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Archive for Tournament Updates

Vermont State Tournament

Registration Opening Soon!

When: Saturday March 22, 2025

Where: Champlain Valley Union High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg, Vermont 05461

Tournament Fees: All registration and waiver fees payable to: 

Vermont Creativity Quest Inc.

Please read the following before completing the State Tournament registration process.

To complete the registration process, you will need:

  • School/Organization Information (the Membership ID Number and Zip Code of Membership Organization. (This is available through your membership coordinator.)
  • Additional Coach Name and Email Address
  • Membership Coordinator Name and Email Address
  • Team Member Names and Grade
  • Name and Contact Info for your required Judge/General Official, or agree to pay waiver fee

Registration costs $75 per Division1, 2, or 3 team, or $25 for Primary teams. You should arrange with your membership coordinator how the fee will be paid. A Purchase Order counts as payment, however a hard copy of the PO is required. Fees may be paid by check or electronically (credit card by arrangement).

In addition, we require each team, including Primary teams, to provide one person who can serve as a Judge/General Official at the tournament. You will need to provide the name and contact information for this person as part of the registration process. Judge/General Officials should be available for both training (online–Judges, you will be contacted by the PC) and for the full day of the tournament (March 22, 2025). All Judge/General Officials need to be available to serve the entire day of the State Tournament.  If you do not supply a Judge/General Official as part of your registration today, you are required to pay a $50 waiver fee. All teams, including Primary teams, must supply a Judge/General Official or pay the waiver.  You can register a Judge/General Official by clicking here.   If you are not sure, please ask.

Please note any scheduling considerations (for example: coach is coaching more than one team, siblings on teams, parent coaching one team has child on another team, etc.) and disability issues (such as: allergies, hearing/speaking impairments, mobility issues, etc.) on the registration page so that we can make any necessary accommodations.

Finally, your registration for the Vermont State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament conveys blanket permission for photographs and/or video to be taken of any attendees of this event to be used for any lawful purposes.

If you have questions, please contact Lesley Adams, VT Association Director, by emailing ADvtoom@gmail.com or by calling or texting 1-802-404-1660.

Tournament Handbook

Greetings! As we near the tournament day, it is important to familiarize yourself with the tournament handbook. You can view and download a printable copy here.

2015 Tournament Schedule – Revised

Hello all! With the tournament fast approaching, it would be good for you to have a look at the schedule for the day. A printable schedule is available here.

Tournament Deadline Approaching

The Vermont Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament will be held March 21, 2015, at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg.  All teams wishing to compete must register and pay the tournament fee by midnight January 24, 2015 to avoid a late fee.  Payment may be made by one of three ways:

  • School Purchase Order
  • Check written to Vermont Creativity Quest, Inc. and mailed to 52 Jacob Lane, North Clarendon, VT  05759
  • Credit Card (through PayPal)  Contact Kathy Jacob at vtootm@accessvt.com for instructions.

The tournament fee is $50 per team, Division 1, 2, and 3, $20 for Primary teams.  The late fee (after Jan. 24) is $100 per team.

Each team is also required to provide a judge.  This person, (18 or older) needs to be available for training on March 7, 9:00 – 12:30, Mater Christi School, Burlington, and all day March 21st for the tournament.  Any team not providing a judge will be charged the Judge Waiver fee of $50.

To register a team for the tournament, go to www.odysseyofthemind.com, Member Area, and follow the prompts,

         or click here: http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/members/team_login.php

To register a judge, click here:

http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/judges/assoc_tournaments.php?assoc=VT&region=State