Knox shines at NSW VEX Robotics State Championships

Senior Highlights

In the High School Division, ‘1940A High-Q’ qualified for the elimination rounds as the top seed and continued their qualifications form all the way through to the finals, rewardingly being declared Tournament Champions.

In addition to the Tournament Champions award, they also took out the top award for Excellence. The Excellence Award recognises the one team throughout the tournament who is strong in every award category and possesses the best all-around skills.

Staying in the High School Division, ‘78887B Knox Knights’ also went through to the Nationals with strong overall performance throughout the tournament, punctuated by their Tournament Finalist Award.

Whilst ‘1940C Burnout’ fell short in the elimination rounds, they have also earned the right to travel to Adelaide through their work throughout the various qualification tournaments held through the year, culminating in them receiving the Create Award at the State Championships.

In the Middle School Division, Knox were well represented by both ‘1940B Axis’ and ‘1940D’.

‘1940B Axis’ qualified as the second seed after qualification rounds, and never looked back during the elimination rounds, facing opposition teams with courage and earning the Tournament Champions Award. Their strategy and robot building skills really shone through on the day, and they will be a force to be reckoned with in Adelaide.

Our final team to be travelling to Adelaide with an automatic qualification spot is ‘1940D’. The School's youngest team showed that age is no barrier, by not only performing well throughout both qualification and elimination matches, but also earning the highly prestigious Design Award. The Design Award recognises the team with the best engineering notebook and team interview. Well deserved!

Prep Highlights

Team 2076E ‘Soggy Syntax’ earned three prestigious awards (Teamwork Champion, Design Award, and Robot Skills Champion) while achieving a remarkable 235-point high score and advancing to the finals. Their individual skills score of 294 means the team is currently ranked first in Australia. They have triple-qualified for the Australian National Championship hosted in Adelaide in December.

Finals Qualifiers: Six Knox Prep teams advanced to the finals: Elementary Teams ‘R2-D2’ and ‘Cyberstorm’, and Middle School teams ‘Soggy Syntax’, Atom’, ‘Everybody Do Da Flop’ and ‘Negative Four’.

Award Winners: Beyond the finals qualifiers, Elementary Team ‘Cyberstorm’ received the Build Award, and Middle School Team ‘Negative Four earned the Judges Award.

We wish all our teams travelling to Adelaide the best of luck!