Manoa School Tier Takeover Tournament

Event Format: In-Person

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging, printed engineering notebook required for certain awards  Please submit Engineering Notebooks at check-in. 

Max Registrations per Organization: 3

If you would like to register more than the allotted number of teams, please add your additional team(s) to the Waitlist. The Event Partner will be inviting teams off of the Waitlist should spots open up by January 4, 2027. 

This event will qualify teams to the Hawaii State Top Tier Regional Championship if it meets all the requirements of the qualifying criteria. 

Contact information:

Terry Mitsuda

Manoa Elementary School

terry.mitsuda@manoaschool.com

Payment must be made in full by December 18, 2026.

Code of Conduct​

We expect the following behavior and ethical standards at all REC Foundation-sanctioned events:

       • Act with integrity, honesty, and reliability

       • Behave in a respectful and professional manner with event staff, volunteers, and fellow competitors

       • Exhibit maturity and class when dealing with difficult and stressful situations

       • Respect individual differences

       • Follow all rules as listed in the current game manual(s)

       • Student-centered teams with limited adult assistance

       • Safety as a top priority

       • Good sportsmanship, which includes supporting your alliance partners

These expectations apply to all team members and all adults associated with a team including, but not limited to, teachers, mentors and parents. This Code may also apply to behavior outside of REC Foundation-sanctioned events where inappropriate actions are related to an event or participating individuals.

Repeated or egregious violations of the expectations in this Code may result in consequences up to the disqualification of the team or organization from the current event and/or future events, and potentially removal from the program after review by the REC Foundation.

Teams that have not checked in and completed inspection 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.

Reminders

1. Please supervise all team members; we are guests of Manoa Elementary School.

2. Teams are restricted to the Event area. 

3. There should be no running in the pit or tournament areas.  Please be careful about creating tripping hazards with packing crates

4. Please keep the pit area clean.

5. Charging tables will be available; bring your own power strip and extension cord.

6. Please do not bring your own game set and/or field unless you were requested/confirmed to do so.  

7. Please review guidelines for the engineering notebook

    

7:00 am:    Doors open for volunteers only

8:00 am:    Team Registration, Pits Open, and Robot Inspection.  Submit Engineering Notebook at

      Registration by 9:00am

      Practice Field Opens/Solo Match Room Opens (closes when qualification ends)

9:00 am:    Opening Ceremony

                    ** Teams not present and inspected by 9:00 a.m. will be dropped from the competition **

                                                           ** A new Match List will be generated. **

9:15 am:    Driver's Meeting

9:30 am - 11:30 pm: Qualification Matches

11:30pm:   Lunch

12:15pm:   Qualification Matches

2:45pm:     Finals (Solo coding, Driving Match Room closes)

3:45pm:     Award Presentation/Closing

Due to fixed event partner costs, there are no refunds for this event. Payment in full is required by December 18, 2026 or teams may be dropped by the event partner and teams invited off the waitlist.

If the Event is canceled, teams will be refunded their registration fee minus the $5 RECF processing fee and incurred expenses.