St Clare's College in Griffith a hosted its first a regional VEX Robotics scrimmage in term 4 attracting teams from Canberra, Goulburn and Moss Vale. Prior to the event students had been practicing their set up of fields and running the Tournament Manager software required to control the autonomous section of the competition and the driver controlled robots.   

The VEX IQ is aimed at primary to middle school students and requires them to make a robot, primarily from plastic components, and drive it by remote control. VEX EDR is for high school students to design and build a robot with metal components that will solve a particular game. Both systems require students to use engineering and design concepts to brainstorm, build, test and drive their robot to solve the game. The great aspect about the competition is the mentoring and collaboration required. Each game requires two teams working in an alliance to gain a maximum score. Teams cannot win alone.

Students from St Clare's College placed first in alliance for the VEX IQ Challenge and the Senior team took out the Design Award for their robot.

Successful events like this would not be possible without the enthusiasm and preparation of the students and the support of College staff to host the event.