Conference Battle of the Bridge - HS

This event is only open to members of the DMV RISE Conference.

Welcome to the Battle at the Bridge (High School Division) hosted by Woodbridge Senior High School Robotics. We are looking forward to hosting you and your teams in what promises to be an amazing event with teams from all over Virginia.  See the agenda tab for tentative schedule. We anticipate that each team will have six competition rounds for this event.

For our friends that have never competed here before,  Woodbridge Senior High School Robotics is sponsoring and competing in the event.  Thanks to the amazing effort put in by parents, teachers, and county wide volunteers, we are able to host a double division event with 60 HS and 60 MS teams so that we can have a full tournament event for everyone.  We will play in the main gym with HS on one side and MS on the other so there will always be a match or two in play.  HS pits will be in our New Auxiliary gyms.  As always, concessions will be available and we will be working with local merchants to arrange pre-order lunches for your teams.  All registered teams will receive an information email with all details and a welcome packet upon checking.

Please make sure you understand that as per our RECF Conference guidelines, all teams must submit an engineering notebook, digitally or physically, to be able to compete in this tournament.

Notebooks can be physical or digital.  Digital Notebooks will need to be submitted by Dec 10 at midnight.  Link to follow.

ALL TEAMS MUST SUBMIT A ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK:  Failure to do will result in team not being able to compete in this tournament.  No Refund will be issued.

Travel Info

Woodbridge Senior High School is located at 3001 Old Bridge Road, Woodbridge, VA, 22192. We are situated in the residential community of Lakeridge.

GPS, be careful. There is a Woodbridge Middle School. Double check the name and address before pressing START.

You will receive specific instructions onloading and loading areas, two weeks prior to the event.

WSHS has plenty of parking on the east end of the school (Student parking side with drivers ed lot) and limited parking on the west end, the main entrance. If you are just visiting to watch, please go to the student side to park and follow the signs in. More details will be sent out 2 weeks prior to event.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Prince William County Schools has final say over all weather related delays and closings. Please see Refund Policy for additional details.

In the event of a weather related delayed opening, the tournament will run but with a modified schedule.  We understand that teams may not be able to alter their travel plans.  Unfortunately, no refunds will be issued for no shows to a delayed start event.  We will do all that is humanly possible to run a tournament with enough qualifying matches and a full elimination round and provide judging for awarded trophies.

Additional information about site evacuation and medical will be sent out 2 weeks prior to the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels/postpones the event: 

• In the unlikely event that weather should cancel the use of the building and the event, refunds will not be issued.

• If the event is postponed, requests for refunds will not be honored. See Emergency Policy for details.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: 

• There will be no refund for a cancelling team unless another team is able to take the open spot. Due to the nature of school accounting, the refunds may take 6 to 8 weeks to process and mailed to the teams official financial contact address.  Again, all refunds are subject to Prince William County School Vendor guidelines.  You may be required to submit addition paperwork.

All teams will have to submit payment or have made arrangements by December 4, 2026.  If not paid for by that date, your team will be moved to the wait list to make room for other teams.  Please contact us in case you are having an issue with payment.

If a team fails to submit an Engineering Notebook (Digital of Physical):

As per the rules of this RECF Conference, all teams competing are expected to submit their Engineering Notebook demonstrating that the robot is their original work.  Failure to submit a notebook, in either format, will result in disqualification from the event and no refund will be issued.