General Info
General Info
What:
VEX V5 Override Competition - High School Based Teams Only
When:
Sunday January 10th, 2027
Where:
St. Joseph's High School
100 Bill Martyn Parkway
St. Thomas, ON
Bonus: if you attend the Open Tournament we are hosting on Saturday Jan 9th AND register for this event, your resistration will be discounted from $215 to $190 per team.
- Venue
- St. Joseph's Catholic High School
- Address
- 100 Bill Martyn Pkwy, St Thomas, Ontario N6J 4X4, Canada
- Dates
- January 10, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- School-Based Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 24
- Event Region
- Ontario
- Standard Registration Opens
- 7-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 1-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 2 weeks after registration
- Price
- CA$215.00
Agenda
9am-5pm
Official tournament schedule will follow closer to the event date.
Stream
Webcast Link to the Live Feed will be posted here and streamed via YouTube on the morning of the event.
Travel Info
Date: 10-Jan-2027 St. Joseph's Catholic High School 100 Bill Martyn Pkwy St Thomas, Ontario N6J 4X4 Canada Travel Info St. Thomas is easily accessible from the 401 Highway. There are several hotels in town with very reasonable rates since we are not a big city! There are also many additional hotels on the edges of the nearby city of London that are a 20 minute drive to the venue. Here are a few suggestions: Holiday Inn Express & Suites: 275 Highview Dr, St Thomas, ON N5R 5Y5, +15192072003 Comfort Inn: 100 Centennial Ave, St Thomas, ON N5R 5B2, +15196334082 Best Western Plus Stoneridge Inn: 6675 Burtwistle Ln, London, ON N6L 1H5, +15196526022 Courtyard by Marriott: 864 Exeter Rd, London, ON N6E 1L5, +15196800077
Judging Format
Judging Format Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. • No Judging • 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. • All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. Initial Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines may be scheduled ahead of the event date. • Remote Initial Team Interviews / In-Person Engineering Notebooks: Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, possibly before the date of the event. Engineering Notebooks will still be submitted in person the day of the event to be evaluated by judges. • 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 If you are interested in volunteering at this event in any particular capacity please reach out to Kathy Cepo at kcepo@ldcsb.ca
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If weather, fire, or natural disaster prohibits safe travel or venue access to the event, the tournament may be cancelled. Please monitor your email for real-time status updates before traveling on the morning of the event.