Saturday, December 9th
 

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

Friday afternoon

3:30 pm Begin setting up the courts and pit area

6:30 pm robot inspection begins (teams are encouraged to do this early)

6:30 pm courts are set up for practice.

8:00 pm shut down and close up the school. Out of town teams head to hotel and dinner.

Saturday Competition

7:45am Doors open.

8:00am to 9:45am  Inspection continues from previous night.

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 - Pizza order comnpleted

10:00am - 12:00pm (Qualifying matches begin. 4 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. There will be a concession for students to purchase food and drinks in addition to the PIZZA Order. Coaches, Volunteers, receive a free lunch in coach’s room.

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

3:30 to 4:00pm - Alliance partners are picked, Top 16 teams pick partners to advance to playoffs,

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, The event organizer will undertake these TWO 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.

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 freezing (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,

Date: 9-Dec-2023

Travel Info

Travel Time is approximately 2 1/2hrs from Victoria.  The tournament Start and End times are adjusted so islanders can get to and from the event in one day or to align with ferries to/from the smaller islands. 

Tournament is being held at:

Highland Secondary School
750 Pritchard Road, Comox
British Columbia, V9M 3S8

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.