Youth Technician's Tournament

The Young Technician Tournament is open to local schools and colleges.

Students have to work together to solve a particular and previously unseen task aimed at testing their mental and physical dexterity. Tournaments are a challenging but enjoyable experience for all participants. It’s an interesting and fun day out which tests the knowledge, ingenuity, innovation, application and manual skills of the team members and their ability to work as a teams. It is designed to challenge design, develop, build and test a solution to an unknown technical challenge, using materials supplied, against the clock, in a one-day event which takes place at the Scarborough Rugby Club.

The task(s) are consistent with the requirements of the national curriculum and its execution develops team building, communication skills, planning and time management, as well as solving a design and technology problem.

There are three age categories for team members; Foundation (11-14) Intermediate (15-16) and Advanced (16+). The degree of complexity of the task is increased at each age level. Teachers are very complimentary about what the students get out of it and how it integrates into the academic curriculum.

Interested then contact David Grisdale: grisdale331@btinternet.com