Southern Maryland VEX IQ Tournament (ES)
- Date
- 8-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-6601
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 16
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- Maryland
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 4
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 11-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 25-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 25-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $55.00
General Info
Welcome to the Southern Maryland VEX IQ Tournament. This event is hosted by the Great Mills High School Engineering Club.
This is a Maryland State Qualifying event open to elementary schools. This event is open to the public. The event takes place in the GMHS Cafeteria. The pit area is on the upper level of the cafeteria. Competition tables are on the lower level of the cafeteria. Parking is available in the GMHS parking lot. Enter the main entrance and follow signage to the cafeteria.
During the Tournament, teams will have a minimum of three opportunities to participate in both Driving Skills and Programming Skills Challenges in addition to tournament matches.
In the Pit area there will be a minimum of two practice fields. It is expected that teams practice good sportsmanship in sharing the fields and making sure scoring elements are replaced when a team finishes a practice round.
Grade Level: Elementary
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 8-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:21130 Great Mills Road
Great Mills, Maryland 20634
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
SCHEDULE VEX IQ Tournament
Saturday February 8, 2025
Great Mills High School Cafeteria
TIME ACTIVITY
8:00 a.m. Doors Open
8:15 a.m. Check In Open
8:30 a.m. Inspection Open
9:00 am Check In Deadline
9:30 am Opening Ceremony/ Drivers Meeting
10:00 – 11:30 am Judging Interviews and Skills Challenges
11:30 – 1:00 pm Qualification Matches
1:00 – 1:45 pm Lunch Break
1:45 - 3:00 pm Qualification Matches
3:30 - 4:00 pm Finals Matches
4:00 pm Awards Ceremony
Upon check-in teams will be assigned an interview time. Teams must be at their pit table ready for the interview at their assigned times.
Skills Challenge field will be open from 10:00 am - 1:45 pm
Teams are permitted up to three (3) tries for Robot Skills and three (3) tries for Programming Skills.
Volunteer
Please contact Allen Skinner at [email protected] for volunteer information.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Weather cancellations will be detemined by St. Mary's County Public Schools. Please use www.smcps.org to find the latest information.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In the event of cancellation, all entry fees will be refunded minus the $5 RECF fee.
Teams are required to make payment by January 25, 2025. Any registered team that has not made payment will be moved to the wait list to allow other interested teams to register. Please contact Allen Skinner at [email protected] if your team requires special payment arrangements.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Entry fees will be refunded minus the $5 RECF fee IF there is a team on the waitlist that is willing to take the spot of the withdrawing team.
Judging Format
- All 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.
Waitlist
2 teams are on the waitlist for this event.