V5RC | Push Back | Garden City Gambit | (MS/HS)
Organised By St Christopher School
- Date
- 24-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-3775
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 2
- Event Region
- United Kingdom
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 3
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 1-Dec-2025 09:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 13-Dec-2025 09:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 17-Jan-2026 04:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 6-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- FREE
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
The Gambit is back! St Christopher School welcomes teams to compete in the Garden City Gambit where 32 teams will compete for a spot at nationals for V5RC's Push Back!
Travel & Location:
St Christopher School, Letchworth; Barrington Road; SG6 3JZ
Parking location: Car park in site. Plenty of space for minibuses. Attendants will be on site to direct you.
St Christopher School can be reached via the Letchworth Garden City train station, approx 20 min walk. Detailed instructions will be closer to date.
Awards:
- Tournament Champions
- Excellence Award
- Design Award
- Skills Champion
- Innovate Award
- Judges Award
- Sportsmanship Award
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: 24-Jan-2026
Venue/Location:Barrington Road
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ
United Kingdom
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Provisional Timings on Day:
Teams Arrive & Register 8:15-9:00
Inspection Opens & Practice Fields Open: 9:00
Inspection close & driver meeting: 9:45
Practice matches: 10:00
Qualification matches & skills Opens: 10:30
Lunch & skills close: 12:45
Qualifications continue & skills opens 13:15
Skills close 14:30
Qualifications end: 15:00
Alliance selection: 15:10
Elimination matches: 15:30
Awards and close: 16:45
Everyone out by 17:30
Please note, if we are running behind schedule we may run through lunch.
Volunteer
If you would like to volunteer to help at this event please email [email protected] or get in touch with any of the Snowflakes (Thomas, Daniel, Jonah or Aubert)
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
St Chris will aim to inform teams of a cancellation with at least 48 hours notice.
Refund and Payment Policies
Free event.
Date: 24-Jan-2026
St Christopher SchoolBarrington Road
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ
United Kingdom
Travel Info
Travel & Location:
St Christopher School, Letchworth; Barrington Road; SG6 3JZ
Parking location: Car park in site. Plenty of space for minibuses. Attendants will be on site to direct you.
St Christopher School can be reached via the Letchworth Garden City train station, approx 20 min walk. Detailed instructions will be closer to date.
Webcast
We may run a webcast.
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.