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 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

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:
St Christopher School
Barrington Road
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ
United Kingdom

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Agenda

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 School
Barrington 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.