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Roboteers Rewarded at Regionals
Shawnigan’s robotics program narrowly missed qualifying a team for the VEX World Championships, but still collected some impressive awards at the Regional Championships hosted by Brentwood College School last weekend. The School sent two teams to the event, and both posted what robotics instructor Dr. Ed Taylor called “amazing results” and brought home trophies.
The team of Kaho H., Eric H., Zoe C., Christian W., and John P. won a Judges Award, which recognizes attributes judges feel are deserving of special recognition. The judges commented that the team members were "very organized with their time management and had a clear understanding of the Engineering Design Process." The team made it to the quarter finals of the main competition.
The team of Tony Z., Justin T., Bella Z., and Aaron N. won the Create Award, which recognizes “a creative engineering design solution to one or more of the challenges of the competition." The team made it to the semifinals of the main competition.
Both Shawnigan teams were knocked out of the competition by teams that went on to qualify for the World Championships.
Shawnigan was hoping to continue its legacy of sending teams to the World Championships, as it has done in three of the previous five years, including 2023 and 2024. It wasn’t to be this time around, something Dr. Taylor attributed to the high calibre of competition in BC.
“This has been the toughest season in recent memory,” he said, “where only the most experienced and skilled roboteers could get close to creating a robot to take part in the competition, let alone win skills competitions or make it all the way to the final in a tournament.”
Of the 11 roboteers who went to provincials, three are in Grade 12 this year, five are in Grade 11, and one is in Grade 10, so the program has a bright future.
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