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2025 Northern CA VIQRC MS Regional Championship

@ UC Berkeley

Date
9-Mar-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-9122
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
50
Spots Open
44
Event Region
California - North
Standard Registration Opens
4-Nov-2024 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline
2-Mar-2025 20:56 EST
Payment Deadline
8-Feb-2025 17:00 EST
Price
$300.00

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General Info

Welcome to Northern California VIQRC Middle School Regional Championship!

The event will be held at the UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus. Krutch Theater offers a unique setting with historic charm, featuring antique beveled wall panels, hardwood flooring, a central stage, and an upstairs balcony with fixed seating. The venue is perfect for the whole family, offering plenty to enjoy while soaking in the vibrant atmosphere of the number one public university in the world - UC Berkeley campus.

If you qualify for this event, please be sure to register within two weeks of receiveing your invitation. This event is a World Championship Qualifying event and will receive spots according to the REC Foundation's Qualifying Criteria.

 

Qualifying to this Event:

There are three ways for teams to qualify to Regional Championship events: 

  • Qualifying Award: Winning a qualifying award at an official event in the team’s Event Region. 
  • Robot Skills Ranking: If the Championship event in the team’s region is not filled to capacity through qualifying awards, teams may qualify through the World Skills Standings sorted for the Event Region and by grade level. Teams invited through Robot Skills Challenge Rankings are invited in ranked order after the results of the last qualifying event in the region have been posted. Scores earned after this date will not be used to qualify teams to their Championship. 
  • Waitlist: If there is remaining capacity due to teams not accepting the invite after the Robot Skills Rankings invites have been issued, the capacity will either be lowered, and the event will be closed, or teams will be invited from the waitlist. This will be decided by the REC Foundation Manager.

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 9-Mar-2025

Venue/Location:
Clark Kerr Campus
2601 Warring Street
Berkeley, California 94720
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

Schedule

7:00am Doors open for volunteers

7.30am Registration & Inspection Begins, Pits open, Practice Fields Open

9.00am Inspection closes, Opening/Event Meeting
- Teams not checked-in by 8:30am will be removed from the schedule
- Teams that have not passed inspection by 9.00am will be removed from the schedule

9:30am  Qualification matches begin, Skills fields open

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Qualification matches resume

4:00pm Qualification matches finish and skills events close

4:30pm Finals matches begin

5.15pm Awards Ceremony

5.30pm Competition event closes

Volunteer

We always appreciate volunteers. Please contact Event Partner if you're interested in volunteering:

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed.  Please make sure your team's contact information is up to date in your RobotEvents.com account in the event we need to contact your team.

Refund and Payment Policies

General Polcy:

Event payments are expected when you register for this event and must be completed (showing PAID in the system) a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the event date. Unpaid teams will be removed from the event.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

This event is unlikely to cancel. In the circumstance that it is necessary to cancel the event all funds (minus amounts paid to RobotEvents.com) will be refunded.

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

If a team wishes to withdraw from the event then please contact Event Partner. No refund will be provided as organization incurs expenses upfront to organize the event.

 

Health and Safety Policies

We highly encourage everyone to avoid coming into the facility if you are not feeling well and follow all commonly expected safety and health precautions.

Date: 9-Mar-2025
Clark Kerr Campus
2601 Warring Street
Berkeley, California 94720
United States

Travel Info

UC Berkely's Clark Kerr Campus 

Webcast

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Judging Format

   •    Online Team Interviews: Interviews will take place two week before the event (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday). A Zoom link and scheduling options will be provided two week in advance.

    •    Engineering Notebooks: To be considered for judged awards, engineering notebooks must be submitted electronically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

13 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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