Agenda

Friday afternoon

3:30 pm Begin setting up the courts and pit area

6:30 pm robot inspection begins (teams are encouraged to do this early)

6:30 pm courts are set up for practice.

7:30 pm shut down and close up the school. Out of town teams head to hotel and dinner.

Saturday Competition

7:45am Doors open.

8:00am to 9:45am  Robot Inspection

9:45am - Opening ceremonies/Driver Information

10:00am - Pizza order comnpleted

10:00am - 12:00pm (Qualifying matches begin. 6 minute rounds on 2 courts alternating),

12:00pm  to 12:45pm - Lunch (Concession for students to purchase food and drinks in addition to the PIZZA Order. Coaches, Volunteers, receive a free lunch in coach’s room)

12:45pm to 2:45 pm Qualifying matches continue

3:00 to 3:15pm - Alliance partners are picked, Top 16 teams pick partners to advance to playoffs,

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm  Elimination rounds

4:00 pm - Awards ceremony & Closing remarks

4:15 pm  Clean up by local coaches, parents and teams.

Volunteer

Volunteers are vital contributors to the success of our events. Read about opportunities to participate here. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of an incident or circumstance effecting this event, The event organizer will undertake these TWO notification strategies.

1. An advisory describing the situation (e.g. inclement weather) and the action being taken (e.g. event cancellation) will be posted to this RobotEvents event listing under this tab.  
2. The same information will also be e-mailed to all registered team coaches.

Refund and Payment Policies

Event cancellation

Should the event be cancelled, registration fees will be refunded to all  teams in full.

Team cancellation

Registered teams needing to cancel will be eligible for a full refund if notification of cancellation is submitted prior to freezing (publication of) the qualification match schedule.  

Refund terms are as above.

Full refunds (or event credits) for teams that have paid by cash or cheque,

Judging Format

 In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. To be considered for awards, teams must bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.