Gladstone Robotics Tournament

Love at First Byte

Date
14-Feb-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-26-3585
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Open Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
32
Spots Open
1
Event Region
Oregon
Max Registrations per Organization
5
Early-Bird Registration Opens
15-Dec-2025 20:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens
3-Jan-2026 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline
9-Feb-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
28-Feb-2026 12:00 EST
Price
$50.00
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

 

Gladstone High School

18800 Portland Ave,

Gladstone, OR 97027

The competition is in the main gym and the pits will be located in the cafeteria. 

Please be prepared to have your robot pre-inspected during the open pit time.

**Attention Event Partners:  If you are an event partner, then I will trade team for team.  I have 2 teams so far this year so I  will cover your  fee for the first 2 teams, if you will do the same? 

VRC Qualifying Tournament

This VRC event is a qualifying event to the Oregon VRC State Championships (Platinum Division) and is open to all registered VRC teams.  

If 10+ teams from each grade level (MS & HS) register for the event, then a 2nd Excellence Award will be added.  These spots will be reviewed one week prior to the event.  If less than 24 teams are registered, then the spot allocation may be reduced.

The event must meet the VRC Qualifying Criteria for the results to upload to RobotEvents, which can be viewed in the Uploaded Documents event tab.  The state qualification spots are determined by the capacity of the State Championship, the number of events in the state, and the size of the event.  If there is an out-of-state/region/province/nation team, or a team that double qualifies from the event (not from previous events or other methods), that spot will go to the next highest unqualified team on the Robot Skills ranking at that event. There is no look-back to previous events to see if a team has previously qualified. These spots will be filled by the Event Engagement Manager after the event has been uploaded and the results have been verified.  If you have questions about the State Championship qualification process, please contact, Richard Craig, [email protected]

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 14-Feb-2026

Venue/Location:
Gladstone High School
18800 Portland Avenue
Gladstone, Oregon 97027
United States

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Agenda

7:30 AM - Doors Open, Practice Fields Open
8:30 AM - Concession Stand Opens
8:00 AM 9:00 Check-In / Inspection
9:15 AM Event Meeting
9:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM 12:00 PM - Qualification Rounds
12:00 PM 1:00 PM - Lunch 
10:00AM - 2:00PM - Robot Skill Challenge and Programming Skills Challenge (closes at end of qualification rounds)
1:00 PM 2:30 PM - Complete Qualification Rounds
2:45 PM 3:15 PM Alliance Selection
3:15 PM 3:30 PM Alliance Strategy Meeting
3:30 PM 5:00 PM Alliance Elimination matches
5:00 PM Awards and Closing Ceremony

Volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering at the event please contact Dustin Long at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

This event will be cancelled if the School District cancels transportation or otherwise advises against school-related travel by 3:00pm the day before the event.  If cancelled, participants will be notified via email to the address provided in your registration.

If you will not make the tournament please call Dusty Long 541-980-6916

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Best efforts to reschedule before the season ends.  If not, refunds will be issued on a case by case bases.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No refunds after 02/01/2026.  Refunds requested after registration will still be charged the $5 REC Foundation fee

 

 

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.