General Info
General Info
Barker College is pleased to present the V5RC – Tournament on Saturday October 17th.
Competition location - You can use the gate at the “Foundation Aquatic Centre” and walk to the “C Block”. We will have someone there to give directions.
Parking - Street Parking is available and entry is best from the College Cres. You will not be able to park inside the school.
Payment link: https://www.trybooking.com/DOQFA
Eng Notebook: Please make sure you upload to robotevents one day before the event.
Checklist before the competition:
- Students are familiar with the game and the competition rules
- Run the inspection checklist before the competition
- Checked that your Team name is correct
- Robots have their license plates
- Robots and students are ready for the competition matches and robot skills matches
- The Drive team has a pair of safety glasses for the day
- Teams are using the correct “Competition template” code
- Venue
- Barker College - Robotics Middle School Lab
- Address
- 91 Pacific Hwy, Hornsby, New South Wales 2077, Australia
- Dates
- October 17, 2026
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 20
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Australia
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Standard Registration Opens
- 19-Aug-2026 02:30 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Sep-2026 02:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 30-Aug-2024 05:00 EDT
- Price
- A$100.00
Agenda
Preliminary Event Schedule
8:00am - Doors open for registration, Pits.
8:00am – 9:15am Robot Inspection
8:30am – Practice field open for inspected robots
8:30am – Coaches’ Meeting (Adult)
8:45am – Team Briefing (including Driver’s meeting)
9:30am – Start Qualification Matches/Skills
12:00pm – Lunch
12:30pm – Resume Qualification Matches/Skills
14:50pm – Finish Qualification Matches/Skills
15:00pm - Alliance selection
15:30pm - Start Playoffs
16:30pm – Closing ceremony
17:00pm - Pack up
Judging Format
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Volunteer
Volunteer We love volunteers! If you know anyone that would like to volunteer/judge at the competition, please let me know. We would love for them to be involved.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of extreme weather conditions the event will be cancelled. Organisers will do their best to give advance notice where possible.