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

Saturday 

7:30am Doors open.

8:00am to 9:45am  Tech Inspection

8:30am - 9:45am - Both main fields open for Skills Runs (Local teams are encouraged to do this in the AM)

9:45am - Opening ceremonies/Driver Information

10:00am - 12:00pm (Qualifying matches begin. 4-5 minute rounds on 2 courts alternating),

12:00pm  to 1:30pm - Lunch time & BOTH main courts open for Skills runs with out of town teams have first priority in the queue. 

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Qualifying matches continue

3:30 to 4:00pm - Alliance partners are picked,

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm  Elimination rounds

4:30 pm - Awards ceremony & Closing remarks

5:00 pm  Clean up by local coaches, parents and teams.

Volunteer

Volunteers are vital contributors to the success of our events. Read about opportunities to participate here. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of an incident or circumstance effecting this event, we will undertake three notification strategies.

1. An advisory describing the situation (e.g. inclement weather) and the action being taken (e.g. event cancellation) will be posted to this RobotEvents event listing under this tab.  
2. The same information will also be e-mailed to all registered team coaches.
3. A phone call to all coaches will be attempted to pdate them.

Refund and Payment Policies

Event cancellation

Should the event be cancelled, registration fees will be refunded to all  teams in full

Team cancellation

Registered teams needing to cancel will be eligible for a full refund if notification of cancellation is submitted prior to freezeing (publication of) the qualification match schedule.  

Refund terms are as above.

Full refunds (or event credits) for teams that have paid by cash or cheque,

Please note: We consider our cancellation and refund terms to be very lenient. WE reserve the right to withdrawn registration privileges of teams found to be abusing these terms (e.g. repeated team cancellations due to speculative registration).

Health and Safety Policies

All Local and Provincial Health Guidlines will be followed at thia event.

Date: 8-Mar-2025

Travel Info

Enough time has been allotted with a later start time of 9:45am to leave in the morning from your community

Webcast

Judging Format

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

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.