Rotary Technology Tournament 2011

Wed, Mar 16th 2011 at 12:00 am - 2:00 am

Rotary Technology Tournament 2011. What was it this year? Finding a way to bridge the Grand Canyon, or perhaps digging through to Australia? Schools from all over the county entered teams of 4 to compete in the 1-day challenge


To coincide with National Science Week we again ran the Technology Tournament. The venue was Weston Favell School.

The winners for 2011 were:

Category Winners School
Basic The Team Abbeyfield
Intermediate DT Dynamos N'pton High
Advanced Shadow Warrior Ninjas Sir Christopher Hatton
Teachers Team 1 ?

Hearty congratulations to everyone who took part. We hope to see representatives of your school at the 2012 event, which will be held on Wednesday 14th March. Check back here later for more details.

72 teams initially registered for 2011, from 25 schools, which are listed below, with links to their own websites:

List of participating schools
Abbeyfield School
Brooke Weston Academy
Campion School
Corby Business Academy No show
Duston School
Ferrers Specialist Arts College
Guilsborough School
Huxloe Science College
Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Kettering Science Academy
Kingsthorpe College
Lodge Park Technology College Pulled out
Magdalen College School
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Manor School & Sports College
Moulton School and Science College
Northampton Academy
Northampton High School
Sir Christopher Hatton School
Southfield School for Girls
Sponne School Tech College
Thomas Becket Catholic School Pulled out
Weavers School
Weston Favell School
Wollaston School

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Technology Tournament

back We are proud to have been the organisers of the annual Rotary Technology Tournament, open to teams from all secondary schools in Northamptonshire. Normally it ran on the Wednesday of National Science Week.