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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