For another year BCIT played a significant role in fostering robotics for BC secondary school students. On April 1st and 2nd 70 teams filled the gym at BCIT’s Burnaby, BC campus to compete in  Nothing But Net – this year’s VEX Robotics tournament.

Hundreds of students came from across BC, Alberta, and Washington State to participate in the Pacific Northwest Youth Robotics Competition.  Local media, as well as the BCIT Media program were out in force. Check out  the coverage:

CBC – High school students compete at BCIT Robotics Competition

The Province / The Vancouver Sun – B.C. students hope to rock ’em, sock ’em at global robotics tournament

BCIT Television and Video Production 

Delta, BC,  March 12, 2016 – BC secondary school students showed off their world class robotics design, driving, and competitive skills at the 2015-2016 BC Provincial Championships for VEX Robotics this weekend.

Teams from secondary schools across the province competed for a spot at the 2015-2106 World Championships.  The final match saw Team 9181B from Seaquam allied with 1039a from Highland and 2S from Gladstone  competing against  two more Gladstone teams – 2R and 2Z – and  6264D Shawnigan Lake School.  The Seaquam-Highland-Gladstone Alliance won the Tournament,  and all six team will be headed to Worlds.

Gladstone’s team 2R took the Excellence Award and won Programming skills for the event,  while 2Z from Gladstone received the Design Award.

Seaquam 9181B won Robot Skills, while Highland 1039A took the Amaze Award.

From West Vancouver,  Team 1010A from West Vancouver Seconary School took the Create Award,  while Collingwood’s 9594C  won the Judges Award.  Vancouver Technical Secondary’s Team 600R won the Build Award.

For complete competition results, check out RobotEvents 

 

We are excited to announce this year’s schedule.  The PYRS Season Opener will be held at Alpha Secondary on October 17th, closely followed by the Fall Qualifier at Fraser Heights Secondary in Surrey, BC.

For the full schedule, visit the Activities page.

And we’re off to another great year!

 

We are excited to announce this year’s schedule.  The PYRS Season Opener will be held at Coquitlam Secondary on November 2 and closely followed by the Fall Qualifier at McMath in Richmond, BC.

For the full schedule, visit the Activities page.

And we’re off to another great year!