Battle in the Big Country
General information
Welcome to our first Achieve event of the year, "Battle in the Big Country - Pinnacle."
This tournament should have two competition fields, one Skills field, and one practice field. We need additional field element sets. If your team is willing to bring a complete field element set to this competition, please email denae.volk@abileneisd.org or call 801-390-6420 before registering for our tournament and ATEMS Robotics will pay for your team's registration.
All team members attending this event are required to submit the RECF consent form.
We are very excited to hold this event at The LIFT Center. Doors will open at 7:00AM. Registration and inspection will be from 7:30AM - 8:30AM. Practice rounds will start about 8:30AM and we are asking each team to complete at least one practice round on the competition fields to verify proper connection to the field.
Digital engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally, no later than 11:59PM Central Time, Saturday, October 31st. (10/31/2026)
Team interviews will start after teams are inspected, pause for the Drivers Meeting, and then resume until complete.
Teams that have not passed inspection by 8:30 AM will be dropped from the schedule.
Please contact Denae Volk at denae.volk@abileneisd.org if you have any questions, are interested in volunteering, or are willing to help with field element sets.
Agenda
Agenda: Battle in the Big Country - Pinnacle
This agenda is tentative and subject to change. The Event Partner reserves the right to change times based on the number of teams competing and other situations that may arise throughout the day.
7:00 AM Doors open
7:15AM Registration begins
7:30 AM Pits Open
Practice Field opens
Inspections begins
Team interviews will start after teams are inspected, pause for the Drivers Meeting, and then resume until complete.
8:30 AM Coaches Meeting, Inspection Closes
8:45 AM Driver’s meeting
9:00 AM Competition fields open for practice
Solo Matches field opens
10:00 AM Qualifying matches begin
12:00 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM Qualifying Matches continue
SKILLS NOTE: The Solo field closes at the end of the last qualifying match. This is a hard deadline.
Only teams currently in the Skills line at the end of qualifying will be allowed to complete their Skills run.
3:00 PM Qualifying Matches end
3:15 PM Alliance Selection
3:45 PM Elimination Matches begin
5:00 PM Awards Ceremony
Judging format
Awards
Travel information
Emergency information
Refund policy
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
The event will be rescheduled and refunds will be given if it cannot be rescheduled.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Refunds will not be available.
Registered teams 6 of 35
- Dates Sat, Nov 7, 2026 CST
- Registration Oct 22 – Oct 31, 2026
- Entry fee $100.00
- Payment due Nov 7, 2026
- Capacity 6 / 35 teams
- Program Achieve (Middle/High School Robotics)
- Grade levels Middle School, High School
- Event type Tournament
- Region Texas
- Affiliation Open to all
- Season 2026-2027 Season