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VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC) Full Volume Stampede State Qualifier presented by Hereford Zone Robotics

Elementary / Middle School, Remote Engineering Notebook Judging, In-Person Interviews

Date
18-Nov-2023 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-23-2055
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
40
Spots Open
6
Event Region
Maryland
Max Registrations per Organization
14
Standard Registration Opens
6-Sep-2023 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
9-Nov-2023 17:00 EST
Price
$75.00

100% of total capacity is reserved for Maryland.
6 remaining spots are reserved for Maryland.

This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

UPDATE Nov 17.  Sorry  We will not have a livestream for this event.

DIGITAL NOTEBOOKS ONLY ACCEPTED.
NOTEBOOKS ARE JUDGED BEFORE THE EVENT. 
THEY ARE DUE AHEAD OF THE EVENT BY THE DEADLINE.
Please see the Judging information.

This event does not have Early Bird Registration enabled, but may impact Early Bird registrations for other events. Please see this link for more information.

Thank you for considering joining us for our event.  We are very excited to have students able to participate.

*For most teams this is likely your first event. Teams are urged to upload the Participant Release Form for each student.  The form can be found here in the Documents link to the left. Event Partners (us) must check that these forms are uploaded.  This is part of the inspection/check-in process

**Teams are reminded that their robot will be inspected at check-in. Please see the inspection form at the Documents link to the left.

A reminder that we are accepting only digital notebooks due one week before the event, Nov 11th. 

Please contact Chris Putnam with any questions or concerns.  [email protected] 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 18-Nov-2023

Venue/Location:
Hereford Middle School
712 Corbett Road
Monkton, Maryland 21111
United States

Contact Information

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Agenda

 doors open at 7:30am
. check in and inspection will open asap

> teams check in by 8:45

> 9:00 - driver meeting

> 9:15 am – 12 noon qualifier matches begin

> 12 to 12:30- lunch break

> 12:35 - 2:30pm qualifier matches

> 2:40pm - finals -  5 alliances   Top 10 teams in ranking*
*could change to 6 depending on event size

>3:00 pm - awards

> 3:15 – cleanup

Volunteer

Please contact Chris Putnam if you would like to help out with scoring, queueing, and refereeing.


[email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If we have bad weather or a Covid policy from our school system, Baltimore County Public Schools, that causes the event to be cancelled, we will refund teams minus the amount we are obligated to pay RECF.

Also, if a policy for Covid changes to the point your team's families are uncomfortable with the students attending or there is a sudden Covid issue affecting your team where they cannot participate, again we will refund the team minus the amount we must pay RECF.

Refund and Payment Policies

If we have bad weather or a Covid policy from our school system, Baltimore County Public Schools, that causes the event to be cancelled, we will refund teams minus the amount we are obligated to pay RECF.

Also, if a policy for Covid changes to the point your team's families are uncomfortable with the students attending or there is a sudden Covid issue affecting your team where they cannot participate, again we will refund the team minus the amount we must pay RECF.

Health and Safety Policies

COVID-19 Related Event Modifications

updated June 30, 2022

Our number one priority is to ensure the safety of everyone at the event.

Please follow guidelines and keep participants at home if they have symptoms as a precaution.

We will continually assess, based on current government guidelines, whether to postpone, cancel, or significantly reduce the number of attendees when necessary.

 

 

Date: 18-Nov-2023
Hereford Middle School
712 Corbett Road
Monkton, Maryland 21111
United States

Travel Info

Hereford Middle School
712 Corbett Road
Monkton, MD 21111
 

Parking is available in the front and rear of the building.

Also, depending on weather, we will open overflow parking next to the tennis courts at the front of the building.

Webcast

UPDATE Nov 17.  Sorry  We will not have a livestream for this event.

Hereford will possibly try to live stream the event to show the FULL VOLUME  fields.

Go to this link and look for the 'Live' logo.  

https://www.youtube.com/user/929HZR

 

Judging Format

 

  •  In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews will be judged in-person the day of the event. 
     
  •  Electronic Engineering Notebook Submissions: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the Event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted electronically for evaluation    Notebooks must be submitted by Nov 11th for consideration.

     Teams must submit links to their Engineering Notebooks Submissions on RobotEvents.com at least one week prior to event.  Teams without notebook links in RobotEvents by this deadline will not be considered for Judged awards that require an Engineering Notebook.