Tournament Director - FIRST Robotics BC

Tournament Director Role & Responsibilities
The tournament director’s role is to plan and deliver FIRST Tech Challenge events, following the guidelines in 
this document, and the requirements in the agreement between the Program Delivery Partner and the 
tournament director, or between the Program Delivery Partner and FIRST.
The tournament director:
• Works with the Program Delivery Partner to secure event venues for the season’s events
• Creates event schedule
• Judge advisor may be asked to create judging schedules.
• Lead scorekeeper may be asked to create match schedules.
• Creates floor plan and event layout for event day.
• Sets up load-in/load-out schedule.
• Works with the volunteer coordinator to identify staffing needs for the entire event.
• Serves as the principal liaison with the facility manager.
• Creates safety plan with Program Delivery Partner and facility manager.
• Coordinates food, t-shirts, etc. for events
• Communicates with teams about the event.
• Creates and implements AV plan and equipment.
A FIRST Tech Challenge tournament director plans, designs, and produces a FIRST Tech Challenge 
tournament, and agrees to follow the requirements set forth by FIRST, including, but not limited to:
• Game Rules
• Robot Rules
• Judging Rules
• Advancement and Eligibility Rules
• Ensuring teams meet participation rules.
• Safety Rules
• Volunteer Screening Rules
• Volunteer Certification Rules
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Gracious Professionalism®
- “Doing your best work while treating others with respect and kindness - It’s what makes FIRST, first.”
Failure to follow the requirements for an official event for FIRST Tech Challenge could result in the event being 
moved from an “official” status to a “non-official” status. Non-official events do not advance teams to the next 
event level.
The tournament director is required to send event results to FIRST within 5 days of the close of the event. The 
method of submission of the results can be found in the Scorekeeper Guide.
Teams advancing to the FIRST Championship will not receive an invitation to the event until the Regional 
Championship results are uploaded. The FIRST Championship registration payment deadline is March 21, 
2024.

For more information, please see https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/tournament-director-guide.pdf