Battle at the Bear's Den (Blended ES and MS)
- Encontro
- 16-Jan-2027 Adicionar ao calendário
- Código do Evento
- VE-IQ-27-66078
- Programa
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Tipo de Evento
- Open Tournament
- Formato do Evento
- In-Person
- Sistema de Controle
- N/A
- Capacidade
- 36
- Lugares abertos
- -
- Região do Evento
- Tennessee
- Registros máximos por organização
- 6
- O período de inscrição padrão está aberto.
- 30-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Prazo de inscrição
- 14-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Prazo de pagamento
- December 14, 2026
- Quantidade
- US$45.00
- Registration opens at a future date.
Informações Gerais
West Hills Elementary is excited to offer its 4th annual Battle at the Bear's Den event at Bearden Middle School (1000 Francis Road, Knoxville, TN 37909.) on Saturday, January 16, 2027. This is a blended event and is open to both elementary and middle school teams. Thank you to Bearden Middle for allowing us to use their facilities and their help!
Teams must be checked in by 8:15 am on the day of the event so that the match schedule may be printed. Teams must contact the event partner if they are running late or they will be removed from the team list for the event.
All team members and coaches must have consent forms uploaded into the VEX Events site by 3pm (EST) on Thursday, January 14, 2027 in order to compete at the competition on Saturday, January 16, 2027.
Registered teams will receive an e-mail prior to the event with event details including parking and lunch information.
Nível de Avaliação: TODOS
Desafio de Habilidades Oferecidas: sim
Formato de Julgamento: Todos os Julgamentos em Pessoa
Datas dos Eventos & Locais
Encontro: 16-Jan-2027
Vencimento/Localização:1000 Francis Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37909
United States
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Battle at the Bear’s Den Agenda 2027
7:30-8:15 Check-In and Inspections (Teams must be checked in and have their bots inspected during this time frame.)
8:30 Driver’s Meeting
8:40 Welcome Visitors in Gym
8:45 Skills Tables Open (Regular Fields will also run skills until 9:20-last teams on reg fields for skills)
9:30-12:00 Qualification Matches (Teams must be queued up and ready to go. We will not wait for missing teams.)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Pre-ordered lunches or kids may bring their own lunch.) Announcement will be made if the skills fields open back up before 1:00
1:00-2:00 Qualification Matches Continue (Teams must be queued up and ready to go. We will not wait for missing teams.)
2:30 Finals (All teams should be in the gym and ready to go. We will not wait for missing teams.)
3:00 Awards
*Times are subject to change based on unexpected circumstances.
**Team numbers will be announced twice in the gym and if a team is not at their assigned field, the match will proceed without them. The queue is a great opportunity for alliances to discuss strategies while they are waiting for their match.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding!
Voluntário
We need lots of volunteers to make this all day event happen. Please consider volunteering. No prior experience is necessary. Email [email protected] to sign up. We will provide any training needed and we will also provide lunch to full day volunteers who email me by noon on Friday, December 18, 2026. We are happy to sign volunteer forms for high school or college students for their time spent volunteering.
Política de Emergência/Condições Climáticas Adversas
In the event of bad weather, updates will be made by email.
Políticas de reembolso e pagamento
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Emails will be sent out with reimbursement information.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
- Teams that withdraw from registration more than 15 days from the event will be refunded minus any fee that Global Robotics keeps. Teams that withdraw less than 15 days prior to the event will not be given a refund.
- Fees must be paid by December 14, 2026 prior to the event. If you are bringing a check day of please contact Heather Gray at [email protected].
- Schools with outstanding invoices will be waitlisted for all events until payment is received.
Encontro: 16-Jan-2027
Bearden Middle School1000 Francis Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37909
United States
Informações de viagem
Date: January 16, 2027
Bearden Middle School
1000 Francis Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37909
United States
Please enter the school from the Middlebrook Pike entrance. There will be a school electrical sign and a VEX sign by the entrance.
Formato de Julgamento
- 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.