[chbot] New Zealand's DOMINATES THE WORLD AGAIN!

[Hanno Sander]

Congrats Chris and teams!
That's great news and wonderful experience for the kids.
Hanno

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Hamling <the.hamlings at xtra.co.nz>wrote:

> VEX Robotics World Championship WE WON again for the 4th time
>
> Hi All,
>
> Yes the CAPS LOCK in the title was intentional. We WON THE WORLDS again for
> the fourth time.
>
> We are world Champions. Onehunga High School won the Competition AND we won
> 3 of the 4 division championships.
>
> After a phenomenal effort by all our teams, New Zealand has proved that yet
> again we are the country to beat and that we are the most friendly country
> and liked by all. It is astounding how far above our weight we punch and
> how
> we are respected and liked by teams across the world.
>
> Johan Potgieter from Massey University was inducted into the VEX hall of
> fame as a volunteer of the year as was Massey University for winning the
> excellence Award in 2011.
>
> We also have agreed in principal to host the Asia pacific games in New
> Zealand in October this year with 120 teams coming to new Zealand to
> compete
> with around 40 teams from Australia. This means that we will host the
> biggest ever robotics competition in the Southern hemisphere. Lots of work
> but we enjoy work.
>
> Onehunga our world champions will arrive back in New Zealand on Tuesday the
> 24th on Virgin flight VA164 at 15:35 the rest of the New Zealand contingent
> arrive on Wednesday the 25th at 08:10 on Qantas QF 25. I am sure we will be
> able to gather all the teams for a fantastic welcome.
>
> We now can confidently say that we rule the world and have dominated the
> biggest and fastest growing robotics competition in the world.
>
> Results and awards that New  Zealand won at the 2012 Worlds
> School/University       Place   Award
>
>
>
> Onehunga High School    1st place       WORLD CHAMPIONS
> Otumoetai College               1st place       Mathematics Division
> Champions
> Lynfield College                1st place       Science Division Champions
> Onehungs High School    1st place       Engineering Division Champions
> Auckland University     1st place       Autodesk Inventor CAD Design
> Champions
> Kristin School          2nd Place       Website Design Challenge
>
> Pinehurst School                Community Award
> MAX Home School         Amaze Award
> Massey University               Build Award
> Free Range Robotics     Sportsmanship Award
> Johan Potgieter         Inducted into the VEX Hall of fame
> Auckland University     2nd Place       College Championship
>
>
>
>
>
> I would love to write more about the fantastic campaign the New Zealand
> teams have run but I have been told that New Zealand is now in party mode
> and we have something major to celebrate!
>
> Chris Hamling
> National Manager - Kiwibots
> c.hamling at vexrobotics.co.nz
> http://vexrobotics.co.nz
> mob: 021 664 176
> tel: 09 488 2300 x 708
> skype: chris.ham
>
>
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