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

[Michael Pearce]

Congratulations,

One of my Co-workers was one of the Judges and mentioned the NZ teams did well.

Mike

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Hanno Sander <hanno at mydancebot.com> wrote:
> 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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