On Thursday 13th February our Kinsale Community School VEX Robotics Teams swept the board at the Dell organised national Vex Robotics competition which was held in CIT.

Three teams represented KCS and competed against 40 other teams. Our three teams were within the top five, and one of our teams went on to win the overall competition and is now set to represent Ireland at the Vex Robotics World Championship in the USA on the week beginning April 20th 2020.

This is the third year in a row that Kinsale Community School will represent Ireland in this competition. It is a fantastic success as KCS is the only Irish school to have ever won an award at the world championships, winning the World Community Award on both occasions.

Other category awards won by our teams yesterday include the Think Award, the Amaze Award, the Design Award, the Robot Skills Champion Award, and the Top Tournament Award.

Congratulations to the students involved and also to Ms Niamh Hay and Mr Eddie Farren for their tremendous work in mentoring them.