Fylde coast school wins big at annual Rotary Lytham and BAE Systems technology tournament
AKS Lytham clinched double honours as 35 teams from 10 schools and colleges took part in the annual technology tournament hosted by Rotary Lytham and BAE Systems.
The competition at St Annes YMCA is split into three levels for different school ages - Foundation, Intermediate, and Advanced - and the teams were given the resources to design and build a “pipe mole”.
The mole had to be designed by the competitors to travel along a pipe to clear debris (Foundation level); to clear debris and return (Intermediate) and to collect debris and bring it back (Advanced).
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AKS won the Foundation and Intermediate sections, with St Bede’s, Lytham and Hodgson School and Poulton second respectively, while the Advanced section honours went to Blackpool and the Fylde College, with Blackpool Sixth second.
Leading the judges was David Eves who has been the chief judge for the event over the last 20 years and in recognition of all those years’ service, Rotary District Governor John Edwards presented David with the prestigious Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship.
Joining the judging team this year was Alex Cooke of BAE Systems who attended the competition numerous times as a student before getting his current role at the aerospace giant which has a base at Warton.
The Mayor of Fylde, Coun Frank Andrews, presented the successful teams their certificates and trophies and praised the students for their efforts.