St James Collegiate Manitoba Drone Tournament at MERLIN

Welcome to St. James Collegiate's RECF ADC Tournament hosted at MERLIN!

We welcome drone pilots of all experience levels for a fun, friendly competition day! This event is designed to provide ADC teams with competition experience. All ADC teams are welcome.

This is an official 2026–2027 RECF ADC Fast Track tournament. It will include all four ADC Competition Missions:

• Teamwork Mission: Each team will participate in at least 6 qualification matches (may vary depending on number of teams).
• Solo Missions: Each team will have the opportunity to participate in up to 3 Piloting and 3 Autonomous Flight matches.
• Communications Mission: Each team will have the opportunity to be interviewed and receive judged awards in accordance with RECF ADC judging guidelines.

We look forward to seeing you there. Good luck to all teams!

Contact Info

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Event Partner, JP Jamieson, at jp.jamieson@sjasd.ca.

The event will take place on Friday, January 8th, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

9:00 AM – Venue Set-Up/Team Check-In/Inspection

10:00 AM – Practice/Skills Missions Begin/Match Schedule Created

10:30 AM – Teamwork Qualification Matches and Judging Begin

12:00-12:45 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – Alliance Selections

2:00 PM – Elimination Matches/Skills Mission and Judging End

3:00 PM – Awards Ceremony

3:30 PM – Event Ends

*Schedule may be compressed depending on number of teams participating.

Paper copies of Logbooks must be submitted during Check-In.

All teams will be interviewed in person, day of the competition.