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Clash at Kennedy - VEX V5 High Stakes Qualifier

Date
8-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-8085
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
36
Spots Open
12
Event Region
New York-South
Max Registrations per Organization
3
Early-Bird Registration Opens
30-Sep-2024 15:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
28-Dec-2024 15:00 EST
Registration Deadline
31-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
31-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$90.00

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General Info

WELCOME TO CLASH AT KENNEDY!

Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School is pleased to host our third annual VEX robotics tournament - located in northern Westchester approximately an hour from New York City and most of Long Island. We are just off of the Goldens Bridge exit of I-684.

Location: Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School, 54 Route 138, Somers, New York 10589

GPS should get you there if you type in the school name (might come up as John F Kennedy Catholic High School).

Food and Beverage: We will have a concession stand with waters, sodas, coffee, hot chocolate and lots of snacks. We will be serving pizza for lunch. We ask that all food be consumed in the cafeteria and not in the pits.

Engineering Notebooks: We will collect hard copy/printed notebooks at check-in.

Interviews: Judges will come around the pits during the day and interview all teams. 

Spectators: Spectators are welcome and encouraged. We have plenty of seats in the bleachers.

Fields and Pits: Match and skills fields and pits will all be in the gym. Practice field will be in a common area outside the gym.

Cash and Venmo only: Please ask your team members to bring cash or Venmo.

Thanks,

Andrei and Jennifer Achim
Kennedy Gaels Coaches – 97140A and 97140B
[email protected] or [email protected].

https://linktr.ee/kcrobotics 

 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 8-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School
54 New York 138
Somers, New York 10589
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

  • 7:30: Doors Open 
  • 9:00: Inspection Closes
  • 9:15: Driver Meeting
  • 9:30-3:30: Qualifying Matches
  • 9:30-3:30 Skills 
  • 12:15-1:15: Lunch
  • 3:30-4:00: Alliance Selection & Prepare for Elimination Round
  • 4:00-5:00: Elimination Matches
  • 5:00: Awards Presentations

Agenda times subject to change.

Volunteer

If you would like to volunteer as a judge or in another capacity, please email j[email protected].

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of emergency, the event will be canceled and we will attempt to hold it on a later date.

Cancelations due to such emergencies will be refunded or teams may choose to transfer registration to the alternate date.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will be granted.

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

Refunds will be granted if an email is sent to the EP at least 2 weeks before the event.

All refunds will be less the $5.00 fee retained by the REC Foundation. 

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

6 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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