# Competition team ## Purpose The Competition Team is responsible for defining and delivering the SR Competition Programme ('the competition programme') for a single competition cycle. The competition programme includes, but is not limited to: * Working with the [marketing team ](/version-9.0.0/internal-structure/marketing-team.md)to recruit teams from schools and colleges * Determining a fair method for selecting teams if over subscribed * Communicating with school/college team supervisors throughout * Liaising with the [kit team](/version-9.0.0/internal-structure/kit-team.md) to agree the number of teams and number of locations that can be supported * Devising a challenge * Organising and running Kickstart * Organising and running Tech days * Organising and running the Competition final * Training sufficient volunteers to support planned events * Health and Safety and Safeguarding at events * Gathering metrics throughout the competition cycle [The way that the team is structured and operates](/version-9.0.0/internal-structure/team-operations.md) is consistent with all of the other SR teams. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://opsmanual.studentrobotics.org/version-9.0.0/internal-structure/competition-team.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.