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Robot Rumble 2010

Thursday, 6th January 2011

On a very wintery Saturday 18th December Barnwell School braved the snow to take part in the 4th Stevenage Robot Rumble.

The team was made up of Jared Gregory, Michael Stephen, Tom Howe, Karl Newton and Daniel King.

Unfortunately for Barnwell, Marriotts School took the spoils alongside Hoddesdon’s John Warner School as they teamed up to win the fourth Hertfordshire Robot Rumble.

Despite wintery conditions and having to finish 2 hours early over 100 pupils took part in the MBDA-sponsored event following three months of design, development and build work by the teams, with the Stevenage business’ tech expert Malcolm Rush and Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland gave out the awards.

A total of 12 two-team robot alliances competed against each other at North

Herts College in a series of games involving donut-shaped rings and a knock-out phase to determine the winners, after receiving mentoring from MBDA graduate engineers.Our team impressed the judges so much they were given an award for Best Presentation, and received a special mention for their log book, while Hitchin Girls School picked up the Endeavour accolade.

Speaking after the event, Mr McPartland commended MBDA for its continuing support of industry and education projects and reflected on the growth of the Robot Rumble event over the past three years.