Ysgol Clywedog students presented with Civic Pride Awards

A team of secondary school pupils in Wrexham have been presented with Civic Pride Awards.

The group, from Ysgol Clywedog, received the award reaching the finals of the Raytheon Quadcopter Challenge.

The year nine students, Leo Sowter, Jamie Sides, Tyler Rush and Leo Wright, entered Ratheon’s Quadcopter Challenge and won the regional heat, securing them a place in the national final at RAF Cosford where they came first in Wales and fifth in the UK.

The challenges saw schools from across the UK compete to design, build and pilot a four-blade, remotely-piloted drone. Students also had to customise their units to solve technological, social or economic challenges.

Their challenge was to build a working quadcopter from a kit supplied by Raytheon which could be adapted and modified to fit a brief. The theme for 2019, “Technology Around the World,” was chosen to highlight the importance of global collaboration for building technology and sharing ideas.

The teams were judged on their presentation, the craft’s modifications and the flight performance through four obstacle courses.

This week the group were presented with their awards by the Mayor of Wrexham Rob Walsh at a short ceremony at Wednesday’s full council meeting.