Battle in the Big Country - VRC HS/MS Over Under Tournament
- Date
- 3-Feb-2024 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VRC-23-2254
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Texas - Region 5
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Standard Registration Opens
- 8-Dec-2023 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 31-Jan-2024 14:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 8-Nov-2023 18:28 EST
- Price
- $70.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to our second VRC event of the year, "Battle in the Big Country - Over Under", sponsored by ATEMS Robotics.
We will have two competition fields, one Skills field, and one practice field. We need two additional Over Under field element sets so if your team is willing to bring a complete field element set to this competition, please email [email protected] or call 325-733-7439 before completing the registering for our tournament and ATEMS Robotics will pay your team's registration cost.
All team members attending this event are required to submit the on line consent form through Robot Events
We are very excited to hold this event at our new CTE center. Doors will open at 7:00AM. Registration and inspection will be from 7:30AM - 8:30AM. Practice rounds will start at approximately 9:00AM and we are asking each team to complete at least one practice round on the competition fields to verify proper connection to the Smart Field controller.
Please contact Larry Haney at [email protected] or Tracy Long at [email protected] if you have any questions or can help us with field elements.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 3-Feb-2024
Venue/Location:2034 Quantum Loop
Abilene, Texas 79602
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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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
Agenda: Battle in the Big Country - Over Under
This agenda is tentative and subject to change. ATEMS Robotics reserves the right to change times based on the number of teams competing and other situations that we may encounter throughout the day.
7:00 AM Doors open
7:30 AM Registration begins
Pits Open
Practice Field opens
Inspections begins
8:30 AM Coaches Meeting
8:45 AM Driver’s meeting
9:00 AM Inspection Closes
Competition fields open for practice
Skills field opens
10:00 AM Qualifying matches begin
12:00 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM Qualifying Matches continue
Skills field will close at the end of the qualifying matches
3:00 PM Qualifying Matches end
3:15 PM Alliance Selection
3:45 PM Elimination Matches begin
5:00 PM Awards Ceremony
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering at our event, please contact Larry or Tracy. Your help will be greatly appreciated and needed.
This event could not happen without our volunteers. Please arrive at 7:30 AM or the designated time discussed.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of bad weather this event will be rescheduled, and/or refunds will be issued less the $5.00 REC Foundation administration charge.
Refund and Payment Policies
Refunds will not be avalible for this event unless the event is forced to cancel.
Health and Safety Policies
The health and safety protocols will follow Abilene ISDs district requirements.
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At this time no district requirements are in place.
Webcast
Abilene ISD will LiveStream this tournament as a test run for the state tournament on Feb. 24th.
Click on the provided link and shortly before the competition you should see a link to the ATEMS Robotics event.
Please email Larry [email protected] if you have any comments to help improve this broadcast.
LINK: https://www.abileneisd.org/departments/aisd-tv/aisd-live/
Judging Format
NOTEBOOKS: Teams who would like their notebook judged must submit a digital copy, though Robot Events, no later than Midnight, January 28, 2024.
INTERVIEWS: Team interviews will start after robot inspection. As many interviews as possible will be conducted prior to the start of the tournament at 10:00 AM.