2026 IGC Event Selection

Notes on Friends and Family Event Selection

1. Only the following competition events are available for Friends and Family Program participants:

• All exams except the Theoretical and Applied Geography Exam and the Written Exam. The full exam list is here for reference.
• Family Scavenger Hunt
• Geographic Spelling Bee
• All Hybrid Buzzer and Exam Bees
• Parents and Siblings Geography Bee

2. You do not need to sign up for a competition that your student is in in order to spectate that event (where permitted). Please only sign up for competitions here if you wish to participate in the competition yourself.
Please note that it is permitted for Family & Friends Program members to go on field trips that their Competing Student(s) are not taking part in. It is also permitted for Family & Friends Program members to go on field trips that their Competing Student(s) are not taking part in. However, for the Maya Bay & Phi Phi Islands Trip, Competing Students MUST have an accompanying family member joining them to be able to attend (unless they are 18 years old). For the other two 4 hour-long trips, it is permitted for Competing Students to attend without an accompanying Family and Friends Program member. However, if students wish to swim during the Bamboo Rafting trip, then they must be accompanied by an adult Family and Friends Program member who assumes responsibility for them while they are swimming in the water.

3. Please note that some competitions and/or field trips overlap time-wise and that it is not possible to participate in two events in the same block, so make your selections carefully. Please pay special attention to events that occur on multiple days (which is the case for most Bees), as participants who advance to the playoffs could have conflicts on the second day.

4. Each of the field trips can only be taken once.