Stover Pupils join the annual South West Inter-Schools Egg Race
10 Pupils from Year 9 at Stover School joined other schools from Devon and Cornwall to try and prove they were free range egg-heads when they took part in the South West Inter Schools Great Egg Race. They donned their Stover competition T-shirts and set off on Wednesday morning for Plymouth University.
The Great Egg Race, part of the National Science and Engineering Week, is designed to show pupils how interesting science and technology can be.
Eighteen teams from 15 schools across the region took part, and they only discovered this year’s theme and challenge requirements when they were briefed in the morning. The task was to build a self-powered vehicle to transport an egg as fast as possible from a standing start across a multi terrain course.
Each school was allowed 3 attempts to get their fastest time and prizes were awarded for the fastest 3 vehicles in ascending order.
The prizes – engraved cups and salvers – were then presented by Steve Edmonds, Deputy Technical Manager, School of Marine Science and Engineering, who organised the day.
Stover’s team 1 pupils came 5th with their vehicle travelling just short of the water on the course. The team 2 pupils went well on the first run but the lack of wheels meant that the second run had to be missed. A good team effort all round!
Team One
Heidi Chim, Harriet Wilson, Emily Egglestone, George O’Riely and Shane Freeman
Team Two
Katie Tradellius, Jake Williams, Ben Williams, James Dennis, Machaela Clark
