Priory Rotary Hold Competitions for Local School Children

Honours shared at Technology Tournament

18 teams from four secondary schools took part in the 7th technology tournament organised by the Priory Rotary club of King’s Lynn and sponsored by Recipharm on 14th November at King’s Lynn Academy.

The teams of 4 students in 3 age group categories had to construct a vehicle capable of crossing a deep river using a suspended cable. They all found the task challenging but in the end most teams produced vehicles which met the requirements. In the older age groups there were additional requirements including the ability to unload and reverse. In the Senior category, for students from years 12 and 13 the winning team was from King Edward VII Academy and the runners up were from Springwood High Schoool. In the Intermediate category for years 10 and 11 the winning team was from Smithdon High School and the runners up from Springwood, and in the Foundation Category for years 7-9 teams King’s Lynn Academy were both winners and runners up.

The awards were presented by Tony Mallett of Product Engineering from Recipharm. Darren Hodkinson, Site Director for Recipharm commented that the company was delighted to be able to sponsor the event again. He added that the challenges of working together as a team to build something and make it work were really important to companies like Recipharm and he hoped everyone had enjoyed taking part and learnt something useful from it.

Paul Batterham, President of Priory Rotary Club said that he was pleased that it had been possible to hold the event again and that schools had been able to make time to take part in their very demanding schedules.