General Info
General Info
Welcome! This is the "Winter 805" Override Vex V5 tournemant held at Pioneer Valley High School Cafeteria in Santa Maria, CA. We are excited to provide this new opportunity-especially for all the new local teams in the area. The event is intended to support the growing robotics programs within Region 3. Only teams within the region will qualify for the State Championship in Region 3.
Make sure that you are marked as paid (or PO received) by the payment deadline or you may be moved to the waitlist at the discretion of the Event Partner.
The venue is in a large cafeteria adjacent to parking. Therefore, rain or shine we are committed to providing an excellent experience, but be prepared to protect your electronics as you enter and exit.
We will have two tournament fields, a skills field, and a practice field. There will be in-person judging only.
Check-in and inspection opens at 8:30am. The deadline for inspection will be 9:30am. The tournament will not be held up by late arrivals. Matches will begin at 10:00am. Teams that have not checked in by 9:30am will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run.Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped and may still be dropped under the discretion of the Event Partner and in consideration of the other teams present.
Thank you again and we look forward to an awesome experience for you and your team!
Sincerely,
Jeff Cooper
- Venue
- Pioneer Valley High School
- Address
- 675 Panther Drive, Santa Maria, California 93454, United States
- Dates
- December 19, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 1
- Event Region
- California - Region 3
- Max Registrations per Org
- 8
- Priority Registration Opens
- 6-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 24-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 4-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 12/9/2026
- Price
- $185.00
Agenda
8:30am-Check-in and inspections begin
9:30am Inspection Ends
9:45am Driver (team) meeting
10:00am Qualifying Matches begin, Skills Field opens, and judging begins
12:30pm Lunch (30 minute break-skills closed)
1:00pm Qualifying matches resume, skills field reopens
3:00pm Qualifying matches end, Skills Field closes at the beginning of final match
3:15pm-Alliance selection
3:30-45pm-Playoff matches begin
4:30pm Awards Ceremony
Travel Info
Date: 19-Dec-2026 Pioneer Valley High School 675 Panther Drive Santa Maria, California 93454 United States Travel Info Pioneer Valley High School 675 panther Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93454
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 can bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges, no electronic copies will be accepted for this event . If a team has an electronic notebook, please print out a copy to turn in at check-in. • Deadline for Design Notebook submission is 9:30am to be considered for related awards.
Volunteer
Volunteer We are always happy to have volunteers, especially with the "heavy lifting" of before and after a tournament. Please email me at jcooper@smjuhsd.org ahead of time if interested. Thank you!
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If adverse weather causes travel delays and prevents teams from competing, a refund may be available. Contact Jcooper@smjuhsd.org before the beginning of the event. Please make sure your team contact information is up to date in your events.vex.com account in case we need to contact your team prior to the event.