Knights IQ Qualifier
- Date
- 27-Jan-2018 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-17-4360
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Capacity
- 27
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Pennsylvania - East
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Standard Registration Opens
- 25-Oct-2017 23:59 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 20-Jan-2018 23:59 EST
- Price
- $30.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Arrival and Check-in
Doors will open at 8:00 AM on Saturday, January 27.
We must have all teams checked in no later than 9:00 AM. If your team is not checked in by 9:00 AM, we will generate the match list without your team included. If you are running late, please contact Andrew Piasecki 610-733-2142. We will do our best to accommodate you, but we cannot hold up the event. We plan to end the event as near 3 PM as possible (+/- 1 hour).
A completed consent form for all participants must be turned in during check-in. Team leaders will need to collect the completed forms for all team members attending the event and turn them in to the registration desk when checking in.
http://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2013/06/vrc-participant-release-form.pdf (Copy URL and paste into your browser.)
Inspection and Necessities
Inspection tables will be ready to go at 8:45 and will remain open until 9:30. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist. All robots must pass inspection before being allowed to compete.
Matches and Skills Challenges
We have an aggressive schedule set for the event and plan to begin matches no later than 10:00 AM. We need teams to arrive at the fields on time. The Pit Display projector will follow event progress and enable all teams to ensure they are on time for matches.
Skills Challenges: We will be offering the Programming Skills and Driving Skills Challenges. These skills challenges will be open from 12:00 AM - 1:30 PM. Teams will be limited to a maximum number of skills runs.
Notebook and Pit Judging
Notebook judges will be available for team interviews and notebook review, as well as STEM Project judging from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Sign up will be at event check in.
Food Options
We ask the teams support this event by ordering food, snacks, and sodas from our school. We will be offering a pizza pre-order option where your team can place and pay for their entire lunch order when you check in. The food will be ready for pickup by the coach at the lunch break. Snacks will be available for sale throughout the day.
Google Maps: Delaware County Christian School (Upper Campus)
Address: 462 Malin Road
Newtown Square, PA 19333
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 27-Jan-2018
Venue/Location:426 Malin Road
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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8:00 AM Pits and Inspection
9:30 AM Driver's Meeting
10:00 AM First Qualification Matches/Skills Field Open
12:00PM Lunch/Skills Fields Open
1:00 PM Qualification Matches Resume/Skills Field Continues
2:30 PM Finals Round
3:00 PM Awards and Closing
3:30 PM Please stay to help clean up
4:00 PM Safe Trip Home
Volunteer
Volunteers will consist of mentors, parents, and school community members who have an interest in helping with the event. A volunteer signup will be circulated before the competition. If you are interested in helping, please contact Marge Powala at [email protected]. We also have needs for judges and referees.
Thank you!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the case of impending incliment weather, teams will be contacted via email to determine how many teams will still try to attend the event. A decision about the event will be made, at the latest, by 6:30 AM on the day of the event. This decision will be sent via email to participating teams and volunteers.
Refund and Payment Policies
Team cancellations will be accepted and refunded up to two weeks before the event. Full refunds will be issued if the event needs to be cancelled for any reason. Other than theses cases, there will be no refunds for a registered team that does not attend. We expect all registred teams to compete on event day.
Please contact the event partner if you need to swap one registered team for another team, this can only be done before the day of the event.
Date: 27-Jan-2018
Delaware County Christian School426 Malin Road
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
United States
Travel Info
Date: 01/27/2018
Delaware County Christian School
462 Malin Road
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
United States
Webcast
Webcast of this event will not be available.
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