821 Ste-Croix, St-Laurent QC H4L 3X9 Tel: 514.744.7500 Fax: For514.744.7505 Immedia te Release [email protected] www.vaniercollege.qc.ca VANIER NEWS RELEASE CÉGEP / COLLEGE 821 Ste-Croix, Montréal QC H4L 3X9 Tel: 514.744.7500 Fax: 514.744.7505 [email protected] www.vaniercollege.qc.ca Robots lift, push, pile and build their way to the top at the 13th Annual CRC Robotics Competition Montreal, February 28, 2014. It was noisy, chaotic, riveting and fun as 700 keen and driven students and their robots pushed, lifted and rolled their way to success at the 13th Annual CRC Robotics Competition, February 20 to 22, 2014. Thirty-one teams from twenty-eight high schools and Cegeps participated in a roof-raising competition that is one of the liveliest and most entertaining high tech contests around. "The Robotics Competition is a great event,” said Vanier organizer Stephen Newbigging. “It’s always amazing to see what the teams come up with in terms of their robots and their kiosks. The sky is the limit, or in the case of MacDonald High School, which always has an imaginative approach to the competition, the roof of the Sports Complex was the limit with a kiosk that was almost twenty feet high!” Organizers were thrilled with this year’s entries and impressed with the kind of cooperation demonstrated between the competing schools and the teamwork among the participants. Everywhere you looked there was a flurry of activity: teams were assembling and hosting their kiosks, groups of students huddled over their robots, going back and forth between their creation and a tool box, making final adjustments before the heats; others were carrying their prize robot onto the playing field. The air cracked with excitement, imagination and creativity. This year it was Collège Montmorency that won the Overall Champion Trophy - best combined score in all categories. The other Overall Awards finalists with the highest combined score in all categories were: 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Macdonald High School Best Rookie (highest rank among schools in their first year of participation): Centennial Regional High School In all, eighteen schools won awards in ten categories. But every team that came to the competition with working robot, learned an immeasurable amount, had an exhilarating experience, and made lasting bonds and friendships. They all went home winners. Planning will soon begin for next year’s competition. The CRC is open to any school who wants to join, and CRC representatives are available to visit schools, to give live robotics demonstrations and to get students interested in forming a team and joining the fun. The CRC Robotics Competition is unique because it’s the only robotics competition where all the work is done exclusively by students who must build a robot and a kiosk, as well as make a video and design a website, in both French and English. Teachers, students, and school administrators who would like more information on participating in the CRC Robotics Competition or for sponsorship, mentorship and volunteering opportunities, please contact Jean Philippe Gélinas [email protected] or Simon Marcoux 514-805-6958. News Release VANIER CÉGEP / COLLEGE Complete results from the 13th annual CRC Robotics Competition are as follows: Overall Champion Trophy (best combined score in all categories): Collège Montmorency Overall awards (finalists with the highest combined score in all categories): 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Macdonald High School Best Rookie (highest rank among schools in their first year of participation): Centennial Regional High School Game (team whose robot won the finals of this year's game, and the 5 other teams' robots that were in the finals): 1st: (Game Champion): Collège Montmorency 2nd: Lower Canada College 3rd: Dawson College Tie for 4th: Macdonald High School and Collège Bois-de-Boulogne Team 1 6th: Collège Bois-de-Boulogne Team 2 Video (Junior) (best videos produced by the junior teams): 1st: Macdonald High School 2nd: Bishop’s College School 3rd and best rookie: Centennial Regional High School Video (Senior) (best videos produced by the senior teams): 1st: Collège Bois-de-Boulogne Team 2 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Collège Bois-de-Boulogne Team 1 Web Site Design (Junior) (best Web Site Design produced by junior teams): 1st: West Island College 2nd: Lower Canada College 3rd: Centennial Regional High School Web Site Design (Senior) (best Web Site Design produced by senior teams): 1st: Marianopolis College 2nd: École d'éducation internationale de Laval 3rd: Dawson College Best Rookie: Cégep Gérald-Godin Online-Journal (Junior) (best online journal by a junior team, written in both English and French) 1st: Macdonald High School 2nd: Lower Canada College 3rd: Collège Sainte-Marcelline Online-Journal (Senior) (best online journal by a senior team, written in both English and French) 1st: Marianopolis College 2nd: Collège Montmorency 3rd and best rookie: Cégep Gérald-Godin Kiosk (Junior) (best Kiosk presentations by a junior team): News Release VANIER CÉGEP / COLLEGE 1st: Macdonald High School 2nd and best rookie: Centennial Regional High School 3rd: Bishop’s College School Kiosk (Senior) (best Kiosk presentations by a senior team): 1st: Collège Laval 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Collège Montmorency Best Robot Design Concept (Junior): 1st: Centennial Academy 2nd: Macdonald High School 3rd: Collège Sainte-Marcelline Best Robot Design Concept (Senior): 1st: Collège Montmorency 2nd: École d'éducation internationale de Laval 3rd: Marianopolis College Best Rookie: Cégep Gérald-Godin Best Robot Construction (Junior): 1st: Macdonald High School 2nd: Centennial Academy 3rdand best rookie: Centennial Regional High School Best Robot Construction (Senior): 1st: École d'éducation internationale de Laval 2nd: Collège Montmorency 3rd: Marianopolis College Sportsmanship (team that demonstrates the most sportsmanship throughout the competition, as voted on by the participating teams), presented by Bishop’s University: 1st: Collège Montmorency 2nd and best rookie: Centennial Regional High School 3rd: Macdonald High School Programming Competition (best performance in the autonomous task challenge): 1st: Collège Montmorency 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Macdonald High School Best Rookie: Collège Notre-Dame Never Say Die / Lâche pas la patate Trophy (team that struggles but refuses to give up): Pearson Electrotechnology Centre Best Tutorial Winner: Vanier College Congratulations once again to all the schools that took part in this year’s competition for their outstanding participation. News Release VANIER CÉGEP / COLLEGE List of participating Schools 2014: Bialik High School Dawson College Bishop's College School LaurenHill Academy Cégep Gérald Godin Laval Liberty High School Lester B. Pearson High School Cégep Vanier College Lower Canada College Centennial Academy Macdonald High School Centennial Regional High School Marianopolis College Collège d’Anjou Pearson Electrotechnology Center Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne #1 Rosemount Technology Centre Collège Bois-de-Boulogne #2 Royal West Academy Collège Laval Selwyn House School St. George’s School of Montreal #1 Collège Montmorency St. George’s School of Montreal #2 Collège Notre-Dame St. George’s School of Montreal #3 Collège Sainte-Marcelline West Island College École secondaire Curé-Antoine-Labelle École d'éducation internationale de Laval Lake of Two Mountains High School -30- For information please contact: Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications Officer Telephone: 514-744-7500 ext. 7596 [email protected] .