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Alabama State Championship VEX IQ Robotics Competition

Elementary Teams Only

Date
7-Mar-2025 - 8-Mar-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-25-8561
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person Invitational
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
50
Spots Open
35
Event Region
Alabama
Standard Registration Opens
5-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
22-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
22-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$195.00

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General Info

Wallace State Community College is thrilled to host the Alabama State VEX IQ Elementary Robotics Championship.

The Alabama State VEX Elementary IQ Championship will be a two-day event starting on Friday,March 7, 2025 with registration opening at 3:00 pm.  We will open inspection and have two or three qualification matches on this day as well.  

Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: In-Person Interviews, digital notebook submission. Physical notebooks will not be accepted at the contest.


Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: No

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 7-Mar-2025 - 8-Mar-2025

Venue/Location:
Wallace State Community College
801 Main St NW
Hanceville, Alabama 35077
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

Tentative Agenda as of 010/1/2024:

Event

Day       

Start

Stop

Registration Opens

1

3:00 PM

4:30 PM

Inspection Open

1

3:00 PM

4:30 PM

Opening Ceremony & Meeting

1

4:30 PM

5:15 PM

Qualification Matches Begin

1

5:30 PM

7:00 PM

Skills Fields Open

1

5:15 PM

6:45 PM

Pits Close

1

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

Pits Open

2

7:45 AM

8:00 AM

Qualification Matches Resume

2

8:00 AM

11:30 AM

Skills Fields Re-Open

2

8:00 AM

11:30 AM

Lunch

2

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Qualification Matches Resume

2

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Finals

2

1:40 PM

2:25 PM

Awards

2

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Volunteer

Volunteers are vital to making events successful. We greatly appreciate anyone who is able to attend the event to help it run smoothly. There will be more information posted as the event nears. In the meantime, any volunteer queries can be sent to Terry Ayers at [email protected].

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event on robotevents.com where we will post updates about the event status as needed. 

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Due to how Robot Events send payments to Wallace State, we are unable to offer refunds to teams that have completed payment. In the event the EP Needs to cancel this event after payment has been made, that money can be applied to a future Wallace State event.

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

We are unable to offer refunds for this event. Because of this, teams should wait to make payment until they are certain they can and want to attend while being mindful of the payment due date. Any team unpaid by payment due date will be removed from the registered team list without notification.

If a team has to withdraw from competition after payment is made, Wallace State can consider transferring the registration fee to another, future Wallace State hosted event.

 

Date: 7-Mar-2025 - 8-Mar-2025
Wallace State Community College
801 Main St NW
Hanceville, Alabama 35077
United States

Travel Info

Location: 

Wallace State Community College, Tom Draek Coliseum
801 Main Street NW
Hancevile, AL  35077

Just a few of the Hotels in the area:

Quality Inn Hanceville  (just across HWY 31 from the campus)
810 Main Street NE, Hanceville, AL 35077  (256)-352-0151

Econo Lodge - Good Hope
1655 Co Rd 437, Cullman, AL 35055   (256) 734-2691

Days Inn - Wyndham (Cullman)
1841 4th St SW, Cullman, AL 35055   (256) 739-3800

Holiday Inn Express & Suites (Cullman)
2052 Hayes Dr NW, Cullman, AL 35058   (256) 736-1906

 

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 deadline to digitally submit the engineering notebook with be noon, Central Time, February 28, 2025.

Submissions with a date/time stamp after this deadline will not be reviewed for judged awards, no exceptions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

4 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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