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Knox Grammar School / Sydney Robotics Academy Tournament (VRC Blended)

Date
8-Oct-2023 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VRC-23-3605
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
24
Spots Open
3
Event Region
Australia
Max Registrations per Organization
4
Standard Registration Opens
21-Sep-2023 01:30 EDT
Registration Deadline
29-Sep-2023 18:32 EDT
Payment Deadline
27-Sep-2023 21:03 EDT
Price
A$80.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Knox Grammar School and Sydney Robotics Academy present the VRC Over Under Tournament.

This event will be hosted by Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, NSW, Australia.

Grade Level: Middle/Senior School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 8-Oct-2023

Venue/Location:
Knox Grammar School
7 Woodville Avenue
Wahroonga, 2076
Australia

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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

Preliminary schedule:

8:00am  - Doors open for registration, Pits.
8:00am – 9:15am Robot Inspection
8:30am – Coaches’ Meeting (Adult)
8:45am – Team Briefing (including Driver’s meeting)
9:15am – Start Qualification Matches
12:30am – Lunch
1:00pm – Resume Qualification Matches
15:00pm – Finish Qualification Matches + Alliance Selection
15:30pm - Playoff Matches
16:00pm – Closing ceremony
16:30pm - Pack up

Volunteer

On the below page you can see a brief description of all the different roles you can volunteer for, then you can fill out a form to sign up.

Volunteering | Sydney Robotics Academy

https://www.sydneyrobotics.com.au/volunteering

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of extreme weather conditions the event will be cancelled. Organisers will do their best to give advance notice where possible.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will be issued

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

Cancellations with less than 10 days notice will forfeit the registration fee.

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.
  •  Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation  via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.