4th Annual Caston MS Buzzer Beater VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Rapid Relay Competition Middle School Teams
- Date
- 8-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-7439
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 40
- Spots Open
- 2
- Event Region
- Indiana
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 24-Sep-2024 14:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Dec-2024 14:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 7-Feb-2025 17:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 25-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $70.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
General Info
Welcome to Caston's 4th Annual Middle School Rapid Relay VIQRC Competition! The last part of the season always brings lots of excitement and we look forward to an exciting day hosting teams!
We will be hosting both an Elementary and a Middle School Competition. The competitions will run side by side with Elementary and Middle School matches being played beside each other.
Caston is located between Rochester and Logansport, Indiana, on State Road 25, 3 miles south of the town of Fulton, on the Cass/Fulton County Line. There are no restaurants in the area without going into either Logansport or Rochester, which are about 12 miles away. A mini-mart gas station is located in Fulton.
There will be a concession stand available for the competition, but it will have limited options for lunch. We are working with our concessions provider to have more options available than in years past. Please check the documents section for the Concessions Stand price list. Teams are invited to order pizza which will be delivered to the school.
Pizza Order Form will be available closer to the competition date.
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 8-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:9815 Indiana 25
Rochester, Indiana 46975
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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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
Our schedule for the day is approximately as follows:
8:00am - Doors Open
8:00-9:00am - Team Registration
8:30-9:15am - Inspection (Drop off Engineering Notebooks at Inspection) / All fields open for teams to practice if they have passed inspection.
9:20am - Coaches Meeting
9:30am - Opening Ceremonies
9:45am - Skills Fields open / Practice & Qualification schedules distributed
10:00-12:00pm - Morning Qualification Matches / Skills Open
12:00pm-1:00pm - Skills Fields Closed / Lunch Break
1-3:00pm - Skills open / Afternoon Qualification Matches
3:00 - Skills Closed
3:15pm - Finals matches and Awards
4:00pm - Pack up and Depart. Have a safe trip home!
**All times are EASTERN and are subject to change based upon how many teams we have competing**
Volunteer
Volunteers are welcome and needed!!
Please contact Jamie Taylor at [email protected] or 574-653-1782 for more information.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Although we do not plan on having inclement weather we know we live in Indiana and the weather changes whenever it wants to! Please know that we will do everything in our power to host the competition on the scheduled date. In the event of bad weather for traveling in the morning we may initiate a 2 hour delay to the start time. Although it makes it inconvient and the event runs later, our end goal is to host the event for the students on the date planned. In the event that this tournament cannot take place due to inclement weather registration fees will be returned minus $5.00 for administrative fees and postage.
Refund and Payment Policies
Registration fees will not be refunded if teams do not cancel by 02/01/2025.
All teams need to be present and checked in prior to the start of the competition (no later than 9:00am). Refunds will not be issued to teams who arrive after competition rounds have begun.
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In the event that this tournament cannot take place and is forced to be canceled teams will receive a full refund minus $5 REC fee.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
If prior to 02/01/2025 full refund will be givien minus $5 fee. If after 02/01/2025 no refunds will be given.
Date: 8-Feb-2025
Caston High School9815 Indiana 25
Rochester, Indiana 46975
United States
Travel Info
Traveling from a distance? There is a New Home2 Suites by Hilton and a Holiday Inn located in Logansport. Both will be about a 25 minute drive to Caston. There are also a few Airbnb's in the area too.
Webcast
New this year! We now have the equipment to LiveStream! The event will be broadcast on our Caston Robotics YouTube page. Link will be provided at a later date.
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.
**PLEASE NOTE WE ARE LOOKING INTO DOING REMOTE NOTEBOOK JUDGING. IF WE MAKE THE CHANGE ALL TEAMS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL OF THE CHANGE. SINCE WE ARE STIL 6 MONTHS OUT WE ARE NOT SURE YET IF WE WILL MAKE THIS CHANGE**
Waitlist
7 teams are on the waitlist for this event.