VNation are off to the UK National Championship! 

VNATION won the field competition through a dominant display alongside their alliance partner Something’s Gone Wrong from Denstone College, so they ended yesterday’s competition as the Winning Alliance. 

After four years of tireless effort, perseverance and determination, they finally took home the Inspire Award! 

This is the big one, the one that all teams aspire to one day achieve, and they have been determined to win this award for the four years that some of them have been part of the team. It just goes to show how far an indefatigable spirit can carry you if you’re willing to put in the work for it! It means especially a lot this year because founding members Oscar and Angela are off to university in September and they finally achieved their goal before they head out into the world of adulthood! They won a human sized banner to celebrate, and it was lovely to see Angela excitedly running around the field with the banner around her shoulders like a cape! We’re not done yet though – there’s a bigger goal to aim for.

Team Sirius Robotics also made the school proud! They fought hard this week to make improvements to their robot, and made it to the playoffs! At the end of the day, they won the Think Award for their engineering portfolio and application of knowledge to their robot. 

VNATION will be off to the Copper Box Arena at the Olympic Park in London on 21st & 22nd April to compete for a national award. Lots to do between now and then, and very little time to do it. 

We’d also like to commend the attending teams from Denstone College, Thomas Alleyne’s High School, Newcastle Academy, The Hart School, Mary Webb School & Science College and Cheadle Hulme High School for their great performance on the day and the awards that many of their teams also took home. 

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