VEX IQ Chips Bowl

Agenda

Wednesday 12/9

6:00 - 9:00pm - Design Award Judging Finals via Microsoft Teams

Thursday 12/10

6:00 - 7:00pm - Driver Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Saturday 12/12

7:30 am Doors open, pits open, registration open

8:00 am Skills begin

10:30 Skills end

10:45 am Qualifications begin

12:00 pm Lunch

12:45 pm Matches resume

2:10 pm Qualifications end

2:30 pm Teamwork Finals

3:00 pm Awards

Volunteer

Volunteers make these events possible. If you are interested in volunteering please email me at [email protected] with any questions

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

All cancellations will be communicated through email. Please check your email the day before and the morning of the tournament (before leaving).

Unfortunately, there will be no make-up in case of weather cancellations.

Refund and Payment Policies

No refunds will be given once registration closes.

Health and Safety Policies

• Follow CCISD Self-screening (see below)
• Cloth face masks are required of all participants at all times inside the facility.
• Face shields amy be worn in lieu of safety glasses (VRC Q&A 663), but are not an acceptable substitute for a cloth face mask.
• No spectators (CCISD plans to live-stream all events)
• Suggested limit of competitors per team: 1 mentor and 3 students per robot
• Keep pit tables at 8-10’ apart
• No practice fields will be available
• Inspections will be performed at the pit table. Inspectors will circulate throughout the pits during the inspection time
• No queue tables, teams will be called directly from their pit tables to the field
• Concessions
  • Packaged food only
  • Pre-order lunch individual boxes will be available
• Electronic submission of notebooks and all paperwork (see dates in adjenda)  
• Remote judging will take place during week of event.
• Participants must have completed consent forms on events.vex.com
• Avoid touching your face.  Properly sanitize your hands if you must do so.
• Hand sanitizer is available at all entrances and competition fields.  Participants are expected to clean their hands every time they move between areas (pit to field, field to pit, etc.)
• No sharing of personal items or robot parts between teams (Teams from the same school may share batteries and are expected to use appropriate sanitary cautions when doing so.

All approved events and event attendees are required to follow all local, state, federal, or any other government ordinances regarding COVID-19 safety procedures, social distancing, and best hygiene practices. We will continually assess, based on current government guidelines, whether to postpone, cancel, or significantly reduce the number of attendees when necessary

Webcast

Thursday

6:00 PM Driver Meeting

Saturday 

Apollo Division Fields & Teamwork Finals

Artemis Division Fields

Judging

Judging for this tournament will take place remotely.  Please use the link below to submit your engineering notebook. 

Only finalists for the Design Award will be interviewed.  Interviews will take place on Wednesday 12/9 from 5:30-8pm.  Teams to be interviewed will be contacted by 5pm Monday 12/7 with a specific time and a link for their interview.  According to judging rules, an adult team mentor MUST be in any virtual meetings between students and judges.  Teams without a mentor in the meeting will not be interviewed and disqualified from the Design Award.

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This form closes on Friday 12/4 at 10:00pm

Division Team Lists

Apollo Division

Artemis Division

Lunch Pre-Orders

Help us help you with a pre-order lunch

The Chips Booster Club will be providing lunch pre-ordering for the Chips Bowl Tournament on December 12, 2020. The tournament will be held at CCISD's Learning Support Center (old CLHS 9th Grade Center), 2903 Falcon Pass, Houston, TX 77062.

We ask that each team competing in the tournament who would like to pre-order, please fill out ONE group order. This year we will be offering Canes (3 chicken fingers, toast, Canes sauce, chips, and a drink)

Please decide your team order (one order per team) and fill out this form by 11:59  PM December 10th. Please submit one team payment.  We will be able to accept cash, credit cards, and checks (made out to "Chips Robotics Booster Club") at check in on the day of the event. Payment in full must be received by 8:30am on 12/19/20 or your order will be cancelled.

Limit one payment per team order.

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