[EricH]

I don't know anything official, but here's my two cents: If you can get a kit and get the challenge rules, you can put on an unofficial competition. At this point, US West Coast teams can't really do an official event because of being outside the area to do so. So, some of them are doing unofficial events with the same game. (Or, make up your own game!)

I highly doubt that you must be a rookie to be in FVC, particularly when you look at some of the profiles here on CD.