New Year New Gear
Pushback @ STEM Robotics Center Hosted by Bowie HS
- Date
- 23-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-3627
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 6
- Event Region
- Texas - Region 1
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 4
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 10-Nov-2025 00:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 12-Dec-2025 00:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 16-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 23-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
- Price
- $80.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
General Info
Welcome all to our STEM/Robotics Center at EPISD! We are thrilled that you opted to participate in 1st annual New Year, New Gear Pushback tournament. Please see below for information pertaining to the tournament:
Tournaments at EPISD will now be hosted on Fridays from 7:30AM to 2:30PM in the STEM/Robotics Center located in the 1st floor at CCTE (Please see agenda for detailed information). Due to blackout times for transportation, we are completing the tournaments by 2:30, otherwise for EPISD schools, you will need to wait for 5:00 for bus pickup.
**Update** Due to the size of the tournament, the event is now scheduled to be completed between 3:30PM and 5:00PM.
We will have Judging available for this tournament with in-person interviews and the option to submit your engineering journal on-line as well. Please let us know if you are having trouble submitting your engineering journal through the on-line platform.
Items to consider:
- Ensure to have all your student participation forms submitted
- Arrive on time so that we can keep up with scheduled times and be able to leave on time
- Ensure that your robots fit sizing specifications to so that we can expedite the inspection process
- Adhere to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct
- Push collaboration with your peers and remember to have fun!
*Only participants, coaches, and volunteers are allowed in this event. Streaming will be available to parents/guardians. The auditorium will not be available for parents to view the tournament. Please share this information. If a room becomes avialable we will let you all know.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 23-Jan-2026
Venue/Location:1170 North Walnut Street
El Paso, Texas 79930
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Friday, January 23rd, 2026
7:30 - Doors open/Teams begin arriving/Check-in
8:00 - Inspection opens
9:30 - Drivers Meeting
9:45 - Qualifying Matches Begin
12:30 - Qualifying Matches End
12:45 - Alliance Selection
1:00 - Elimination Matches begin
Awards Immediately Following
Volunteer
Please email [email protected] or [email protected] if you are from an organization and are interested in volunteering.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the unlikely event that an emergency/weather would force the event to be cancelled, all listed team coaches will be notified by provided email and phone as early as possible.
Refund and Payment Policies
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:
In the event that you need to cancel, please make sure to notify [email protected] and [email protected]. In order to receive a refund, you must cancel 1 week before the day of the tournament so that teams in the waitlist have sufficient time to make arrangments. If you registered and did not show, you will not receive a refund.
Judging Format
Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. Please see the Remote Judging section of the Guide to Judging for more information.
- 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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.