General Info
General Info
Welcome to the Matt Holcombe Talon Tussle! We are excited to see you at our event this year honoring one of our robotics teachers. Please be sure to read all information and guidelines associated with this event.
All judging will be in person. Pleae bring a copy of your Engineering Notebook to the tournament to be reviewed.
- Venue
- Walter Johnson JHS Academy of International Studies
- Address
- 7701 Ducharme Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145, United States
- Dates
- November 21, 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
- 30
- Spots Open
- 22
- Event Region
- Nevada
- Max Registrations per Org
- 4
- Priority Registration Opens
- 1-Sep-2026 16:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 26-Sep-2026 16:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 6-Nov-2026 16:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- November 6, 2026
- Price
- $105.00
Agenda
7:00 a.m. - Doors open
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Inspection
8:30 - Skills open for inspected teams
9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremony
9:30 a.m. - Qualification Matches begin
12:00 -12:45 p.m. - Lunch break
12:45 - 3:30 p.m. - Qualification Matches
3:45 p.m. - Alliance Selection
4:15 p.m. - Finals Matches
5:00 p.m. - Awards Ceremony
6:00 p.m. - Venue Closes
**Times are subject to change
Judging Format
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
Volunteer
Volunteer We may need volunteers for this event. Please contact the event partner with questions.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of bad weather, we will keep in touch with the progress of the event.