South Dakota VEX IQ Challenge State Championship
- Date
- 23-Feb-2019 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-18-5736
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Field Control System
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 26
- Spots Open
- 3
- Event Region
- South Dakota
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Oct-2018 13:37 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 18-Feb-2019 13:38 EST
- Price
- $50.00
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
South Dakota VEX IQ State Championship
Welcome!
Welcome to the South Dakota VEX IQ State Championship. This championship will be held at Harrisburgh High School at the the same time as our VRC State Championship.
Concessions
Concessions will be offered at this event and we encourage you to take advantage of the food, drink and snacks throughout the day. For your convenience, teams will also be allowed to bring food into the building. Thank you for your cooperation.
Competition 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 IQ 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 )
Banners and other decorations for your team pit
Giveaways if you have them
5. Be sure to read 101 Things You Should Know Before Your First VEX Tournament found on the Documents tab.
6. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament.
7. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Check the awards tab to see what awards will be given during the tournament.
8. Remember that safety comes first.
9. Understand how the game will be played. VEX IQ participants are more than welcome to watch the referee training videos before they attend a tournament. The referee training videos can be found on the Volunteer page at roboticseducation.org.
10. Ensure that you have the latest version of firmware for the IQ brain. The latest version of VEXOs can be found by downloading and installing the update tool from VEX Robotics: https://www.vexrobotics.com/vexiq/resources/vexos
Participation and Consent Form
A completed 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.
Download the VEX/RECF Consent & Waiver Form. http://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2013/06/vrc-participant-release-form.pdf
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 23-Feb-2019
Venue/Location:1300 Willow Street
Harrisburg, South Dakota 57032
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Tentative Agenda (subject to change):
Check in 7:30-830 If you are going to be late to check in please contact event partner before 8:30. After 8:30 the schedule will be run for all teams accounted for.
8:00-9:00 inspections
9:15 Drivers Meeting / Opening Ceremonies at the main fields
9:30 Match play starts
12:30 Match play and skills challenges end.
12:45 Finals matches start
1:30 Awards
1:45 Close
Volunteer
Volunteers for the event can contact our Event Partner
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
The tournament will go on unless the interstates are closed for bad weather. Teams will need to use their best judgment on safe travel.
Refund and Payment Policies
Because of the small amount we charge at SD tournaments no refunds will be given.
Date: 23-Feb-2019
Harrisburg High School1300 Willow Street
Harrisburg, South Dakota 57032
United States
Travel Info
For those teams needing rooms there are hotels available in Sioux Falls which is a short 8 mile drive North of Harrisburg.
STEM Research Project
This year STEM research projects are due no later than Two weeks before the events. The deadline for us to accept the videos is February 9th by midnight. These projects are to be video taped and uploaded to Youtube as a private video. The projects have very specific requirments so check out the links below for more info.
Information about the project requirements can be found here:
https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2018/07/stem-research-project-presentation-2018-19.pdf
Information about how to upload can be found here:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?hl=en
Once Videos have been uploaded fill out this google form to submitt videos to the judges. You should receive a confirmation email once submitted.
South Dakota Mentor/Coach of the Year
This organization would not be what it is without the passion of the Mentors and Coaches pushing all of our teams to be the best.
Now it is time to recognize those individuals at the state level
This year we are opening up the Mentor/Coach of the Year Award to the entire state.
Write up a google document about why your Mentor or Coach deserves to be recognized at the state level for all they do for your team. Include their name, organization, and specific stories and examples of why this coach/mentor is so important for your team. Once complete fill out this google form and submit a link to your document. https://goo.gl/forms/oTxouIMJKjEm4Zk33
If chosen your team will be asked to help honor this coach/mentor at the South Dakota VRC State Championship.
Submissions can also be sent to [email protected]
Thanks for taking time to honor the mentors and coaches of your teams.