Western MD VIQRC "Rapid Relay" (ES&MS) 2025
Elementary / Middle School, All In-Person Judging
- Date
- 1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-7968
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 48
- Spots Open
- 4
- Event Region
- Maryland
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 25-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 29-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 31-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $65.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Please join us for the Western MD VIQRC "Rapid Relay" (ES&MS) 2025, in Hagerstown, MD. This VIQRC tournament is open to all VEX IQ Elementary School and Middle School teams and will qualify teams for the Maryland State IQ Championship. If the event is full, please add your team to the Waiting List. If the event is not full, but the registration deadline has passed and you would still like to attend, please email us.
If paying by check, please make payable to "South Hagerstown High School" and put Rebel Robotics on the memo laine. Please bring the check to the event (or email for mailing address).
To ensure that we have the fairest judging possible, we ask that every school provide at least one or two volunteer judges for the day.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 1-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:1101 S. Potomac St
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode 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
Doors open at 8:15 AM - Check in and inspection will open ASAP
Teams check in by 9:15 AM
9:30 AM - Event Meeting
9:45 AM – 12:30 Qualifier Matches
12:30 - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break
1:00 - 4:00 PM Qualifier Matches
4:10 PM - Finals (5 alliances - Top 10 teams in ranking)
4:30 PM - Awards
5:00 – Cleanup
Volunteer
Volunteers make robotics tournaments possible and are essential for providing these STEM learning opportunities for our friends and family. Please consider volunteering to help make this event a success.
Volunteer sign up at LINK IS COMING. Please consider signing up and helping out!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of impending bad weather, Rebel Robotics will work with the school administration to determine if the event can be held on the regularly scheduled day and time. In the case of bad weather, the first choice will be to keep the event on the same day and alter the schedule. If that is not an option, due to the MD VIQRC States being on February 22, 2025, this event cannot be resceduled and refunds will be issued to all teams. Updates will be provided via email and posted to the event webpage on RobotEvents.com.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the event is cancelled, teams will be given a full refund. Teams that drop out will be given a 50% refund if notified within two weeks of the event. Refunds are less the $5.00 RECF processing fee.
Health and Safety Policies
Currently, Washington County Public Schools does not require students, staff, volunteers, or spectators to wear masks when indoors. If you are not feeling well, please do not attend the tournament, in an effort to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Date: 1-Feb-2025
South Hagerstown High School1101 S. Potomac St
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
United States
Travel Info
South Hagerstown High School is located at: 1101 S. Potomac St, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Buses and vehicles with trailers and/or equipment can turn to the right at the end of the drive to unload students and equipment in front of the main doors. There is also plenty of parking for the buses and parents!
If using a GPS, please use the following address: 1100 S. Potomac St, Hagerstown, MD 21740. This will direct you to the correct side of the school.
Webcast
Live stream for event: https://youtube.com/live/dg8kczhlpdc?feature=share
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.