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Drones Guide to Judging Section 5: Awards

Overview

The qualifying criteria contains charts that indicate which awards will qualify teams from local events to a championship event. The exact number of qualifying spots allocated to each event is determined by the RECF Regional Support Manager (RSM) for that region.

Qualifying Awards

There are two types of qualifying awards at REC Foundation-qualified competitions.

Performance Awards

Based on performance on the competition fields. Performance awards do not impact the eligibility of a team to earn a judged award.

ADC and ADC Pro

  • Teamwork Mission (Teamwork champion, second place, etc.)
  • Skills Missions (Skills missions champion, second place, etc.)

Judged Awards

Based on established award criteria and the REC Foundation judging process. Judges, with guidance from the judge advisor, consider team interviews, competition notebooks, and other observations when determining award recipients. 

A team may earn only one judged award per event regardless of how many performance awards they earn. 

ADC Judged Awards

  • All-Around Champion
  • Communications Mission Champion
  • Coding Award
  • Airmanship Award
  • Judges Award

ADC Pro Judged Awards

  • All-Around Champion
  • Engineering Design Award
  • Airmanship Award
  • Coding Systems Award
  • Industry Insights Award

Additional Awards

Other types of non-qualifying awards may be presented at some events.

Individual Recognition Awards

Recognize the contributions of a volunteer, mentor, teacher, or sponsor, and are determined by the event partner. Judges do not determine individual award winners. Event partners may create their own process for judging these awards.

Custom Awards

Although most events use the standard set of awards, event partners may choose to present custom awards. To avoid confusion, it’s important to clearly communicate to teams which awards are custom and unique to the event. These custom awards, such as Community Service, Scholarship, Best Costume, or Pit Decorations, do not count toward qualification for championship events.

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