On Thursday, Feb 21 the Eden Flyers made the trip to the beautful city of Waterloo, Ontario for the Provinical Cardboard Competition. After arriving bright and early, your Eden Flyers put the pressure on and started to build. All three Eden teams dealt amazingly well with the added obstacle. They would have to cut away 8 squared feet of cardboard. Instead of using sheets 8 X 4, your Flyers had to use 8 X 3 sheets. Despite the added dilema, the teams handed in amazing designs. It was then time to build! After two hours of hard work it was time to put the boats to the test. Eden #2's paddler, Trevor Huizinga set a blazing pace of 12.45 seconds to finish first in the speed portion. But after some miscommunication between the remaining 3 members (Tess Hunter, Ashley Waugh, & Mackenzie Wiens) the boat was unable to hold any weight. In the next heat Eden #8 was commended on their heart. Even after their boat was totally sumberged; paddler Connor Jakobshuk swam it in to the end. Despite the great design, the boat was disqualified and Kara Emberson, Paige Schappert or Mikaela Reschke were unable to try and see if it could hold any weight. The last Eden team to hit the water was Eden #10 lead by Levi Pauls. He started off slow but picked it up and finished with a time of 14.35 seconds. But much like in the qualifers, they weren't done yet! Taylor Keracher hoped in to test how much weight it could hold. After 2.5 minutes had past, Leanne Lof climbed in... and sank it much to the dismay of final team member James Lagerwerf. But the team was satisfied with they 280 lbs weight held. At the end of the day, there were only 3 teams that held weight and all 3 teams were awarded with a medal. But Eden #10 came out on top of them all, claiming the gold medal. Congratulations also goes out to Eden #2 for finishing fourth overall and Eden #8 finished 17 overall out of 21 teams. Way to go team members!

Boat Building / Racing Pictures

DSBN Tech Challenges 2011

Robotics

Cardboard Boats Local Competition 2011

On Oct 3, 2011, 15 teams travelled to the Brock Pool in order to qualify to represent Eden at the Skills Ontario Provincial Qualifier scheduled for Nov 29.The winning team at the end of the morning was James Lagerwerf and Trevor Huizinga in Flaming Death with a boat that sped down the pool in 14.4 seconds and held 571 lbs. The boat manufactured by Levi Pauls and Connor Jakobschuk named Dragon Boat that travelled down the pool in 16.3 seconds and held 614 lbs finished second. Huge thanks to Niagara Pallets for transporting the boats to Brock for the Eighth year in a row using a loaned trailer.

2011-2012 Cardboard Boat Provincial Qualifier

On Monday November 29, your Eden Flyers made the haul up toSutton, Ontario to take part in the Regional Cardboard Boat Event put on by Skills Canada. After spending the night doing some serious gaming and moviewatching at a local church; your Flyers came out to build! Eden was going to retake their title and qualify for provincials. This year Eden had the privilegeof sending three phenomenal teams to this 14 team event. After the two hours of building had finished, all three Eden teams were confident going into the challenge portion of the competition. Eden #1 came out flying; Levi Pauls was outstanding; ultimately finishing with the number one time of the day of 13.55seconds. But they weren’t finished yet; James Lagerwerf, Leanne Lof &Taylor Keracher piled into the boat holding a maximum weight of 450 lbs. In thesecond heat, Eden #2 also did not disappoint. Connor Jakobscuk lead his team toa solid third place finish in the race portion with a time of 17.34 seconds. Duringthe weight testing, Eden #2 also rose to the challenge, fitting Connor and his other three team members, Kara Emberson, Paige Schappert and Mikaela Reschke into their boat. This made their maximum weight 531lbs. During the last race of theday, Trevor Huizinga sealed the deal for Eden #3 by coming second overall in the race challenge with a time of 15.13 seconds. Mackenzie Wiens, Ashley Waugh and Tess Hunter then climbed into the boat; their maximum weight it held was 375 lbs. After all the scores from the building components and challenges had been tabulated, it was announced that your Eden Flyers not only qualified for provincials but swept the podium; coming first, second and third! All three teams will be heading to the beautiful town of Waterloo, Ontario on February 21 to compete inthe Provincial Championship Race! Way to go team! You definitely brought it!

Mcmaster Engineering Olympics 2011

6 members of the robotics squad travelled to Mcmaster University to participate in the 2011 Engineering Olympics on a beautiful October 6 and came away with a Gold Medal performance in the mechanical transporter competition earning $2000 in Mcmaster Engineering/Science entrance scholarships in total betwen the 4 team members and $100 from the teacher competition.