Kansas State VEX IQ Championships (Middle School)

Date: 14-Mar-2020 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQC-20-1535
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Capacity: 24
Spots Open: 8
Event Region: Kansas
Max Registrations per Organization: 5
Standard Registration Opens: 20-Jan-2020 16:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 9-Mar-2020 09:56 EDT
Price: $45.00

This event is closed to registration because:

It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

The 3rd Annual Kansas State VEX IQ Tournament will be held at Garden City High School, March 14th 2020.

There will be three qualification spots for worlds from this competition.

A few useful reminders: We will have concession stand open all day. We will not be stopping for Lunch.

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 page.

2. Read the document 120 Things to do before your first VEX Tournament found on the Document Page.

3. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure.
Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.
Spare parts & tools
Batteries and chargers
Programming cable
Power strip & extension cord
Laptop computer
Engineering notebook (if you have one, REQUIRED for Design and Excellence Awards )
Banners and other decorations for your team pit
Giveaways if you have them

4. Understand how the game will be played. VEX participants should thoroughly read the game rules. Additional rulings and interpretations of the game rules can be found on the Offical VEX Forum.

5. 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. The Consent & Waiver Form can be found on the documents page.

The STEM Research Project will be awarded at this event. Please see the STEM tab for more information.

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 14-Mar-2020

Venue/Location:

Garden City High School
2720 Buffalo Way
Garden City, Kansas 67846
United States

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Agenda

We will do our best to stick to the schedule but based on the number of teams times may change.

7:45am Doors open, Registration, Pits Open

8:00 am Inspections begins, teams may drop of engineering notebooks at the judging table

8:30 am Practice Fields and Skills Field open to inspected teams only

9:45 am Driver and Coaches meetings

10:00am – 2:00pm Qualification Matches, excellence and design award judging time

2:45 pm Skills Field Closes

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Finals Matches

3:30 pm Awards and results

Volunteer

We are looking for volunteers to help in a number of different areas of the competition. No previous experiance is required.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of weather, we will make every effort to contact teams at least 24 hours before the event. We will make an effort to reschedule the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

Teams that need to withdraw from the event before the event deadline and produce an invoice showing payment will be refunded, minus a $5 processing fee, 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: 14-Mar-2020

Garden City High School
2720 Buffalo Way
Garden City, Kansas 67846
United States

Travel Info

The event will be located at Garden City High School. The address is 2720 Buffalo Way, Garden City, KS.

The best place to drop off and park is near “The Point” of the High School which is about halfway down the loop across the street from the student parking lot. Extra parking and bus parking is available in the student parking lot near Buffalo Stadium.

The event will be held in the main gym of the high school with pit areas for teams in the practice gym directly connected to the main gym. The compliance and check in station will be by the main gym entrence across from the cafeteria.