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 / Pits Open / Registration Open

8:00 am  Inspection Open

8:30 am  Inspection Closes

8:30 am  Event Meeting - for all Teams, Drivers, and Spectators

8:45 am  Match Schedule Released /  Skills Open

9:00 am   Qualifying Rounds Begin / Judging Begins

12:00 pm Lunch Break

1:00 pm Matches & Skills Resume

3:00 pm  Qualification Rounds End / Skills End

3:15 pm Teamwork Finals Matches 

4:00 pm  Awards

4:30 pm Venue Closes

Any changes to this agenda will be emailed to the coaches as soon as possible. 

Volunteer

Black Hawk Robotics invites your team to participate in our partnership with 6:30 Outfitters to help provide clothing for youth and teens in the foster care system in Rockwall and surrounding counties.

Please consider donating new or very gently used 'teen comfort clothing' - hoodies, sweatshirts, sweatpants, fuzzy socks.

Read more about the amazing mission of 6:30 Outfitters here: https://630outfitters.org/

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

All cancellations will be communicated through email. Please check your email the day before and the morning of the tournament (before leaving).

Unfortunately, there will not be a make-up tournament in case of weather cancellations.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event, a refund will be issued to registered teams.

If the Coach/Mentor cancels team registration no later than Friday, November 1, 2024, a refund will be issued for the canceling team. No refund will be issued for teams canceling or withdrawing after Friday, November 1, 2024.

If the Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and the team chooses to not attend, no refund will be issued to the team.

Judging Format

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents.

The deadline to submit Digital Engineering Notebooks is Tuesday, November 5, 2024, COB.