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THE DORSET ROTARY SPONSORED TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENTS


design problems. Enthusiasm was in abundance, and we look forward to holding the tournament again next year.”


the tournament organised by Poole Rotary said: “It is really encouraging to see that Rotary organizes such an interesting event which gives such a great opportunity for students to develop their skills in both practical work and team building in the key science and technology field." She added: “A big thanks to Rotary for their inspirational work in this area.”


Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers told the students about technological opportunities in the armed forces.


• Pupils on the test rig overlooked by head judge Rtn David Marsh.


tournaments took place at the Collegiate School, Bournemouth on March 9th and Parkstone Grammar School, Poole on March 12th, involving 230 students from 20 secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Ringwood plus Bournemouth & Poole College.


was supported by BAE Systems of Christchurch, Marden Edwards of Wimborne and Aerotek Aviation Engineering of Poole. It provided a day out for teams of 4 students with an interest in engineering, design, technology and science careers.


testing of a model vehicle to travel along, and move debris along a pipeline, all within a specific time frame. The complexity of the task increased from Foundation level, through Intermediate level to Advanced level.


operated motors and other materials including pulleys, wheels, wooden dowels, card and straws, with plastic guttering test rigs provided by Marden Edwards.


Twynham School, said: “The organisation was, as ever, superb and the level of challenge from KS3 to KS5 was spot on. It was great to see so much collaborative work, problem solving, testing and modification happening, not just from our students but from every competitor.” Tournament team leader David Chrichton of Bournemouth Rotary said: “This was a very positive day, with a large number of teenagers engaging in solving engineering and


6 ROTARY WESSEX NEWS I ISSUE 21 I SUMMER 2017 Tim Aston, head of Resistant Materials at The constructions were built using battery The task involved the design, construction and The tournament, organised by Dorset Rotary, The Dorset Rotary sponsored technology


Technology Tournamant’ that has been organised by a small committee of members from each of the three Clubs, while for the Bournemouth Clubs this was their fourth tournament.


The winners of the advanced task (KS5) were a team from Twynham School. Intermediate winners (KS4) were a team from The Grange School, and a team from Ringwood School won the foundation category (KS3).


a combined team from Poole Grammar School & Bournemouth & Poole College. The winners of the intermediate task (KS4) were a combined team from Lytchett Minster School and St Aldhelms Academy, while a combined team from Parkstone Grammar School & the Swanage School won the foundation category (KS3).


Poole results: The advanced task winners were Bournemouth, Christchurch & Ringwood results: For Rotary in Poole, this was the seventh ‘Rotary While judging took place a team from the Army's The Mayor of Poole Cllr Xena Dion, who attended


• Pupils from Twynham School, winners of the Key Stage 5 tech challenge, (L-R) Will Mondon, Ben van-Bommel, Abi Cawley and Bradley Homer.


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