WPRA Thanksgiving Qualifier
Sponsored by MotionGrey
- Date
- 12-Oct-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-V5-26-65577
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- British Columbia (BC)
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 10
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 2-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- The day of competition
- Price
- CA$120.00
General Info
Welcome to the Western Pacific Robotics Academy (WPRA)
Thank You to our sponsor MotionGrey. You can visit their site to check out their office chairs, standing desks, and acessories at:
MotionGrey's showroom is right under WPRA and will offer discounts on chairs and desks to competition participants
Skills: This tournament will offer skills all day (except lunch).
Judging: This tournament will also offer judging. Team interviews will be in person at the event. Teams must submmited their engineering notebooks via the link on their vexevents team profile.
Travel: Search "Western Pacific Robotics Academy" in Google maps for exact location.
Lunch: You are welcome to bring your own lunch. There will be a concession of snacks and drinks.
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: 12-Oct-2026
Venue/Location:#227-7080 River Road
Richmond, British Columbia V6X 0R1
Canada
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Agenda
Sunday
9:00 am - Doors Open, Check-in, and Inspection
Skills Field: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Judging: 10:00 - 1:30 pm (pick time slot on white board)
Qualification matches: 10:30am - 4:00 pm
---12:00 - 12:45 - Lunch (all activites paused)---
4:00 - 4:15 - Alliance Selection
4:30 - 5:30 - Finals Matches
5:30 - 5:45 - Awards (Please allow for some buffer for pick up)
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact info@orionwpra.ca
We would appreciate help in the following:
- Inspection 9am -10am
- Skills Referee 9am-12 noon, 1pm-4pm
- Field Resetting 10am-12 noon, 1pm-5pm
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of an emergency/bad weather, the tournament will be postponed/cancelled and teams will be notified via phone/email.
Refund and Payment Policies
Canadian Teams: Cancellation - Teams can cancel with 1 week notice. Teams that cancel with less than 1 week notice, will be billed for the full cost of the event.
USA Teams: Cancellation NOT allowed - Teams should only register when they are ready and 100% will attend.
Payment Methods: Cheque is preffered made payable to Western Pacific Robotics Academy Society, E-transfer, Cash
Judging Format
In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews will be in-person the day of the event.
Digital submission of Engineering notebooks.
Engineering notebooks will be submitted online via the link in their vexevents team profile account due by 11:00pm August 29th.
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.