Posted on October 16, 2011, Sunday
CHAMPION: Rosnani (third right) with the winning team for the fastest car award in the F1 In Schools Technology Challenge 2011 at Boulevard Shopping Centre.
MIRI: Blitz Syndrome II of SMK Batu Lintang, Kuching won the fastest car award in the Sarawak F1 In Schools Technology Challenge 2011.
A total of six teams from three schools vied for various awards and the honour to represent the state in next month’s national-level seventh F1 In Schools Technology Challenge 2011 in Kuala Lumpur.
“We will improve on the design of the model car at the national-level F1 In Schools competition,” said the school’s teacher-in-charge Joshua Buncha after its second team Blitz Syndrome II won the fastest car award for the F1 In Schools Technology Challenge 2011 at Boulevard Shopping Centre yesterday.
The winning car nicknamed R1 by team members achieved the best time of 1.095 seconds, beating the next closest rivals from SM Sains Kuching with 1.209 seconds and 1.225 seconds.
Two competing cars raced along a dual 20-metre track, using carbon dioxide gas propulsion from a canister attached to their rear, and the race finished in the blink of an eye. Blitz Syndrome II also emerged second with 207 points to qualify for one of two places to represent Sarawak at the national-level challenge.
“We will have to send the same team members to the national-level meet.
“If any team member is unable to go, we must apply for a replacement member for the organisers in KL,” he said.
The school’s second team, Blitz Syndrome II, themed ‘Storming The Track’ in orange-and-black uniforms in keeping with their orange-coloured model cars, comprised team leader-cum-resource manager Megan Aren Jecky, design engineer Elisha Jolly, graphic designer Ray Houston and manufacturing engineer Christopher Tan.
Meanwhile, the school’s first team, Blitz Syndrome I won awards for Best Innovative Thinking and Best Pit Display.
The Miri Education Department officer Rosnani Yunus presented awards to the top three overall winners and nine subsidiary awards.
The overall champion is Red Katana of SM Sains Kuching (SMS) with 219 points, while third place went to Thunder Swift Infinite of SMS with 206 points.
The other awards were Best Team Presentation which went to Thunder Swift Infinite of SMS; Best Team Identity (Red Katana, SMS); Best Portfolio (Thunder Swift Infinite, SMS); Best Verbal Presentation (Carina Cynthia Candder, Thunder Swift Infinite, SMS); Best Team Trainer (Noor Azha Midun, SMS) and Best Engineered Car (Red Katana, SMS).
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