General Info
General Info
This is the annual tournament hosted at Olive Knolls Christian School in Bakersfield, CA. We have a large and spacious facility that easily holds our tournament. Spectators will enjoy our large foyer with elevated viewing area. We will have two competition fields, a practice field, and a skills field. We are asking that at least one team member stays to help reset the field of play after each match.
Food, drinks, and snacks will be available to purchase at the tournament. As this is a quick moving event, we recommend that your team plan to stay on site for the day.
Teams that have not checked in 45 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches 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.
- Venue
- 6201 Fruitvale Ave
- Address
- 6201 Fruitvale Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93308, United States
- Dates
- January 30, 2027
- 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
- 36
- Spots Open
- 15
- Event Region
- California - Region 3
- Max Registrations per Org
- 3
- Priority Registration Opens
- 6-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 5-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 14-Jan-2027
- Price
- $190.00
Agenda
7:00 am.....Doors open for Volunteers
7:15 am.....Volunteer Training for Registration & Queuing
7:30 am.....Judges' Meeting (Art Room) / Team Arrivals- Pits Open / Practice Field Opens / Inspection Table Open
8:45 am....Drivers' Meeting (on gym floor)
9:00 am....Opening Ceremonies (Please stop working on robots during this time)
9:15 am....Qualifying Matches Begin / Skills Field Open / Judging Begins
12:00 pm..Lunch Break
12:30 pm..Qualifying Matches Resume
2:30 pm....Qualifying Ends / Judging Ends / Skills Challenge Field Closes
2:45 pm....Alliance Selections
3:15 pm...Elimination Matches / Awards
5:00 pm...Team Load-Out
5:30 pm....Venue Closes
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 always welcome volunteers. Please contact me if you have anyone who is interested in assisting us. Some areas we can use volunteers are: * field resetting * queuing * skills resetting * judging We are able to validate high school volunteer hours upon request.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Bad weather can affect teams travelling over the Grapevine. In February, there are rare closures, but the possibility still remains. If you are experiencing a bad weather situation, please contace me and we will do our best to accommodate your teams. Please make sure your contact info is up to date in events.vex.com