Southern Iowa Vex Tournament
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Date
- 20-Feb-2027 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-V5-27-65731
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 24
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- Iowa
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Oct-2026 00:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Feb-2027 00:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- Feb 6, 2027
- Price
- $85.00
General Info
Thank you for registering for the Southern Iowa VEX Tournament. We are excited to have you participate. We are excited to have your teams come to compete in this season event to help inspire creativity and innovation among our local teams.
Thank you for registering! See you soon!
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: In Person
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: 20-Feb-2027
Venue/Location:850 South Park Avenue
Centerville, Iowa 52544
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Please keep in mind this schedule is tenative. Teams need to be prepared for inspection as soon as they arrive as inspection will close at 9:30AM promptly.
Volunteer check-in 8:00 AM
Team Check-in 8:00 AM
Inspection 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Skills runs : The skills field is first come, first serve. The field will be open after the driver's meeting. Skills are first come, first serve. Please be patient. The robot must be present to be in the skills line. Teams without a robot will be asked to move out of the line.
Drivers meeting 10:00 AM
Qualifying Matches 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Qualifying matches resume at 1:00 PM and run until all matches are finished (we plan for each team to run 7 to 8 matches)
Skills will close once the last qualifying match has been scored! Teams in line will not be given the chance to run once the last match is scored.
Alliance Selection 2:15 PM
Eliminations 2:30 PM - until finished
Awards 4:00 PM
Clean-up 4:30 PM until done
Volunteer
Running an event takes many volunteers. We are always in need of volunteers to assist the day of the event. Lunches are provided for all volunteers in addition to drinks and snacks the day of the event.
Volunteers for the event will need to be present by 7:30AM until the end of the event which is normally no later than 4:30PM.
- Volunteers for the judges role must be 18 years of age or older an not in high school
- Head referee must be 21 years of age.
- The head referee must be certified through VEX.
- Head referee must be 21 years of age.
- Field reset volunteers are needed and can be range from upper elementary to adult ages.
- Scorekeepers are needed and ages can range from highschool age 16 to adults ages.
Please contact the event partner if you would like to help.
Kim Mitchell
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Centerville Community Schools will require the event to be canceled due to inclement weather. Please watch for an update from the event partner if the event must be rescheduled or canceled due to weather.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Refunds will be given.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
No Refund will be given.
Judging Format
- 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.
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.