Early Bird Special
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- Date
- 1-Nov-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-1154
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 8
- Event Region
- Oregon
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 8-Sep-2025 20:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 20-Sep-2025 20:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 24-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 31-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
- Price
- $50.00
100% of total capacity is reserved for Oregon.
8 remaining spots are reserved for Oregon.
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
The 'Early Bird Special' VEX Tournament is hosted by North Salem Robotics club and it is an Oregon Region only event. The event is being held in the main gym at North Salem High School. Park in the big parking lot off D street. Additional parking is available at Early Learning Center, North Salem High School and if necessary Parrish Middle School.
After passing inspection teams will participate in Qualifying Rounds, Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds. There will also be a field open for Skills Challenge runs. Teams will be limited to three Driving and three Programming Skills Challenge runs.
As an early tournament please do not be intimidated if your robot is still 'in development'. Many veteran teams will be at the event and they are great resources to help your team.
Notebooks will be due by midnight on October 24, 2025.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 1-Nov-2025
Venue/Location:765 14th Street Northeast
Salem, Oregon 97301
United States
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8:00 am Venue Opens
8:30 - 9:30 am Inspections
9:30 am Opening Ceremonies
10:00 - 12:00 pm Qualifying Matches
12:00 - 12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30 - 2:00 pm Qualifying Matches
2:30 - 3:00 pm Alliance Selection
3:20 - 4:30 pm Elimination Rounds
4:45 pm Awards Ceremony
Volunteer
Contact Jason Hastings (hastings_jason@salkeiz.k12.or.us) if you interested in helping volunteer. We can use referees and potentially judges. If you are interested in refereeing please complete the VEX Referee Certification once it is online.
VEX U teams are welcome to complete VURC skills runs if they are volunteering!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
If bad weather is to occur, use your own discretion on attending the event. If the event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event we will refund your tournament fee.
Refund and Payment Policies
Sorry we will not be offering refunds for this event.
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. Notebooks must be submitted by October 24, 2025. Here are instructions on how to submit a digital notebook on Robot Events.
Please park in the big parking lot off of D-Street. Use the main entrannce from that parking lot. Event will take place in the main gym.
North Salem Map