General Info
General Info
Battle for Placer Gold Invitational is an invite-only event , with priority consideration given to Placer area/Greater Sacramento teams. Contact us at [email protected] or place your team on the waitlist to be considered. The Sunday Feb 21 event is the MS Only event - we encourage all MS teams to sign up for the Feb 21st event at the same venue.
We do accept other teams after priority teams have completed their registrations on a case by case basis. Specifically, school , community / non profit and independent teams that have not yet already qualified for the regional championships.
All events will receive region 2 championship award bids based on the Global Robotucs Qualifying Criteria. The awards slots will be allocated by Global Robotics later in the season.
Please make sure to review the refund policies and payment deadlines - any team not paid in full by payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist.
- Venue
- Cavitt Junior High School (Subject to Change)
- Address
- 7200 Fuller Drive, Granite Bay, California 95746, United States
- Dates
- February 20, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Invitational Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person Invitational
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 50
- Spots Open
- 41
- Event Region
- California - Region 2
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 01-Feb-2027 00:00 EST
- Price
- $190.00
Agenda
Tentative Agenda
7:45AM
Doors, pits, and practice field open; Check-In and inspection begins, Robot Skills begin
8:30 AM
Inspection closes, event meetings
9:00 AM
Qualification matches begin
12:00 PM
Lunch break begins (May work through lunch if behind)
12:30 PM
Qualification matches resume
2:45 PM
Qualification matches and skills conclude
3:00 PM
Alliance selection begins
3:30PM
Final matches begin
5:00PM
Tournament champions crowned and awards ceremony
Judging Format
Judging Format Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions. Initial Team Interviews Remote, In Person followups Initial Team interviews will be conducted online the week prior to the event, with followups as needed in person the day of the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. Engineering DEN submission deadline is Feb 13, 5pm
Volunteer
Volunteer Please sign up for volunteering by contacting us at events@PlacerRobotics.org .
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Bad weather should not affect this event. In case of a cancellation, the event partner will contact you as early as possible. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com is up to date, and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.