Onehunga High School win the World Championships.

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 24^th 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.

Upcoming Special Events

This year we will be holding several special events and offering scholarships.

Go to the special event page to register you interest in these events.

2012

Nationals

 Lynfield College dominate the Nationals

The final was played between the 1st and 3rd ranked alliances. The red alliance, made up of 720P (aMAX), 2921 (Free Range Robotics) and 2911A (Binary Blitz), faced off with the blue alliance made up entirely of Lynfield College Robotics teams – 2915A, 2915B and 2915S.

The final proved to be an extremely intense affair, with the first match resulting in a 26-all tie, surprising many who had thought that the red alliance had locked in the win. The second match turned that expectation on its head, with the blue alliance winning by a substantial margin, with 2915S playing who was at his first NZ Nationals ever. The intensity continued in the third match, but the Lynfield blue alliance was able to carry through the momentum gained in their previous match. They were crowned the 2012 New Zealand VEX Robotics National Champions. Lynfield College’s 2915A also set a highly impressive Robot Skills score of 41 and they were awarded the Robot Skills Champions, as well as 2915C scoring 26 in Programming Skills. Finally, 2915A was also awarded the Excellence Award, rounding off a very successful 2011-2012 campaign. Congratulations to Lynfield College for a very successful performance at nationals, with all four teams qualified for worlds!

AURA

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