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

5-8 PM    Inspections, Skills Fields Open

Saturday

7:30 AM    Doors open, Check-in and Inspection begin

7:45 AM    Skills Field open to inspected teams

9:00 AM    Team Interviews Open

9:30 AM    Driver Meeting, Match schedule released

9:40 AM    Audience Meeting

9:45 AM    Qualification Matches

11:00 AM   Team Interviews Closed

12:15 PM    Lunch

1:00 PM    Qualification Matches

3:45 PM    Alliance Selection

4:00 PM    Elimination Matches and Awards

5:30 PM    End of day

Freiwilliger

These events are all volunteer run, please aim to lend one volunteer for each team you are registering.  Lots of opportunities big and small. Check out the RECF Volunteer Roles Overview for details. 

The hardest role to fill is typically Judge.  Be assured that technical backgrounds are useful but not required. Being a Judge is a great way to meet some of the students and understand the hard work they put in to produce their robots.

Please use this sign up to volunteer.

Notfall-/Schlechtwetterrichtlinie

If bad weather was to occur, use your own descretion on attending the event.  If an event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event we will refund your tournament fee minus the $5 which is paid to RECF on registration.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

We will refund your tournament fee minus the $5 which is paid to RECF on registration.

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

Refunds will be given for cancellations sent to [email protected] prior to the registration deadline listed above. The refund will be the registration fee minus the $5 collected by RECF at payment.

Any fee associated with the method of payment (such as a credit card surcharge) will not be refunded.

Teams that have not paid by the payment deadline listed above will be moved to the waitlist.  Those teams will not be eligible to participate in the tournament.

Health and Safety Policies

The event will follow LTISD health and safety guidelines.

Datum: 14-Mar-2026

Reiseinformationen

Google Map Link to Entrance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/b7DqUCoAzybUyrQ27

Google map parking and entrance location

Venue Map:

Webcast

Video will be streamed live and will be available to watch after the tournament.

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LTHSRobotics

Bewertungsformat

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.

Note: Judging will be stationed in a specific area.  Teams will report to the judges with all team members and their robot present.  Teams which do not complete an interview will not be elligible for a judged award.

How to Qualify

Only Texas Region 4 teams may qualify for the championship.  Teams must qualify to register for the event.

Registration is on a first come first serve basis, so make sure to register ASAP!

Teams qualify by one of two ways:

1) Competing at a qualifying region 4 tournament and winning the Tournament Champions, Excellence, or Design Award. 

2) Being pulled from the region skills rankings two weeks before the Region 4 Championship to fill the remaining open spots.

Note: If a team double-qualifies or wins a Region 4 Championship spot, the spot will then go to the next highest team in the skills ranking for the event.