Training
and hard work has returned awards and pride for our amazing and dedicated HPV
Teams. Our 8 teams all showed wonderful comradery and spirit not only at the
event but also in the months prior to the challenge unfolding. Working behind
the scenes was our College community, parents, teachers and friends all
supporting and bolstering the teams moral, with such strong backbones it is no
wonder our St Mary’s teams prevailed!
Spotted
on the sidelines cheering for the speeding HPV’s was our Mayor George Seymour,
he mentioned being keen to see how St Marys finished – we are sure he would not
be disappointed with our results! Also cheering on the barriers were many St
Marys friends and family, thank you to all supporters, together every bit of
cheer helped our teams.
Our “No
Worries” Open Boys were in front from the beginning gaining a pole position in
the starting line-up, their enthusiasm never wavered with an eye on the finish
line. After 24 hours and 498 laps they were still in the lead crossing
the finishing line as overall winners. This is a huge achievement for the
team and a clear return on their investment of time and dedication to training
consistently through the last 12 months. “Cyclonics” were a step behind
in 3rd place. The Open Girls “Fireflies” and Open Mixed “Scorpions” powering
through-out the night to a strong 2nd place in each of their categories. The
Junior Girls “Cyclopedias” in their second year of racing achieved 3rd
place. All our teams achieved enviable results with-in the pool of 131
teams from across Australia competing in this year’s HPV Challenge.
Former SMC
students also played a key role in the success of this event. Lachlan
Waldock managed our highly successful “No Worries” team while past students
Geoffrey Marshall, Mikeely Waldock, Jessica Pitt, and Molly Pitt took on
race marshalling duties.
The St
Mary’s Drone and Robotics teams had dedicated many hours of their own time in
Lunch breaks and after school to build and practice for the Technology
Challenges. The results speak for themselves, The Drone entries took the podium
for St Mary’s and our Robotics Teams fought for 5th and 15th in a very
technical challenge.
Overall
our School was well represented throughout the weekend, all students, staff and
parents/helpers can be applauded for showing true St Mary’s spirit. What a
wonderful event for our College to participate in each year with pride.
Drone – Rescue Challenge Results
St
Mary’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
Robotics Challenge Results
St
Mary’s 5th Place and 15th Place
Human Powered Vehicles Challenge Results
Open
Boys - 1st No Worries, 3rd - Cyclonics
Open
Girls - 2nd Fireflies
Open
Mixed - 2nd Scorpions, Inertia 10th, Revved Up 19th
Junior
Girls - 3rd Cyclopedias
Junior
Boys - 5th Wildfire
