District 1040 Schools Technology Competition March 2011 Leeds City College Team 1 Winners of the Advanced Section

The things I do for charity! Rotary Leprechaun collecting for Marie Curie 6th March 2010

Past President Ernest Kirkby, Pres. Monty Reid and Peter & Carol Spratt presenting a cheque for £1380 to "Get a Life". The money is the proceeds of the wonderful concert, performed by members of Leeds Grammar School at the Clothworkers' Concert Hall, which Ernest had so ably organised.

Your not the only one prepared to dress up for charity. Collecting for Club Charities

RECENT EVENTS

For the fifth year running, teams from Leeds schools participated in the Tournament run by the Leeds Rotary Clubs. This took place at the John Charles Stadium, South Leeds, on Tuesday 8th March. The event was attended by both the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor James McKenna, (who encouraged all the teams) and Rotarian Roger Percival, the Rotary District 1040 Governor.

The teams had to tackle a Task of which they were unaware until being confronted at the start of the day. This Task was to design, develop, build and test a model crane capable of recovering a ‘dangerous radioactive container' from a ‘rail crash'. The container had to be removed from the rail truck on the crash site and moved to safety. In the Intermediate and Advanced tasks, they had traverse under a low bridge. The Advanced teams had also to automatically uncouple the container.

The crane had to be made from limited resources, such as strips of wood, dowel, wire, cardboard, glue, string etc. The teams had to produce a ‘portfolio' documenting their ideas, designs, test results etc. The judges were Rotarians and Industrialists with backgrounds in engineering, technology and education.

Prizes were presented by Past Assistant Governor, Erwin Goldstein (who pioneered the Leeds event), for the best project in each of the three categories - Basic, Intermediate and Advanced - won respectively by Roundhay School, Ralph Thoresby School and Leeds City College (Team 1). A prize was also awarded to the students who developed the most innovative design, even though this proved not to be the most practical or successful. This prize was won by the basic team from Temple Moor School.

Christmas lunch was held on 13th December at Devonshire Hall. Many guests attended and we were entertained by the Chapeltown Community Khoral.

Tuesday 20th December Quiz with substantial prize for winning team Venue Headingley Golf Club

!2 noon for 12:30 . . . . . .CONTACT Cliff Beddows/Drew Dodds

Saturday 17th December Sainsburys Collection for our Four Regular Charities