GVMS February 2025 High Stakes Qualifier (MS Only)
VEX V5 Robotics Competition High Stakes
- Date
- 8-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-6108
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- Pennsylvania - East
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 11-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 5-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 5-Feb-2025 05:28 EST
- Price
- $80.00
General Info
This event will use V5 Smart Field Controllers. Teams must be sure to associate their team number with their brain, and updated to the latest V5 firmware using VEXCode.
This event will use Electronic Notebooks. Team mentors must be sure to have accurate and up to date electronic notebook links entered for each of their teams in RobotEvents.
All teams participating in this event are expected to follow the RECF Student Centered Policy (https://vrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9654578622487-Student-Centered-Policy) - NO adult designed, built, or programmed robots. Teams found to be violating the student-centered policy will be submitted to RECF for review and the outcome of that review may impact ability to participate in future events.
This event has Early Bird Registration enabled. Please see this link for more information.
The GVMS V5RC Qualifier is a middle school only event. Parking is available in front of Great Valley Middle School.
There will be a snack bar with pizza sold by the pie and by the slice available, along with beverages and snacks.
As a courtesy to the Event Partner, and to expedite registration on the day of the event, you are asked to make payment at the time of the event registration. Those teams not paid one week prior to the event will be moved to the wait list and risk not having a spot in the competition.
Teams canceling prior to the registration closure date and notifying the event administrator ([email protected]) via email by the registration closure date will receive a full refund. Registered teams that are a no-show for the event are still responsible for payment of event registration fees, and will be expected to pay event entry fees at the time of registration for any future events.
Out of state teams will be put on the waitlist until a week prior to the event to ensure that local (SE PA) teams have apportunities to sign up for this PA State Champs qualifier.
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 8-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:255 Phoenixville Pike
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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
7:15AM - Doors open
7:30AM - Check-in opens
8:00 - 9:00AM - Inspections
9:10 - Driver's Meeting
9:30AM - Skills field opens
9:30 - Noon - Qualification Matches
Noon - 12:45PM - Lunch
12:45 - 2:00PM - Qualification Matches
2:00PM - Skills field closes
2:00 - 2:30PM - Alliance Selection
2:35 - 3:30PM - Elimination Rounds
3:45PM - Awards
4:00PM - Event Close
All times after doors open are approximate.
Volunteer
VEX Robotics events can't run without volunteers. If interested in volunteering, please email [email protected]
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of an emergency or bad weather, every effort will be made to reschedule this event.
Refund and Payment Policies
No refunds will be given, but credit can be applied to another GVMS event in the current season.
Teams that have paid but are no-shows for an event and have not contacted the event organizer at least 24 hours prior to the event will not receive a credit.
Teams that have registered but not paid (i.e. their plan was to pay by check in person) and are no-shows will be waitlisted for future events.
Judging Format
- In Person Judging
- Online/electronic notebooks only.
- Notebooks MUST be submitted by December 3, 2024
Waitlist
4 teams are on the waitlist for this event.