Pingree VEX V5 Season Opener : Bring anything that can pass inspection and drive! : VEX Events

Pingree VEX V5 Season Opener

Bring anything that can pass inspection and drive!

Date: 8-Nov-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-1516
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: VEXNet Field Control
Capacity: 24
Spots Open: 1
Event Region: Massachusetts
Max Registrations per Organization: 4
Early-Bird Registration Opens: 9-Sep-2025 15:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens: 27-Sep-2025 15:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 1-Nov-2025 12:00 EDT
Payment Deadline: 27-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
Price: $125.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

For many, this may be the first competition of the season. So with apologies to the Statue of Liberty, bring your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of robot parts. This is an event that welcomes rough drafts. If your robot can pass inspection and drive, bring it and experience game play and competition.

As we did last year, we will be hosting the event in our dining commons. The event will feature a skills field, qualifiers and elimination matches, and in-person judging. Pizza lunch will be provided and concessions will be available throughout the day.

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: 8-Nov-2025

Venue/Location:

Pingree School
537 Highland Street
Hamilton, Massachusetts 01982
United States

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Agenda

7:30 Doors open

7:45 - 8:45 Check-in and inspection

9:00 Welcome and event Meeting

9:30-12:00 Qualification Matches/ Skills field open

12:45-2:00 Qualification Matches/ Skills field open

2:00 Alliance selection for championship matches

2:30-4:00 championship matches

4:00 Awards and event ends

Volunteer

Volunteers are needed in the following areas:

Scorekeeper Referees -- Robotics alumni welcome! Robotics siblings are welcome! Bored parents are welcome! We need several individuals who are age 16 or older to assist the head referees. Please note that this is a full-day committment.

Judges -- We have several qualified judges, but it's always better to have more. Parents with an engineering background who are willing to spend the day interviewing teams and reviewing documentation, please reach out. Again, this is a full-day committment.

Please contact Irv Levy at [email protected] or Alexander Burt at [email protected] if you would like to help us out.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If bad weather or some other unanticipated problem forces us to cancel the event, we will make that decision no later than 5 PM on the day before the event. Participants will be notified via email. Refunds will be issued minus the $5 VEX processing fee.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: refunds will be issued less the $5 VEX processing fee

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds in this case. However, please let me know at [email protected] as soon as you know that you cannot attend. A team on the waiting list will be very grateful.

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. Please submit your notebooks by November 5, 2025 at 5 PM.