General Info

The Red Devil Robotics Club of Freeport High School are proud to host the Freeport Robotics Competition: Vex Tipping Point.  This VRC event is a qualifier for the Southern NY State VRC Championship.

Food: Pizza, Snacks and Drinks are available for purchase.  

Parking: Buses should drop off students and equipment at the main entrance on South Brookside Avenue.  Cars and buses should park behind the school and enter by the cafeteria.

Health and Safety guidelines issued by our school will be followed and updated to this site.  

Agenda

7:30 AM - Doors Open, Practice Fields Opens
7:30 AM 9:00 AM - Check-In / Inspection / Programming and Skills Challenge (first come basis)
9:15 AM - Drivers and Coaches Meeting
9:30 AM Welcome and first match setup
9:30 AM 12:00 PM Qualification Rounds 
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Qualification Rounds
2:00 PM 2:30 PM Alliance Selection
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Alliance Elimination matches
4:30 PM 5:00 PM Awards Ceremony

Volunteer

Students and Adults are needed to help run and setup this event.  No experience necessary.  Please help make this the best robotics event on Long Island!

Any person interested in volunteering for this event should contact Kevin Harrison 

Phone: 516-867-5300

Email: kharrison@freeportschools.org

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather the Freeport Public School District may decide to cancel/delay/reschedule the event.

The event organizer will notify all team advisors as early as possible via text/email and post the event status on this website.

The raindate will be Sunday February 6, 2022.

Refund Policy

Teams who notify us of their cancelation before January 23, 2022 at midnight will receive a refund.  The Freeport High School Robotics Club will issue refunds in the form of checks only.  All refunds will be processed after payments are processed and received.  

All refunds will be issued not including the RECF fee of $5.00.  

Teams who have not paid their registration fee by January 23, 2022 at midnight will be moved to the waiting list.

Health and Safety Policies

This event will follow all school issued, local and state guidelines for health and safety.  More information will be posted as soon as it becomes available and updated as we get closer to the day of the event.

Travel Info

Freeport High School is located on the south shore of Nassau County on Long Island.  We welcome teams from across the region to join us.

The best way to travel is via car/bus.  We are located on South Brookside Avenue between Sunrise Highway(Rt-25) and Merrick Road.

It is possible to take the train.  The LIRR train station at Baldwin is 3 blocks away.

Students and equipment should be dropped off in the front of the school.  Buses and cars should park in the rear of the building.