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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

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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:
Great Mills High School
21130 Great Mills Road
Great Mills, Maryland 20634
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

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.

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