridge Dr., Bluffton, SC 29910

The school can be accessed from the Bluffton Parkway, park on the side of the building and the doors will be open to the entrance nearest the cafeteria. 

There are several restaurants near the school at the Buckwalter Place Shopping Center. 

Judging Format

Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. Please see the Remote Judging section of the Guide to Judging for more information.

• 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.