Informações Gerais

Welcome to Windom Area Schools V5RC Blended Home Tournament.

Welcome to our home tournament! This is a blended Middle School/High School V5RC tournament. All pits and events will be held in The Nest (west entrance door 7).

No roller carts or casters are allowed on the gym floor please be respectful and carry your carts to your pits. No cutting will be allowed in the gym.

Concessions

Concessions will be available. Please support our program. A full list of what will be available will be sent out to the coaches in an email a week prior to the event.

Registration Information

All participating teams must be registered with VEX Robotics and the Robot Events website and have an official team number before registering for this event. Tournament fees must be paid before teams are allowed to compete. 

Engineering notebooks

We will be collecting physical engineering notebooks at this event for judging. Please turn in your notebook at team check in.

Competiton Preparation

This event is sure to be a fast-paced and exciting event. All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.

1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments. The inspection checklist can be found on the Documents tab.

2. Check the official VEX forums at events.vex.com for rule updates and changes.

3. Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on events.vex.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 ). We will be reviewing both hard copy and electronic logbooks
Banners and other decorations for your team pit
Giveaways if you have them

5. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament Awards Offered at Competition Events – Global Robotics & Science Foundation . 

6. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Check the awards tab to see what awards will be given during the tournament.  Judges – Global Robotics & Science Foundation.

7. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby as the venue is a very tight fit. Also, remember no grinding or other actions that create sparks.  

8. Ensure your robot brain has the latest version of firmware.

NOTES: 
- Alliances will be 2 teams.

Number of elimination alliances (16-23 teams = 8 alliances in finals, 24-31 teams =12 alliances in finals, 32+ teams = 16 alliances in finals)

- If an odd number of teams, the last-ranked team should still attend Alliance Selection in case a team withdraws due to a problem with their robot.
- All finals matches will be one-and-done (no best-of-three matches). 
- Ties in finals matches will be replayed until a winner is determined.

Participation and Consent Form

All team members, coaches and adult mentors should fill out the online consent form wich is good all season and for all RECF run events.  A link to the instructions for online consent form can be found  Consent Form Rules and Requirements – Global Robotics & Science Foundation, www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2018/03/participant-release-form.pdf

Nível de Avaliação: TODOS

Desafio de Habilidades Oferecidas: sim

Formato de Julgamento: Todos os Julgamentos em Pessoa

Desafio de Habilidades Oferecidas para equipes VURC/VAIRC: Não