McFarland VEX IQ Challenge!
- Date
- 10-Feb-2018 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-17-3730
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Capacity
- 16
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Wisconsin
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Nov-2017 09:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 30-Jan-2018 23:59 EST
- Price
- $40.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Indian Mound Middle School invites you to attend our first VEX IQ tournament This will be the last Wisconsin tournament to qualify for the State Championship!
This is an official VEX IQ Ringmaster Qualifying Event (2017-2018 season) being held on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Indian Mound Middle School McFarland Wisconsin. The event is open to the public and free for spectators. This is a state qualifying event. Check the Awards tab for a list of the awards that will be earned at the event.
Please make sure you have a completed Consent form to turn in at registration.
Any team that has not checked in by 10:00 am will be left out of the competition schedule for the day. Teams will be permitted to participate in the skills challenges.
Concessions will be available.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 10-Feb-2018
Venue/Location:6330 Exchange Street
McFarland, Wisconsin 53558
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Agenda - REVISED Jan 8, 2018
8:30 am Doors open, registration opens
9:00-10:30 Inspections, practice field open for inspected robots only
9:30-10:30 STEM Presentations
9:30-10:30 Skills field open
10:30 Inspection closes
10:45 Team meeting
11:00-2:00 Qualification matches & Skills
2:15-3:00 Finals matches & awards presentations
Event metrics:
8 matches per team, 2 lowest scores are dropped to determine team ranking
Volunteer
Our event is fully volunteer-run, there are no paid staff, referees, or judges. We encourage each team to provide a volunteer; there are positions that require some online training beforehand and some that only require a few minutes of on-site training. Please direct your team's parents to the event's Volunteer tab and encourage them to sign up at least one volunteer.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Update February 9th at 7:30 am. The tournament is still scheduled for Saturday.February 10th. Doors open at 8:30 am.
In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event on events.vex.com where I will post updates about the event status as needed.
Refund and Payment Policies
Refund Policy
Teams that need to withdraw from the event before the event deadline and produce an invoice showing payment will be refunded in full at our earliest convenience. Teams that withdraw between the event deadline and the day of the event will receive NO refund, unless as determined by the Event Partner that there are extenuating circumstances (these will be rare).
Date: 10-Feb-2018
VEX IQ McFarland Challenge!Indian Mound Middle School6330 Exchange Street
McFarland, Wisconsin 53558
United States
Travel Info
Indian Mound Middle School is in the village of McFarland Wisconsin.
We are a few miles SE of Madison Wisconsin just off of Interstate 90.
6330 Exchange St.
McFarland, WI 53558
A 1-page description of the current challenge (VEX IQ Ringmaster) is available here.
VEX IQ Challenge Ringmaster Game Description
Please download the CREATE US Open Qualifying Criteria for more information on qualifying and attending the 2018 CREATE US Open event.
CREATE US Open Qualifying Criteria