지난달 중순 뉴질랜드에서 첫 로봇올림피아드대회가 열렸습니다.
Year 2부터 Year 13까지 오클랜드의 다양한 학교에서 많은 학생들이 세계대회 출전권을 놓고 치열한 경쟁을 펼쳤습니다.
최종라운드에 진출한 학생들에게는 Certificate와 함께 세계대회 출전자 후보가 되는 영광을 차지했습니다.
현재 진행중인 30여개국의 각국 대회가 완료된 후, 각국에 세계대회 출전 쿼터가 배정되면, 뉴질랜드 대회 순위대로 쿼터가 배정됩니다.
각 종목 1-3위 학생들은 추가 퀴터에 관계없이 세계대회 출전권을 확보했습니다.
그 영광의 수상자들은 다음과 같습니다.
[Robot Soccer]
Gold: Peter Cheong (Kings College, Y9) / Hyun Seo Lee (Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, Y8)
Silver: Daniel Shin (Kings School, Y8) / Alvin Kim (Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, Y8) / Ray Kim (Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, Y8) / Junyoung Park (Auckland Normal Intermediate School, Y7)
Bronze: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13) / Minwoo Lee (Rangitoto College, Y12) / Jae Kim (Westlake Boys' High School, Y10) / Joey Sehan Back (Rangitoto College, Y9)
[Battle Cube]
Grand Prix: Chloe Park (Rangitoto College, Y11)
Junior - Lower Primary
Gold: Ji Hyeon Ahn (Forrest Hill Primary School, Y2)
Junior - Upper Primary
Gold: Paul Choi (Milford Primary School, Y5)
Silver: Eun Cheol Jeong (Takapuna Primary School, Y6)
Bronze: Charles Shen (Sherwood Primary School, Y5)
Challenge - Intermediate
Gold: Joey Sehan Back (Rangitoto College, Y9)
Silver: Henry Ma (Silverdale Primary School, Y7)
Bronze: Taewon Yun (Westlake Boys' High School, Y9)
Challenge - High School
Gold: Chloe Park (Rangitoto College, Y11)
Silver: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13)
Bronze: Zion Song (Westlake Boys' High School, Y12)
[Line Tracer]
Grand Prix: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13)
Junior - Lower Primary
Gold: Ji Hyeon Ahn (Forrest Hill Primary School, Y2)
Junior - Upper Primary
Gold: Hyunjoon Lee (Murrays Bay School, Y5)
Silver: Young Min Ko (Newmarket Primary School, Y5)
Bronze: Joel Lee (St. Mary's School, Y6)
Challenge - Intermediate
Gold: Taewon Yun (Westlake Boys' High School, Y9)
Silver: Daniel Shin (Kings School, Y8)
Bronze: Alvin Kim (Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, Y8)
Challenge - High School
Gold: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13)
Silver: Jae Kim (Westlake Boys' High School, Y10)
Bronze: Zion Song (Westlake Boys' High School, Y12)
[Creative Robot]
Grand Prix: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13)
Junior - Upper Primary
Gold: Young Min Ko (Newmarket Primary School, Y5) / Kevin Guo (Mairangi Bay School, Y5)
Bronze: Eun Cheol Jeong (Takapuna Primary School, Y6)
Challenge - Intermediate
Gold: Peter Cheong (Kings College, Y9)
Silver: Robert Han (Northcross Intermediate School, Y8)
Bronze: Daniel Shin (Kings School, Y8)
Challenge - High School
Gold: Daniel Kim (Rangitoto College, Y13)
Silver: Minwoo Lee (Rangitoto College, Y12)
Bronze: Jae Kim (Westlake Boys' High School, Y10)
다음은 이번 대회를 도와주신 한인 업체입니다.
Hi Well Charitable Foundation: 건강식품 / 임헌국 대표 (http://healthnewzealand.co.nz)
Future Insurance & Mortgage: 홈론,모기지,보험 / 정윤성 대표 (09-302-0365)
Sunny Chae (Barfoot & Thompson): Residential Sales / 써니채 대표 (027-4989-132)
NZ Sunday Times (일요신문): 언론,신문 / 이용우 대표 (ad@sundaytimes.co.nz)
CILab: 로봇교육,프로그래밍교육 / 김설희 대표 (021-124-7492 / nzcilab@gmail.com)
모든 참가 학생들에게 좋은 경험이었으리라 생각합니다.
대회를 관람해주신 분들, 도와주신 모든 분들께 감사드립니다.