Freeport VEX Robotics Competition: Spin Up (MS/HS)
- Date
- 4-Feb-2023
- Event Code
- RE-VRC-22-8593
- Program
- VEX Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Capacity
- 29
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- New York-South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Standard Registration Opens
- 14-Sep-2022 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 28-Jan-2023 21:18 EST
- Price
- $75.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
This event has Early Bird Registration enabled. Please see this link for more information.
Welcome to the 8th Freeport VEX Robotics Competition. This year's game VEX: Spin Up will be played by high school and middle school teams of students as they design, build and program a robot to defeat each other.
Breakfast and Lunch are offered for purchase by the PTA. Please support our parent-teacher association.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Eligible Teams:
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 4-Feb-2023
Venue/Location:50 South Brookside Avenue
Freeport, New York 11520
United States
Contact Information
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7:30 AM - Doors Open
8:00 AM - Volunteer Training
8:15 AM - Inspection Table Open / Skills Field opens
9:00 AM - Inspection Table Closes
9:05 AM - Match Schedule Created
9:15 AM - 12 Qualification Matches / Judging Interviews in Pits
12:00 - 1 Lunch Break
1-2:30 PM Qualification Matches / Skills Field closes
2:30- 2:50 PM Alliance Selection
3-4:15 PM Tournament
4:30 - 5 PM Award Ceremony
Volunteer
Volunteers are always welcome. We offer a complimentary breakfast, lunch, event t-shirt and certificate of community service hours. Experts in engineering and robotics are always welcome but anyone can help. We have roles for volunteers of all ability levels.
Contact: kharrison@freeportschools.org
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of severe inclement weather or other emergency the event partner will coordinate with the school district and building administrators to decide as early as possible about any potential delay or cancelation of the event.
Any delay or cancellation will be posted on the RobotEvents.com website and the event host will contact by text/email all attending teams as eary as possible.
The tentative reschedule date in the event of an emergency cancelation due to wheather is Sunday February 5, 2023
Refund Policy
Refund requests for any reason other then event cancellation must be received by January 1, 2023 in writing or email.
In the event of severe inclement weather or other emergency cancelation. The event partner will attempt to reschedule. If the new event date does not work for you then full refunds of the portion of the registration fee received by the event partner will be refunded.
All refunds will be issued by check.
Health and Safety Policies
Covid Policies: Any updates to health related policies will be posted here.
Masks: optional
Social Distancing: optional
Hand Sanitizer: available
Pit Layout: Teams from different schools were separated last year. This year teams will return to a normal pit layout.
Date: 4-Feb-2023
Freeport High School50 South Brookside Avenue
Freeport, New York 11520
United States
Travel Info
Freeport High School is located at
50 South Brookside Ave, Freeport, New York 11520
The building is located between Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road.
Bus Dropoff: Busses should use the front entrance to drop off students and equipment. Busses may park in the back of the school during the event.
Car Parking: Enter the parking lot and park near the Custodial Entrance. If you are near the football field then you went too far.
Train: The LIRR Baldwin train station is a couple blocks away along Sunrise Highway.
Judging Format
The Freeport VEX Robotics Competition: Spin Up offers the following method of judging.
- 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.