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Youth Robotics Results

Top honours at the 9th Annual Oxford Invitational Youth Robotics Challenge went to Dorchester.

WOODSTOCK - The Oxford Invitational Youth Robotics Challenge was held in Woodstock Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty teams from eighteen schools participated in the event where students were challenged to assemble a robot that can manoeuvre around a track while identifying colours and dropping the correct colour part into a station.

This year's top honour went to the Beavertronics of Lord Dorchester Secondary School.

Each team has a sponsor and mentor from a local business/manufacturer.  The Beavertronics were sponsored by Execulink Telecom and have Michael Keenan as their mentor.

The winning team receives a platinum award level -- there is also gold, silver and bronze.  The teams are judged and graded on the piece they created and how affective it is.

The gold award teams were:
Rehoboth Christian School - iBot Colour Sorter X-Treme
Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School - Bronco Bots
Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School - Troll Bots
Westminster Secondary School - Botcats

Silvers were awarded to:
Ecole secondaire Notre-Dame - F.O.N.D.E.V.3
Glendale High School - Team Glendale
Rehoboth Christian School - Fast Track
St. Mary's Catholic High School - Robot Warriors
Woodstock Collegiate Institute - White Devils

Bronze levels went to:
College Ave Secondary School - CASS Electro-Knights
East Elgin Secondary School
Ecole secondaire Monseigneur-Bruyere - ESMB1
Huron Park Secondary School - Huron Park Cyber-Huskies
Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute - Blue Bombers Robotics
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School - RamFerno
South Collegiate Institute
W.D. Sutton School/Genest Centre - S.Y.N.C.
Woodstock Collegiate Institute - Red Devils

**Glencoe District High School were unable to attend the event**

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