Salt Spring Island VEX V5 Override Tournament

Qualifying Tournament for the Vancouver Island Region

Date: 5-Dec-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: VE-V5-26-66655
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 40
Spots Open: -
Event Region: Vancouver Island (BC)
Max Registrations per Organization: 13
Standard Registration Opens: 14-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 27-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: Dec 5, 2026
Price: CA$80.00

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Registration opens at a future date.

General Info

This is a qualification event for the Vancouver Island region of British Columbia.

This event is intended for Vancouver Island teams only. If you wish to attend from a different region, please email me ([email protected]) and I will let you know if there's a chance of extra spots and add you to the waitlist.

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 5-Dec-2026

Venue/Location:

Gulf Islands Secondary
232 Rainbow Road
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia V8K 2M3
Canada

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Agenda

Saturday, December 5, 2026

8:00 am - Doors open.

8:00 am to 9:45 am - Robot inspection.

8:30 am - 9:45 am - Both main fields open for Skills Runs (Local teams are encouraged to do this in the AM).

9:45 am - Opening ceremonies/Driver Information.

10:00 am - Pizza order deadline. Engineering Notebook submission deadline.

10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Qualifying matches.

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Lunch time & both main courts open for Skills runs with out of town teams have first priority in the queue. There will be a concession for students to purchase food and drinks in addition to the pizza order. Coaches, referees, and volunteers receive a free lunch in coach’s room.

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Qualifying matches continue.

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm - Alliance partners are picked. Sixteen alliances (32 teams) advance to elimination round.

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm - Elimination rounds and finals.

4:00 pm - Awards ceremony & closing remarks.

4:30 pm - Clean up by local coaches, parents and teams.

Volunteer

Please contact Ryan at [email protected] if you wish to volunteer!

(Thanks in advance)

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

All teams must pay the registration fee when they arrive on-site on December 5.

If you cannot attend, please notify us at least 24 hours in advance so that we don't need to reset the Tournament Manager.

Cancelation due to weather issues will be communicated to coaches at least 48 hours in advance, if needed.

Please review the ferry schedule and tournament agenda to get here on time!

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

Notification will be sent to coaches as soon as possible. Please bring the registration fees on the day of tournament.

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

Please notify me at least 24 hours in advance.

Judging Format

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All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.