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Mercer County Open VIQRC Blended Qualifier

Date
22-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-6801
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
60
Spots Open
50%+
Event Region
West Virginia
Standard Registration Opens
14-Aug-2024 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
15-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
15-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$55.00

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General Info

Join us for the Mercer County VIQC Blended Open Qualifier. This event is hosted by the Mercer County Blended Robotics League. Teams will compete in a fun, challenging and competitive tournament that is open to any elementary or middle school robotics team. Our event will feature three competition fields, multiple skills fields and more!  Participants may purchase tournament merch on the day of the event as well as concessions. This event is a qualifying event with teams having the opportunity to qualify for the West Virginia State Championship basedon the RECF advancement criteria. 

We are excited to showcase our area VRC teams in an exhibition display on the day of the event.


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 22-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
Princeton High School
1321 Stafford Drive
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
United States

Contact Information

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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

7:30 a.m. - Doors Open

8:00 a.m. - Inspection Begins

8:45 a.m. - Driver's Meeting

9:00 a.m. - Qualification Matches, Judging Begins

12:00 p.m. - Lunch Break

1:00 p.m. - Qualfication Matches Resume

2:30 p.m. - Skills Fields Close

3:00 p.m. - VRC Exhibition Matches

3:30 p.m. - Finals Matches

4:30 p.m. - Closing & Awards

Skills Challenge Fields will be open during qualification matches, breaking or lunch and closing for the day at 2:30 p.m.

Volunteer

Would you like to volunteer? Please contact Derek Belcher - [email protected] to volunteer.

Positions needed include: Referee, Judge, Field Reset and more.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Attendees will be notified of changes via email. All registrations are non-refundable. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will be issued in the event of a cancellation by the Event Partner.

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

We are unable to process refunds for teams that register then choose not to attend. All registration fees are final. 

 

Webcast

The 2025 Mercer County Open VIQC Qualifier is being livestreamed through the support of Princeton Middle School's Tiger Today Broadcast Channel. 

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

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