2024 Ozark Mountain Brawl

2024 Ozark Mountain Brawl

I am proud to announce another year of the Ozark Mountain Brawl taking place on the beautiful campus of Harding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas.

By Brian Jones

Date and time

October 4 · 1pm - October 5 · 6pm CDT

Location

Harding Academy

1529 East Park Avenue Searcy, AR 72143

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 30 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

  • 1 day 5 hours

I am proud to announce another year of the Ozark Mountain Brawl taking place on the beautiful campus of Harding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas. This event will occur from October 4 - 5. We will also have the 6th Annual Ozark Mountain Brawl Skills Challenges on Friday followed by qualification rounds. Your registration fee gets you into both events.

SCHEDULE

Friday, Oct. 4, 2024

1:00 Doors open for teams to set up pits, registration, WPA encryption, safety inspection begins, Practice field opens, and Concession Stand opens.

2:00 – 2:30 Vision calibration

2:30 - 6:30 OMB Skills Challenge

6:30 Driver meeting

7:00 – 9:30 Qualification matches

Saturday, Oct 5, 2024

8:00 Doors open for teams

8:30 Opening ceremony

9:00–11:30 Qualification matches

11:45 Alliance selection

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00 Elimination tournament

4:00 Closing Ceremonies and Awards

5:00 Estimated end of activities

We are very excited to have this event again on the campus of Harding University and Harding Academy. It will be held in two basketball gyms at Harding Academy.

Here is a link to a map of the campus. There are plenty of hotels in the area with some great rates.

REGISTRATION

Registration will close at 24 teams and the remaining registrants will be waitlisted. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. So register today and get your payment in to secure your spot. You can register at our Eventbrite Page

The cost will be as follows:

$300 – Teams Early Registration (Ends 9/16/24)

$350 – Teams Late Registration (Begins 9/16/24)

FREE - 2024 Rookie Teams Registration (Ends 10/1/24)

RULE CHANGES

We are currently reviewing any rule changes for this year’s OMB. This may include changes to alliance selections and/or general game rules. Stay tuned for those to be finalized.

WEBCAST

We will be webcasting the event live on Friday and Saturday. Stay tuned for more information.

Lots more to come. I hope you can join us for the 2024 OMB. See you soon!

VOLUNTEERS

If you would like to volunteer to help with the 2024 Ozark Mountain Brawl, complete the form here.

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Organized by

Brian Jones has been working with STEM and robotics competitions for the past ten years.  He is a mathematics and physics teacher at Harding Academy and has been the director of the Harding Academy Robotics program for eight years.  Currently, the Harding Academy Robotics program works with students from grades 3rd - 12th in unique robotic centered competitions. 

Early bird discount