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Gateway to the West VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Event

High School

Date
31-Jan-2025 - 1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-5509
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
80
Spots Open
1
Event Region
West Virginia
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Early-Bird Registration Opens
11-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
25-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
17-Jan-2025 18:00 EST
Price
$255.00

A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region

Region Maximum % # Spots Allowed # Spots Remaining
West Virginia 50% 40 24
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.

General Info

Thank you for your interest in 2nd annual Gateway to the West Signature Event hosted by OCS Robotics in Wheeling, WV.  Come explore the northern panhandle of West Virginia!  The event will be hosted at the Highlands Sports Complex located at The Highlands.  The Highlands is a retail park which features a number of hotels, restaurants, and shopping all within 2 miles of the event venue.  The sports complex also features an arcade and multiple rock climbing walls.

Information will be updated periodically.  As the event date nears, information will be provided via email and this page.


Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 31-Jan-2025 - 1-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
Highlands Sports Complex
225 McCormick Way
Triadelphia, West Virginia 26059
United States

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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

Subject To Change:

Thursday 1/30 OPTIONAL FOR TEAMS ARRIVING ON THURSDAY
6:00 PM Inspection open; Pits/Practice Fields are open (Delays may occur depending on MS event conclusion)
8:00 PM Venue Closes
   
Friday 1/31  
8:00 AM Venue, Pits Open
8:30 AM Inspections and Skills Open
9:30 AM Skills Field Closes, Drivers Meeting, Opening Ceremonies
10:00 AM Qualification Matches Begin / Skills Open
12:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Qualification Matches Resume
6:00 PM Qualification Matches End
6:00 - 8:00 PM

Gateway Game Night and Party (more details coming soon!)

Saturday 2/1  
8:00 AM Venue Opens
9:00 AM Qualfication Matches Resume
12:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Qualification Matches Resume
2:30 PM Qualification Matches End / Skills Field Closes
3:00 PM Alliance Selection
3:30 PM Elimination Bracket Begins
5:00 PM Awards
5:30 PM Closing Remarks / Pit Cleanup

Volunteer

Volunteer Registration:  https://signup.com/go/neDHmtk

Event success depends on many volunteers.  If you have any questions please contact Luke Shepherd at [email protected]

 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, updates will be made via email.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:  Due to the costs involved with this event, a refund of 50% will only be offered after all the event expenses have been taken care of.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:  No refunds will be issued.

Date: 31-Jan-2025 - 1-Feb-2025
Highlands Sports Complex
225 McCormick Way
Triadelphia, West Virginia 26059
United States

Travel Info

The Highlands Sports Complex and nearby hotels are located on I-70 corridor roughly 45 minutes from the Pittsburgh International Airport in the northern panhandle of WV.

Directions from Pittsburgh Airport:

  • Leaving airport take I-376E 
  • Merge onto I-79 S
  • Merge onto I-70 W at Washington, PA for about 22 miles

Parking:  There is a large parking lot at the venue.  The lot can accommodate buses and trailers.  All teams and guest must park in the front of the venue.

Hotel Information

Information about the local area:

The Highlands

Wheeling, WV

The Highlands Sports Complex

EVENT INFORMATION

Local Food - Restaurants

Webcast

The event will be live streamed on Twitch at twitch.tv/wvrobot!

The video of each day's competition will be uploaded to the WV Robotics Alliance Youtube page, shortly after the competition's completion.

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging: Engineering Notebook Review and Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event.

Payment

The payment deadline for this event is 10 January 2024.  If payment is not received and no contact has been made with the event partner, then the registered team(s) will be moved to the waitlist.  Another team will be pulled from the waitlist as a replacement.

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

  • All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems
    • Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period
      • An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period
      • A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner)
    • Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
      • Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September
    • Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
    • An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for  
      • The Event Partner must be the Primary Contact for the teams they are registering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

44 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

Please login to add or remove teams from the waiting list.