May 12, 2005

TEAM WORK Canada Crowns 2005 / 2006

F1 IN SCHOOLS National Champions

Post Event Media RELEASE

 

Team Phoenix, from Woburn CI in Scarborough Ontario, was crowned ‘F1 in Schools’ Canadian National champions at the recent finals.

 

High school F1Teams from across Canada recently competed in the first F1 in Schools Technology Challenge. F1 IN SCHOOLS is a unique technology challenge that involves the construction of a 1/20th-scale CO2 Formula One (F1) racing car out of balsa wood using Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing technologies and a CNC router. This standards-based challenge seeks to raise the profile of engineering among young people and give them access to the latest technology in the engineering and manufacturing world.

A team of students work together to design, analyze, make, test, and race their car. Just like the real world they must incorporate marketing and seek sponsors to compete regionally, nationally, and internationally.

 

Team Phoenix will go on to compete in the next Worlds competition being held in Australia in March 2007.

This years worlds event was held in Birmingham England where 17 countries competed for the title of best F1 in Schools team. Here the Stingers team, from Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne, were crowned ‘F1 in Schools’ world champions. Among other prizes each student was awarded an automotive engineering scholarship at The City University, London – worth a total of over $600,000.

Launched in Britain in 2000, F1 in Schools now covers the world and the initiative is acknowledged as highlighting some of the finest design and engineering minds of the teen generation, including potential future Formula One design stars. Recently F1 in Schools landed a major coup when founder and chairman Andrew Denford secured the official blessing of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

In addition to ITV-F1 commentator James Allen, who has been involved since the beginning, five of F1’s brightest technical brains have signed up as patrons of the scheme.

Renault’s Pat Symonds recently joined Ferrari’s Ross Brawn, Toyota’s Mike Gascoyne, Williams’ Sam Michael and Honda’s Geoff Willis by pledging his support.

The F1 IN SCHOOLS Challenge is supported by a worldwide network of companies including its founding partners — Denford, Inc.; Jaguar Inc.; BAE Systems Inc.; and Pitsco, Inc.—and its Canadian sponsors, Electrolab Training Systems, Kidder Technologies, Mastercam, Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE).

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or for further information on the F1 in schools Technology Challenge, please contact Paul Riddell, Director of Development, TeamWork Canada Inc.

Back Ground

 

TEAM WORK Canada is a non-profit organization supporting international school-to-work initiatives in Canadian education.
 A board of directors compiled from various educational backgrounds combine their many years of experience to promote the development of technology skills in our youth.


“T.E.A.M.” stands for Teens using Engineering and Academics for Manufacturing. We believe it is important to combine academics with technical skills to achieve world-class advancements in the Canadian workforce.

 

“WORK” relates to ‘school-to-work’ and better preparing our students for work whether they continue to post secondary education or go directly to work. Combined, TEAM and WORK illustrates the importance of working together and to mirror real-world situations.
Our first initiative is the F1 IN SCHOOLS CAD/CAM Design Challenge. Our goal is to bring the same level of success this program has had in the U.K. and around the world to Canadian schools. 

NATIONAL FINALS