STEM Innovation Academy VEX V5 Robotics Competition (MS)
Push Back Last Chance in 2025
- Date
- 13-Dec-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-0940
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 16
- Spots Open
- 1
- Event Region
- Alberta/Saskatchewan
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 4
- Standard Registration Opens
- 20-Aug-2025 19:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 5-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 8-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- CA$100.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Middle School Tournament Live Stream link to be posted closer to event date.
The STEM Innovation Academy V5RC Tournament event will be held in the main atrium at STEM Innovation Academy High School, in Calgary.
You are on the event page for the Middle School event, but please be aware that this event will be run in parallel with a High School event. The middle school event capacity is 16 teams and will have one competition field, at least one skills field, and at least one practice field.
Event Features:
- Seating area and balcony will be available for spectators to view the fields.
- Classrooms will be used as team pit areas.
- The event will be live streamed. Please go the Webcast tab on event day fo find the link.
- All teams are scheduled to have at least 6 qualification matches.
- Elimination rounds will consist of 8 alliances of 2 teams.
- Skills and Judging will be available on a queuing system up until the end of the qualification round
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 13-Dec-2025
Venue/Location:3636 Research Road Northwest
Calgary, Alberta T2L 1Y1
Canada
Contact the Event Partner
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The following schedule represents the order of events a detailed one will be released in December.
Friday, December 12, 2025
5:00pm to 7:00pm - Optional: Teams are welcome to drop-in to complete robot inspection and set up their pit areas. Practice fields may be available.
Saturday, December 13, 2025
7:00 am - Doors Open & Inspections
9:00 am - Inspection closes, Opening Ceremony and Driver Meeting begins
9:30 am - Qualifications Start, Skills and Judging Open
12:00 pm - Lunch break
12:45 pm - Qualifications, Skills and Judging resume
4:15 pm - Qualifications Finish, Skills & Judging closes
4:30 pm - Alliance selection starts
5:00 pm - Elimination Round Begins
6:30 pm - Closing Ceremony, Awards, & Cleanup
8:00 pm - Venue close
Volunteer
Interested in joining the team? We are always looking for volunteers to join the crew to help in the following areas:
- Friday setup
- Skills score keeping, field reset, and match queuing.
- Saturday evening and/or Sunday morning clean up.
Please contact Andre Shoucri if interested. [email protected]
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event that the venue is closed, the tournament will be cancelled or postponed to a later date. Refunds will be processed after the fees of hosting the event have been paid.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: Refunds will be given
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Refunds will be given if the spot is filled by another team. Refunds will not be given if the spot is not filled by another team.
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 on RobotEvents. The submission deadline for digital notebooks will be 7 days before the event, which is December 6, 2025. Any notebook entries after this date will not be considered by the judges.