West Salem Rookie Event

Friday night event

Date: 30-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-2839
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Invitational Tournament
Event Format: Invitational
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 44
Spots Open: 0
Event Region: Oregon
Standard Registration Opens: 24-Nov-2025 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 25-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 21-Feb-2026 12:00 EST
Price: $50.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event currently has no spaces available.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Thank you for your interested in our West Salem tournament on January 30,2025. Due to teams traveling from around the state this event will start a later in the day. The event will be held in the Main common of West Salem. The east side doors will open at noon for check in and inspections with matches starting at 1pm and run until 9pm. This tournament is intended for rookie teams who are interested in participating in an event that is at their level. sinces this is and invitational event please contact [email protected] for an event Invitation

After passing inspection teams will participate in Qualifying Rounds, Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds. There will also be a field open for Skills Challenge runs. Teams will be limited to three Driving and three Programming Skills Challenge runs.

We look forward to hosting you at the event.

Sincerely,

West Salem Robotics

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 30-Jan-2026

Venue/Location:

West Salem High School
1776 Titan Drive Northwest
Salem, Oregon 97304
United States

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Agenda

Due to potential teams traveling we will be starting and ending this later in the day

12:00 pm Venue Opens and inspections

1:00 pm Opening Ceremonies

1:30 - 5:30 pm Qualifying Matches

5:30- 6:00 pm Dinner break

6:00 - 6:30 pm Alliance Selection

6:40 -8:00 pm Elimination Rounds

8:00 pm Awards Ceremony

Volunteer

Contact Zachary Link ([email protected]) if you interested in helping volunteer. We can use referees and potentially judges. If you are interested in refereeing please complete the VEX Referee Certification once it is online.

Vex U teams will be available to run skills run at this event if they volunteer.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If bad weather is to occur, use your own discretion on attending the event.

If the event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event we will refund your tournament fee.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

a full refund will be given

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

Refunds will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Please understand that additional paperwork will be required for all refunds.

Judging Format

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 will be the same day that registration closes.

A judging table will be set up at the event in a secondary location. Teams who want to be interviewed will need to make time in their schedule to stop by. The Judging table will be closed during lunch