Students earn a global victory - The Worcester Observer

Students earn a global victory

Worcester Editorial 1st Jul, 2015 Updated: 19th Oct, 2016   0

A GROUP of secondary school students have brought home a trophy from an international Jaguar competition.

The Kings School entered the Land Rover 4×4 In Schools World Final with their team Vertical Horizon and claimed first prize at the award ceremony at Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Wednesday (June 24).

Team members Ben Weaver, Ed Ashton, Tom Kelly and James Robins entered their scale model of 4×4 Land Rover, called the VH Explorer, and competed against 15 countries. The 16-year-olds impressed the judges with their excellent performance on the driving challenge. This involved manoeuvring around a track and its obstacles, including a rope bridge, water dip and rock crawl.

Team leader, Ben Weaver, said: “I’m delighted we won, it’s beyond anything we dreamed of. I think we were successful thanks to 1,000 hours of hard graft, team work and perseverance as well as attention to detail. We also developed a unique suspension and focused on quality craftsmanship, engineering and design throughout the project.




“As a result of the Challenge, we are all now inspired to become engineers. It’s been a great experience and we prove that if you put the effort in, you can succeed.”

Teacher, Eric Lummas, added, “I’m extremely proud of the team. They have worked very hard to achieve success including lots of work outside school. The Challenge has helped them strengthen key skills such as team working, problem solving and communication which will help them when they enter the world of work. The competition is a great opportunity for young people and I’d highly recommend it to other schools and students.”


The team also won an Arkwright scholarship from Land Rover, a £1,000 scholarship for Harper Adams University.

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