The Elephant in the Room
VEX V5 Push Back - Ontario Public High School Qualifying Invitational Tournament
- Date
- 14-Dec-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-0132
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- School-Based Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 16
- Event Region
- Ontario
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Standard Registration Opens
- 18-Jun-2025 17:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 10-Dec-2025 17:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 2-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- CA$175.00
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to the first VEX Robotics Invitational Event in Southwestern Ontario! We are excited to be hosting 36 Teams from publicly funded High Schools across the Province in a qualifying tournament with the goal of seeing improvement & growth of high school robotics within our government school system! This event is exclusively open to Ontario Secondary School teams. Payment of $175 is due within 2 weeks of your registration to officially secure your team's spot.
Play a Tournament Double Header & Save! Teams that register for our other event No Way Snow Day taking place on Saturday December 13th (the day before this event), will receive a $50 discount per team at this event!
Please make payment by etransfer to [email protected] or contact us to make an alternate payment arrangement. Receipts will be provided upon request.
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 14-Dec-2025
Venue/Location:100 Bill Martyn Parkway
St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7
Canada
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**TENTATIVE SCHEDULE**
Check-in & Load in: 9:00 am
9:00am-10:00 am Inspection
10:00-10:30 am opening ceremony & drivers meeting
10:30am-12:00 pm Judging, Qualifying Matches & Skills Competition:
Lunch: 12-12:25 pm
12:30pm to 3:00 pm Judging, Qualifying Matches & Skills Competition
3:00pm Skills Field Closes
3:15pm: Alliance Selection
Eliminations: 3:30-4:30 pm
Awards: 4:45 pm
Venue Closes: 5:00 pm
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering to help out at the event please email: [email protected]
This is a good opportunity for new teachers to learn the ropes of hosting an event!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Teams are advised to watch robotevents.com for weather or emergency related cancellations. If the tournament must be cancelled or postponed the name of the tournament will change to "Cancelled" or "Postponed". In the event of a cancellation or postponement teams will be sent additional information to their contact person via email.
Please call Kathy Cepo: 519-709-9587 if you have questions.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
This situation is pretty unlikely, but a full refund will be provided.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Once a team has paid the registration fee, no refunds will be given.
Note: Teams have 2 weeks after registration to pay for this event. unpaid teams will be moved to the waiting list. Unpaid registrations can only hold a team's spot at this event for a maximum of 2 weeks
Date: 14-Dec-2025
St. Joseph's High School100 Bill Martyn Parkway
St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7
Canada
Travel Info
Event Venue:
St. Joseph's High School
100 Bill Martyn Parkway
St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7
Canada
Parking: Free on site
Convenient Hotels:
Holiday Inn Express and Suites St. Thomas
Webcast
Live 10am-5pm - from St. Thomas, Ontario - The Elephant in the Room - V5RC High School Invitational
https://www.youtube.com/live/Y3lzhqz7Ksk?si=1-cKth_3dML4PRCM
Judging Format
Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact.
Engineering Notebook Submission deadline is December 11th @ 3pm