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

[Hanno Sander]

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the invite, I'll head out there for one of the next sessions.
 The 12Blocks language I developed for educational robots was used by
several of the FTC teams to program their robots, including the 4th place
finisher so that's almost another NZ trophy!
Hanno

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Chris Hamling <the.hamlings at xtra.co.nz>wrote:

> Thanks Hanno,****
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> We had the Head Boy from Linfield College with us so Canterbury was
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> Please feel free to come to any of the get togethers at Tait Electronics
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> http://www.vexrobotics.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=26)
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> Chris****
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> *From:* chchrobotics-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz [mailto:
> chchrobotics-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Hanno Sander
> *Sent:* Sunday, 29 April 2012 4:18 p.m.
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> *To:* Christchurch Robotics
> *Subject:* Re: [chbot] New Zealand's DOMINATES THE WORLD AGAIN!****
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> Congrats Chris and teams!****
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> That's great news and wonderful experience for the kids.****
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> Hanno****
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> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Hamling <the.hamlings at xtra.co.nz>
> wrote:****
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> VEX Robotics World Championship WE WON again for the 4th time
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> Hi All,
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> Yes the CAPS LOCK in the title was intentional. We WON THE WORLDS again for
> the fourth time.
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> We are world Champions. Onehunga High School won the Competition AND we won
> 3 of the 4 division championships.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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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