Yarmouth VEX V5 High Stakes Qualifier 2
- Date
- 1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-6802
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Maine
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 28-Oct-2024 15:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Dec-2024 15:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 25-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 24-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $55.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
General Info
Competition Preparation
All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.
1. Be ready for inspection
2. Check the Vex Forum for official for rule updates and changes.
3. Carefully read the information below to help prepare your team for the tournament:
4. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget:
- Goggles/Safety Glasses
- Spare parts & tools
- Batteries and chargers
- Programming cables
- Power strip
- Programming computer(s)
- Engineering notebook link posted in RobotEvents.com (if you have one, helpful for Judges, Design and Excellence Awards )
- Banners and other decorations for your team pit
- Giveaways if you have them
5. Be sure to read 101 Things You Should Know Before Your First VRC Tournament. Note that this document is on the older side, so some tips apply to Cortex set-ups, but a lot of the topics are still really useful to think about.
6. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament.
7. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Check the awards tab to see what awards will be given during the tournament.
8. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby. All metal cutting will take place in our designated cutting area. Students wishing to use the cutting area must provide adult supervision from their own coach/mentor/chaperone.
9. Access the REC Library or VEX Forum for troubleshooting and support
Food Available at the Venue:
Food will be avialable at the event for purchase. Menu TBD.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks, In person Interviews
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 1-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:286 West Elm Street
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
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
Competition Schedule - note: times are estimates only at this point.
7:30AM Registration and Load-in
8:30AM Registration Ends, Match schedule generated
8:45AM Event meeting
9:00AM Opening Ceremonies
9:15AM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges begin
12:30PM Lunch
1:00PM Qualification matches resume
2:30PM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges end
2:35PM Alliance Selection
2:45PM Elimination rounds begin
4:30PM Awards Ceremony
5:00PM Event ends
Volunteer
VEX Robotics Competitions could never happen without all of the awesome volunteers! Because of this, we are always looking for volunteers to fill many different roles. If you are interested in volunteering at this event please contact the event partner.
Volunteer Roles
- Emcee
- Field Reset
- Robot Inspector
- Judge
- Queuer
- Referee
- Scorekeeper
- Team Check-in
Lunch will be provided for volunteers.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event that there is inclament weather on the day of the event all registered teams will be notified of a cancelation via e-mail.
We will also do our best to reschedule the competition for another day but there is no guarantee of this.
Refund and Payment Policies
Event Cancelation
In the case that the event can not be run on the scheduled date we will try our best to reschedule; however, if we are not able to reschedule the event we will issue a refund to all teams registered.
Team Cancelation
Refunds will ONLY be issued if a team notifies the event partner more than a week prior to the event registration deadline.
Please note: any refunds will not include the $5.00 administrative fee from RECF.
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. Notebooks need to be submitted by 5:00 PM on January 31, 2025.
Waitlist
4 teams are on the waitlist for this event.