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Kansas VEXIQ Shootout - Hosted by BuffRobotics

VEX IQ Robotics Competition, ES/MS Blended

Date
25-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-7600
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
64
Spots Open
3
Event Region
Kansas
Max Registrations per Organization
21
Standard Registration Opens
6-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
24-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
17-Jan-2025 18:19 EST
Price
$25.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

The event will take place at Garden City High School in the main gym. The robot inspection table will be located at the point entrance on the north side of the high school. Each team will be provided a table to serve as their pit on the east side of the gym floor.  During matches, teams will report to the staging tables for each match. Driving skill and programming skill challenges will be available during qualification matches and are the responsibility of each team to complete at apporopriate times.

This is a qualifying tournament for the State Tournament.

 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 25-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:
Garden City High School
2720 Buffalo Way Boulevard
Garden City, Kansas 67846
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

Our expected schedule is as follows:

  • 7:30 - Doors Open
  • 8:00 - Robot inspection table is open
  • 8:45 - Referee/Judges meeting
  • 9:00 - Coaches Meeting
  • 9:30 - Qualification matches begin
  • 11:30 - Lunch Break
  • 12:15 - Qualification Resumes
  • 2:15 - Finals matches
  • 3:00 - Awards presentation

 

Volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering in any way please email Scott Glass or Yuriy Drubinskiy

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of weather or other emergency, if we are not able to postpone the event to the next weekend; the event will be cancelled. Teams will be notified as soon as possible.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

In the unlikely event that the EP cancels the event, teams will be refunded their registration costs.

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

Teams that notify the EP with at at least 24 hour advance notice will get a refund of their payment minus the $5 processesing fee deducted by RobotEvents.

Teams that cancel with less then 24 hours or do not show up will not receive a refund unless as determined by the Event Partner that there are extenuating circumstances (these will be rare).

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. If teams use a digital notebook, please bring a printed copy for the judges the day of the event. Please organize the pages in the correct order and if possible, put in a binder or report cover.