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14 The Link Magazine • April 2006

THE Robotics team heading for Euro championships
Ten Swindon youngsters aged between 10 and 15 have been invited to the first ever Lego League Open
European Championship in the Netherlands in May.
The SHELL (Swindon Home youngsters made a good presenta- Golden M Construction and Solo
Education Liberty Lego) team ap- tion on the technical design of their Home Improvements. Carol Anne
CARPETS & FLOORING peared in January's Link as they robot and the effort put into pre- Cooper of Brain Gym® has also
Carpets : Vinyls : Wood Laminate prepared for the national finals, paring that presentation and re- worked on team building with the
Entrance Matting : Flotex : Remnants Competing against 23 teams from building the robot since the Swin- youngsters.
Stair Runners : Tiles schools all over England and one don heat bore fruit. This is the first But more sponsors are needed.
Underlays & Accessories from Azerbaijan, they took the time the group had taken part in Team mentor Susan Davies said,
award for robot design. They are the competition and are very "wearestilllookingformoreback-
one of three UK teams invited to happy to have done so well." ing, as it will cost in the region of
attend the European competition. With none of the funding avail- £3,000 for the team travel, accom-
Team mentor, Shena Deuchars, able to a school team, the home modation and entry fee."
said that during the UK finals,their educators have been grateful for To assist the SHELL robotics
robot did not perform as well as it support from Quantum Plus, team call Susan on 01666 510217.
had in the Swindon heat. "The
The SHELL team at the UK finals zuithLouise Brady of BBCI's Trading UP and
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