CANCELED: VEX V5 Robotics Competition- Sulphur High Push Back Tournament
High School Teams Only
- Date
- 24-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-2428
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 28
- Spots Open
- 28
- Event Region
- Louisiana
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 4
- Standard Registration Opens
- 25-Nov-2025 00:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 10-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 19-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $60.00
- This event has been canceled.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
The Sulphur High Robotics team is excited that you plan to join us for our VRC High School Only tournament on January 24.
1) We will be judging digital notebooks only for this event. All that is needed to submit the digital notebook is a live link with open access (no passwords), which can be submitted through RobotEvents. If your students opt to do a paper notebook, you can use the "Office Lens" app to take photos and save as a PDF, then share via Google Drive/OneDrive. There are other apps available that can carry out this same task, so use whatever method works best for you. If I can help or be of assistance, please reach out. Please have all digital notebooks uploaded no later than Monday, January 19th, so my judge advisor can verify that all links are accessible before competition day.
2) We will be using Smart Field Control, so please make sure your teams have their team numbers programmed correctly into their robot brains. This will be checked at inspection.
3) We will have snacks available in the concession stand as well as the Traveling Tom's coffee truck in the parking lot.
Waitlist - For this event, organizations are welcome to sign up as many teams as they would like ,but any teams after 4 will be put on the Waitlist and moved to Registered/Competing Teams based on available spots once registration closes.
Check List -
1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments.
https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/article_attachments/32484006644887
2. Check the official VEX forums for rule updates and changes.
3. Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on RobotEvents.com
4. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget:
- Goggles/Safety Glasses
- Spare parts & tools
- Batteries and chargers
- Programming cable
- Power strip
- Laptop computer
- Engineering notebook (if you have one, helpful for Judges, Design and Excellence Awards )
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 24-Jan-2026
Venue/Location:600 Willow Avenue
Sulphur, Louisiana 70663
United States
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We plan to finish at 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch. If we are running behind, lunch will be shortened. Note that if the judges are trying to interview you and you are not available, they will leave a tag so you can call them back for an interview. All interviews must be completed by the end of lunch.)
7:00am - Volunteers Arrive
7:30am - Venue Open/Pits Open
8:00am - Check-In/ Inspection (Must be checked in by 8:45)
9:00am - Drivers/Coaches Meeting
9-12:00 - Skills Challenge Opens (3 Driver and 3 Programming Attempts Max, Judging and Team Interviews Begin)
9:00am - Begin Qualification Rounds
12:00-1:00pm - Lunch, please support our teams by purchasing your lunch with us.
1:00pm - Resume Qualification Rounds
3:00pm - End Qualification Rounds and Skills closes
3:15pm - Alliance Selection
3:30pm - Elimination Rounds Begin
4:30pm - Awards Ceremony
5:00pm - Venue Closes
Volunteer
Event volunteers are the heart and soul of VEX competitions. We rely on Referees to keep things fair, Emcees to keep things exciting, and Queuers to keep things on schedule! Volunteering at a VEX competition is easy to learn, fun to do, and rewarding for everyone involved. Please click on the link below for more information on volunteer roles.
Volunteer Roles Description - REC Library (roboticseducation.org - Click HERE for more information
Please contact Stephanie Jackson ([email protected]) if you would like to volunteer for a role during this tournament
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of an emergency or bad weather, the event may be cancelled. In any event, teams will be contacted as soon as possible with the information. The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers. Please check your email the day before and the morning of the tournament (before leaving).
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: Teams will be contacted about refunds
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Teams must complete payment within three weeks of registering, if payment is completed and a team cannot make it no refund will be given.
**If you have to cancel last minute please let us know in case we need to adjust the rosters or schedule.
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Waitlist
19 teams are on the waitlist for this event.