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Spartan Design Invitational #3

VIQRC 2024-2025 Rapid Relay Blended ES/MS

Date
15-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-6535
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
Invitational
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
32
Spots Open
0
Event Region
California - South
Max Registrations per Organization
7
Early-Bird Registration Opens
2-Sep-2024 20:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
4-Jan-2025 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline
31-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
1-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$145.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event currently has no spaces available.

General Info

This is a ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITATIONAL event hosted by Stauffer Middle School.  

TO ADD A TEAM TO THE INVITATIONAL, YOU MUST ADD TO THE WAITLIST FIRST AND THEN TEAMS WILL BE ADDED TO THE EVENT MANUALLY.

EMAIL ME FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADDING TEAMS: [email protected]

Thank you for participating in our tournament and we hope you enjoy our event!

  • We will not be offering a meal plan for teams, but there may be concession stands selling prepackaged items.
  • There are many food options in the Downey community surrounding the campus.
  • There will be two competition fields, a Skills Challenge field and a full practice field at this event.
  • Both Driving Skills and Programming Skills Challenges are open to all registered teams.
  • This event will have an eight team limit on the number of teams per school. If the event is full please place your team on the waiting list.
  • On-site parking is free.

Late Arrivals

Teams must be checked in 45 minutes prior to the start of the qualification matches so that the match schedule may be printed. Teams must contact the event partner if they are running late or they will be removed from the team list for the event. 

 

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 15-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
Mary R. Stauffer Middle School
11985 Old River School Road
Downey, California 90242
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

(Times subject to change due to number of teams participating.)

Volunteers arrive at 8:00 AM

Doors Open & Check in 9:00 AM

Inspections 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Opening Ceremony/Event Meeting 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Tournament Qualifying matches 10:00 AM  - 12:30 PM

Lunch 12:30 - 1:00 (This may become a working lunch)

Tournament Qualifying matches (continued) 1:00 PM  - 2:30 PM

Finals matches 2:30-3:30 PM.

Awards 3:30 PM - 3:45PM

Load-out 3:45 PM

Skills matches will be available from 10:00 am - 2:00pm (Closed During Lunch). 3 attempts maximum per team.

Volunteer

If friends or family are interested in volunteering for the event, please email [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Tournament is indoors. Only under severe weather circumstances would the event be cancelled. An email would be sent the day before if there is a chance of cancellation. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency.   Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Full refund

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

Due to the fixed costs, refunds will not be provided within two weeks of the event and are made at the discression of the event partner.

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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

11 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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