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CANCELLED Frosty Gears Rapid Relay Sparks MS

VEX IQ Robotics Competition, ES/MS Blended, All In-Person Judging

(Canceled)
Date
25-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-24-9456
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
20
Spots Open
20
Event Region
Nevada
Max Registrations per Organization
4
Standard Registration Opens
3-Dec-2024 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline
24-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
25-Jan-2025 08:00 EST
Price
$25.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has been canceled.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

The Frosty Gears Rapid Relay Tournament will be held in the school cafeteria.

The entrance is to the right of the school front entry.

Teams can bring their own snacks and drinks. Food will be available to purchase from a Snack Shack. All proceeds go to funding more events.

We will have a sign -up for pizza pre-ordering at the Team sign-in. Teams can order a pizza. Pizzas will be delivered at 11am. Cash only please. Pepperoni, Cheese, Veggie, or Hawaiian. Cost ranges from $7-13/pizza.

 

 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 25-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:
Sparks Middle School
2275 18th Street
Sparks, Nevada 89431
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

Agenda

7:30am -8:00am Tournament Set-up

8:00am-9:00am Team Set-up, Check-in, Inspection and practice

                 *Skills Opens at 8:30am

9:00am-11:00am Teamwork Challenges/ Skills Challenges

11:00-11:15am Break

11:30am -12:00      Finals Matches

          (about 8 alliances)

12:30pm-12:45 Awards

          *Each team will be allowed 3 skills. Teams line up for Skills in-between scheduled matches.

Volunteer

An event is successful because of volunteers.

We are looking for volunteers. We truly appreciate all who donate their time to help pull off an event like this. To thank all who volunteer, we will provide a light lunch to our volunteers.

If interested, please contact Linda Koyen at:

775-530-1191 (This is my cell number. - Please, leave a message with your name, phone number, and your willingness to volunteer for the Frosty Gears event.)

or email:

[email protected]

Here are some positions needed:

Teams Check-in: 8am-9am

Robot Inspection:8am-9am (Checklist provided)

Team Queing: 9am-12am

Skills-Referee Support: 8:30am-11am (helping to count number of ball passes)

Teamwork- Referee Support: 9am-11am (helping to count number of ball passes)

 

 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

At times, weather happens. Should the Frosty Gears Tournament need to be canceled due to inclement weather, we will refund full registration. 

 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

All monies will be refunded.

This includes cancellation due to inclement weather. 

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

Registration will be refunded minus the $5 processing fee from RECF.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

2 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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