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CANCELLED - 5th Annual Damien Spartan Challenge IQ

Middle School Only

(Canceled)
Date
25-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-7457
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
38
Spots Open
38
Event Region
California - South
Max Registrations per Organization
5
Standard Registration Opens
9-Sep-2024 20:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
23-Jan-2025 20:00 EST
Payment Deadline
29-Dec-2023 18:38 EST
Price
$165.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has been canceled.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Welcome to the 5th Annual Damien Spartan Challenge IQ (MS only).  We are excited to bring together some of Southern California's finest teams and battle for a chance to go to the state championships.  If this event is full please place yourself on the wait list.

Teams that have not checked in 45 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run. Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped. 

Please note that teams must pay for the event 3 weeks after they have registered for the event or at least 3 weeks before the event, whichever comes first.  Teams that have not paid in that timeframe will be dropped from the event and may lose their spot. Please see our refund policy for further details.

Match Lists will be generated as scheduled and cannot be re-run.

Participation and Consent Form

A completed form for all participants must be uploaded on robotevents.com. 

Judging

Judging interviews will be in person on the day of the event.  Engineering Notebooks will be judged remotely and teams will need to submit a link to their notebook on robotevents.com no later than Wednesday Jan. 15th by 5pm.  Teams that do not have a digital notebook will need to scan their notebook and create a pdf or other digital format for their notebook.  If you have never done this before, please contact the Event Partner with questions.


Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 25-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:
Damien High School
2280 Damien Avenue
La Verne, California 91750
United States

Contact the Event Partner

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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

9:00 am Registration Table Opens/ Teams Arrive/ Robot Check-In/Turn in Notebooks
9:15 am Robot Inspections Begin
9:45 am Team Meeting/Opening Ceremony
10:00 am Qualifying Matches Begin
12:30 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Qualifying Matches Resume
2:00  pm Qualifying Matches End
2:15 pm Finals Matches Begin
3:00 Closing Ceremonies and Awards
3:15 pm Event Ends, Clean Up

Volunteer

Volunteers are needed please contact Charity Maricic, the event partner, if you are are interested.

[email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date on RobotEvents.com and includes both school and non-school email addresses and phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

All requests for refunds must be made three weeks prior to the event. Refunds, if approved, will be processed within one month following the event. 

Payment in full is required 3 weeks after you register for the event if you are registering before Dec. 1st.  After Dec. 1st, payment must be made in full within 2 weeks of registering.  All teams not paid in full within 3 weeks of the event will be dropped from the event.

If you are paying with a PO, please contact the event partner and let them know when you have submitted it to RECF.

Thank you.

Health and Safety Policies

We will follow all health and safety policies of Los Angeles County.

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. The submission deadline is Wednesday Jan. 15th by 5:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

19 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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