General Info
General Info
This blended league (open to both middle and high school teams) offers a unique opportunity to compete, collaborate, and grow within a focused and dynamic community. Unlike single-day tournaments, V5 Leagues spread qualifying matches across multiple ranking sessions, giving students the rare opportunity to test, iterate, and improve over time — a powerful extension of engineering learning in action.
League Format
5 total dates (4 Ranking Sessions + 1 Finals Day)
3–4 qualifying matches per session
3 Driver Skills + 3 Autonomous Skills runs per session (yes, every time — see Rule T24!)
Teams attend 3 or 4 ranking sessions plus the Finals (you want to play at least 60% of the qualifcation matches)
<T12> c. When in a league, every Team will be ranked based on the number of Matches played. Teams that participate in at least 60% of the total Matches available will be ranked above Teams that participate in less than 60% of the total Matches available; e.g., if the league offers 3 ranking sessions with 4 Qualification Matches per Team, Teams that participate in 8 or more Matches will be ranked higher than Teams who participate in 7 or fewer Matches. Being a no-show to a Match that a Team is scheduled in still constitutes participation for these calculations.
- Venue
- Appleby College
- Address
- 540 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario L6K3P1, Canada
- Dates
- November 3, 2026 – February 2, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Interviews & Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 6
- Event Region
- Ontario
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Standard Registration Opens
- 19-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 30-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- TBD
- Price
- CA$250.00
Agenda
- Start times of qualifcation matches will be strict to ensure effieincy throughout the day.
Ranking sessions:
- 8:15 - Doors open / Check in / Inspection / Practice
- 9:00-1:00 - Qualifying Matches (not stopping for lunch)
- 11:30 or 12:40 - Lunch
- 10:00-2:30 - Robot Skills Challenge
Skills Field will be available for general practice. Should a team want to do a skills run, we’ll do a quick reset and give them priority. After qualifications matches, the skills field will be fully dedicated to skills runs only.
Elimination Day
- 8:15 - Doors open / Check in / Inspection / Practice
- 9:00-12:00 Robot Skills Challenge
- 10:00: Eliminations Begin
- 11:30 - Lunch
- 12:15: Finals
- 12:45 - Awards & Celebration
Travel Info
Date: 3-Nov-2026 - 2-Feb-2027 Appleby College 540 Lakeshore Road West Oakville, Ontario L6K3P1 Canada Date: 19-Nov-2026 Appleby College Oakville, Ontario Canada Date: 8-Dec-2026 Appleby College Oakville, Ontario Canada Date: 15-Jan-2027 Appleby College Oakville, Ontario Canada Date: 2-Feb-2027 Appleby College Oakville, Ontario Canada Travel Info Appleby College 540 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario L6K 3P1 https://www.google.com/maps/place/540+Lakeshore+Rd+W,+Oakville,+ON+L6K+3P1/@43.426201,-79.6882407,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b5c4f160890ef:0xb5bb6d98fd5857fb!8m2!3d43.4261971!4d-79.6856658!16s%2Fg%2F11bw42br02?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Judging Format
Judging Format All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. Initial Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Volunteer
Volunteer Please contact the event organizer if you are interested in volunteering at any of the event days.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy An event day will be removed from the list if Appleby College is closed to academic classes on the day of the event. Ranking sessiions will not be rescheduled. If the Finals session must be cancelled, it will be rescheduled.