Doty Knights Middle School Tournament

VEX V5 Robotics Competition

Date: 23-Jan-2027 Add to Calendar
Event Code: VE-V5-27-65817
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: VEXNet Field Control
Capacity: 36
Spots Open: -
Event Region: California - Region 4
Max Registrations per Organization: 6
Priority Registration Opens: 20-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens: 4-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 25-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: January 4, 2027
Price: $200.00

This event is closed to registration because:

Registration opens at a future date.

General Info

This is a MIDDLE SCHOOL only event hosted by Downey Unified School District. The proceeds from this event are used to sustain DUSD robotics programs and to host future tournaments for teams from around the Southern California area.

Engineering Notebooks will be submitted digitally on events.vex.com no later than Monday, January 18th by 5pm.
Payment in full is required by January 8th. All teams not paid in full by January 15th may be dropped at the event partner's discretion to allow teams in from the waitlist. If you are paying with a PO, please contact the event partner and let them know when you have submitted it to VEX.
On-site parking is free.
We will not be offering a meal plan for teams, but there will be a concession stand selling prepackaged items.
There are many food options in the Downey community surrounding the campus.
There will be two competition fields, a Skills Challenge field and a full practice field at this event.
Both Driving Skills and Programming Skills Challenges are open to all registered teams.
This event will have a six-team limit on the number of teams per school. If the event is full please place your team on the waiting list.

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 23-Jan-2027

Venue/Location:

Doty Middle School
10301 Woodruff Avenue
Downey, California 90241
United States

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Agenda

7:15 am Doors Open/ Practice Field Opens

7:30 am Inspection Begins

8:45 am Driver's/Coaches Meeting

9:00 am Opening Ceremony

9:15 am Qualifying Matches Begin/ Robot Skills Fields Open

12:00 pm Lunch Break

12:45 pm Qualifying Matches Continue

2:30 pm Alliance Selection

3:00 pm Finals Begins

4:45 pm Awards Ceremony

5:00 pm Clean Up

5:15 pm Event Closes

Volunteer

If you would like to volunteer please contact the event promoters. We always need more judges.

Ron Legaspi: [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The tournament is indoors. Only under severe weather circumstances would the event be canceled. An email would be sent the day before if there is a chance of cancellation. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team.

Refund and Payment Policies

If a team withdraws from the event before January 1st, then a full refund will be issued to the team. Due to fixed costs, refunds will not be provided after January 1st.

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.
All engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally for judging.

The team’s primary contact can submit the notebook using the submission link located in the “My Account” panel on VEX Events.

Submission Deadline for the engineering notebook: Monday, January 11

Teams are encouraged to submit their notebooks early to avoid any last-minute technical issues.

Physical engineering notebooks will not be accepted at the event.