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Shadow Showdown at FRA

Six More Weeks Til States

Date
1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-9226
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
32
Spots Open
50%+
Event Region
Tennessee
Max Registrations per Organization
5
Early-Bird Registration Opens
11-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens
21-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$105.00

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General Info

Franklin Road Academy welcomes you to our fifth annual tournament.  Shadow Showdown!

  • The event will be open to 32 high school Tennessee VRC teams.
  • If the event is full, add your team/s to the waitlist.  We will contact you if a spot opens.
  • Both Driving and Programming Skills Challenges are open to all registered teams.
  • A campus map, parking information, pit/skills/competition layout, and other information will be provided closer to the tournament date.

RECF Consent Form

  • Participants will be required to submit the RECF Consent Form ONLINE before the tournament.
  • Paper forms will not be accepted.
  • This document is located here: https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/5ab2c50d92047/web/
  • It can also be uploaded through your account on RobotEvents.com.

Thank you for your support, and we are looking forward to hosting you at Franklin Road Academy!
If you have any questions, please email James Weeks:  [email protected]


Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 1-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
Franklin Road Academy
4700 Franklin Pike
Nashville, Tennessee 37220
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

7:00 AM - Doors Open, 

7:15 AM - Check-In and Inspection Open

7:30 AM - Skills Opens + Judging Starts

8:30 AM - Check-In and Inspection Closes

8:45 AM – Event Meeting

9:00 AM – Qualification Matches Begin

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Break for Lunch

12:45 PM – 3:00 PM Finish Qualification Matches

3:15 PM - Alliance Selection

3:45 – 5:00 PM – Elimination Matches and Awards

Volunteer

Volunteer

We LOVE our volunteers!

  • No prior experience is necessary!  Training will be provided Saturday morning before the meet begins.
  • Please email Eric Johnson at [email protected] if you would like to help.
  • FREE snacks and meals are provided to all volunteers.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of inclement weather, updates will be made by email.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

In the event that the EP cancels, refunds (minus the 5 USD RECF processing fee) will be honored

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

Refunds will not be issued for teams that register but choose not to come.

Webcast

We will be streaming this event.  Please see link below:

https://www.youtube.com/@FRAPanthersTV

 

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

5 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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