2023 San Diego VEX Spring Middle School Robotics Tournament
- Date
- 11-Feb-2023
- Event Code
- RE-VRC-22-7887
- Program
- VEX Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 2
- Event Region
- California - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 31-Oct-2022 20:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 31-Dec-2022 20:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 3-Feb-2023 20:59 EST
- Price
- $125.00
100% of total capacity is reserved
for California - Region 4.
2 remaining spots
are reserved for California - Region 4.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome
Welcome to the Second Annual Spring San Diego Middle School Only VEX Robotics Tournament. We are proud to host this years Challange "Spin Up". We look forward to seeing new teams and old friends. Come and enjoy a day of fun and friendly competition as teams work together to garner a spot to advance to the California State Championships in March 2023.
On Site Food and Concessions
At this time we are awaiting what COVID protocols will be mandated regarding Food onsite. Please look to emails to registered teams..
It is our goal to keep our participants safe and provide the best possible environment. We highly recommend that students no matter what age do not leave the campus once on site. We try to provide snacks and lunch at a reasonable cost to help with that. We will send you a menu of what will be available at our concessions stand so that you can plan accordingly.
Check-In, Payment, and Refunds
Teams that have not checked in 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run.
Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped. No Refunds will be given unless a Waiting List team fills your spot. There will be a $5.00 charge if you paid through RECF.
Please note that teams that have not paid their event registration one month prior to the event may be dropped from the event at the Event Partners discretion.
Swapping or Changing of Teams
Please make sure you have registered the correct team for an event. Due to the REC policy of changing teams that are registered for an event, there will not be any changing of one team to another once a team is registered. If you need to withdraw a team from an event please notify the EP. The refund policy stated above will be in effect.
Waiting List
A Waiting List will be maintained, to replace possible withdrawals. Teams can add themselves to the Waiting List or contact Joe Amaro at joseph.amaro@sweetwaterschools.org, or jamaro@cox.net, if any openings are available two weeks prior to the event, Waiting List teams will be notified to see if they are still interested.
Engineering Notebooks
The Engineering Notebook for the Excellence and Design awards will be turned in at check-in and returned after Alliance selection.
Knowing the sacrifice and resource commitment that every team experiences, we will make every effort to adhere to the posted agenda.
To help to do so, the Head Referee will make every effort to start matches on time, and may start without a team in place.
We ask that your teams carefully review the match lists and allow time to meet and strategize with their alliances, and Queue in a timely manner, and get to the field at the proper time.
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Eligible Teams:
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 11-Feb-2023
Venue/Location:3250 Palm Avenue
San Diego, California 92154
United States
Contact Information
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Participating Teams Agenda
8:00 am . . . Team Arrivals / Pits Open, Team Check-In and Registration,
Practice Field Opens, Inspection Table Opens
8:45 am . . . Deadline for Check-In
Drivers Meeting
9:00 am . . . Opening Welcome - Please stop work on robots at this time
9:30 am . . . Qualifying Matches Begin, Skills Challenge Field Opens, Judging
Begins, Deadline for Inspection
12:00 pm . . Lunch Begins
12:45 pm . . Qualifying Matches Resume
3:00pm . . . Qualifying Ends
3:20 pm . . . Alliance Selections, Judging Ends, Skills Challenge Field Closes
3:35 pm . . . Final Matches Begin
4:30 pm . . . Awards Ceremony
Volunteer
Volunteers Agenda
7:00 am . . . Doors Open for Volunteers
7:30 am . . . Judge's Meeting, Referee's Meeting, Volunteers Meeting
5:00 pm . . . Clean-Up begins
All volunteers are welcome to contact the Event Partner at jamaro@cox.net.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Tournament will cancel only due to a natural disaster.
The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date in their RobotEvents.com account, and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.
Refund and Payment Policies
Teams that have not checked in 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run.
Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped. No Refunds will be given unless a Waiting List team fills your spot. There will be a $5.00 charge if you paid through RECF.
Please note that teams that have not paid their event registration one month prior to the event may be dropped from the event at the Event Partners discretion.
Health and Safety Policies
It is our utmost desire that all participants in this event be phyiscally and emotionally safe and at ease. Therefore the following COVID protocols set by our school board will be carefully adhered to and be in force:
No consumption of food the Robotics Arena.
Masks must be worn at all times by all individuals indoors.
Spectators will be limited if needed to maintain occupancy to no more than 499 people at any one time.
Webcast
Judging Format
Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. Feel free to add or edit to suit your event.
- 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.