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2024 BHS Lonely Souls Tournament (MS/HS)

VEX V5 Robotics Competition

Date
2-Nov-2024 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-6690
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
32
Spots Open
0
Event Region
Tennessee
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Early-Bird Registration Opens
9-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
21-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
1-Nov-2024 12:00 EDT
Payment Deadline
25-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
Price
$85.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event currently has no spaces available.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

We are honored to host this Fall event and welcome teams   and visitors at the Williamson County Schools Entrepreneurial & Innovation Center.

This tournament will have Qualification matches on three (3) ground fields, followed by the Alliance Selection, and an Elimination Bracket. Skills Challenges will be available to teams in two (2) ground-placed fields. Skills will be closed during lunch.  

Seating may be limited.

We are looking forward to a successful tournament.  More details will be shared as the event approaches.

Lunch Options: 

We will post the Concessions Stand menu and the price list in a future update.

The best option for lunch is to use nearby fast-food restaurants to meet everyone's favorite meal preferences.  A quick search in MapQuest or Google Maps will give you directions.  All options are within a few minutes' drive.  You can plan to attend and do a quick dash to feed your team and visitors.  All options are within a couple of miles 

Starbucks (0.4 miles)

601 Hillsboro Rd

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Subway (0.5 miles)

407 Independence Sq.

Franklin, TN 37604

 

Sal's Family Pizza (0.5 miles)

595 Hillsboro Rd.

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Stroud's Barbeque (0.7 miles)

1010 Fulton Greer Ln

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill (0.7 miles)

1108 Hillsboro Rd

Franklin, TN 37604

 

Sonic Drive-In (0.8 miles)

401 Hillsboro Rd

Franklin, TN 37604

 

The Coffee House (1.3 miles)

144 2nd Ave N

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Frothy Monkey (1.2 miles)

125 5th Ave S

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Puckett's Restaurant (1.4 miles)

120 4th Ave S

Franklin, TN 37064

 

Mojo's Tacos (2.0 miles)

230 Franklin Rd.

#11Y Franklin, TN 37064

I will include further information in the upcoming update. 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 2-Nov-2024

Venue/Location:
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC)
104 Claude Yates Drive
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
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

2024 Brentwood High School Lonely Souls V5RC Tournament

Agenda

7:00 AM - Doors, Registration, and Practice Fields Open

8:00 AM - Check and Inspection Open

8:00 AM - Hospitality Suite Opens (Coffee and Donuts for Volunteers); Concessions Sales Open                                                                           

8:45 AM - Opening Ceremony

9:00 AM   Event Meeting

9:15 AM - Skills Open and Judging Interviews

9:30 AM - Qualification Matches Begin

11:00 AM   Pre-Arranged Lunch Orders Service Begins

12:00 PM - Lunch - Hospitality Suite: Lunch for Volunteers.

1:00 PM - Qualification Matches Resume (end at 3:20PM) 

3:00 PM - Skills Close

3:45 PM - Alliance Selection

4:15 PM - Elimination Matches

5:30 PM - Closing Ceremony / Awards

Volunteer

I will start by thanking all of you for the support you provide in developing leadership and good citizenship attributes through robotics engineering education, camaraderie, and competition.  I seek your time and support as volunteers in the club hosted 2024 Lonely Souls V5RC Tournament (MS/HS) at the WCS Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center on Saturday, November 2, 2024. We are hosting thirty-six (36) Tennessee middle school and high school teams in this State Qualifiers. Most positions require little or very short training that we promise to provide on-site.  Please consider volunteering and select one of the tasks and time slots in the following Sign-Up Genius.  Your time is appreciated.

2024 BHS Lonely Souls V5RC Tournament Volunteer Sign Up:

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DA5AF28A5FFC43-51082808-2024

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The safety and welfare of event participants is our primary interest.  In case of an emergency or severe inclement weather prediction, the EP will make a prudent decision and provide expedited notification of postponement or cancellation.  In case of postponement, teams will have the opportunity to accept the new date.  If the event is cancelled, all paid event fees received by the EP will be reimbursed.  The EP will coordinate with the REC Foundation to arrange for the reimbursement of team payments still being processed.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

1)  All team event fees recieved by the event partner will be reimbursed to the organizations that have paid.

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

1)  Early registrants are required to have payment submitted by October 12, 2024 (two weeks before the event).  We will contact coaches of teams that do not have payments in process one week before the deadline to inquire about their status and their interest in participating.

2)  On the deadline, teams that have not made payment arrangements will be transferred to the Waiting List and other teams in the Waiting List notified to inquire their interest in participating.  Our interest is to offer all  available registration slots to those commited to attend.

3) Teams that witdraw before or on October 12, 2024, and whose payment has been received by the EP will be reimburse the event fee less the retained REC Foundation fee.  

4)  Teams withdrawing after October 12, 2024 or not showing up for the event will not be reimbursed.

 

Health and Safety Policies

The event area will be secured and safety measures are in place.

Teams will not be allowed to enter the field to retrieve their robot. Once their match has been scored, they will drive their robot to the side of the field to retrieve it. The only people allowed access to the field and game objects are officially marked staff.

Date: 2-Nov-2024
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC)
104 Claude Yates Drive
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
United States

Travel Info

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC) can be searched in Google Maps and similar apps:

104 Claude Yates Dr, Franklin, TN 37064

There is ample parking on the site.  The Front Entrance will be clearly marked.

Webcast

The event will not be livestreamed.

Judging Format

  • All In-Person Judging:   In-Person Team Intervies wil be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted in hard copy upon arrival at the event's registration table.

Concession Stand Price List

Concessions Menu

Breakfast

Coffee                                                                                            $3.00

Donuts                                                                                            $2.00

Drinks:  

Water                                                                                               $2.00

Sodas (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper)        $2.00

Snacks:

Chips                                                                                                 $2.00

Famos Amos Cookies                                                                        $2.00

Lunchable                                                                                           $3.00

Candy:

M&Ms                                                                                                   $2.00

Twix                                                                                                      $2.00

Hershey's (Plain or Almond)                                                                 $2.00

Kitkat                                                                                                     $2.00

Reeses                                                                                                  $2.00

Airheads (3/52)                                                                                      $2.00

Skittles                                                                                                    $2.00

Airhead Extreme                                                                                     $2.00