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The 2010 Challenge will take place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th September
New regulations will be out in mid-January

The NSW SunSprint Model Solar Car Challenge is an exciting competition for high school students in Years 9 to 12 where they team up to design, build and race a model car powered only by the energy of the sun. Download flyer to find out more (PDF 280KB).

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NSW wins the Australian-International Model Solar Challenge (AIMSC) Finals!!

Team STEALTH from Moorebank High School beat Victoria's Box Hill High School's KILLSWITCH in the AIMSC Finals held at Scienceworks in Melbourne on the weekend of 28th-29th November. STEALTH also won the overall highest points in the competition. Moorebank High's other car BULLET won the Best-Styled award.

Six car teams (place-getters and wildcards) from the NSW SunSprint Model Solar Challenge took part in the AIMSC Finals. These were:

School	Team
All Saints' Grammar	E-KARO
Moorebank High School	STEALTH
Moorebank High School	BULLET
St Paul's Catholic College	PULSE
St Matthew's Central School	FLOPPY ROY
St Paul's Catholic College	SOUNDWAVE

Only one boat, from St Matthews Central Mudgee, competed in the Solar Boats competition.

For complete results check the Solar National website.

Team STEALTH members Derrie Putra (captain) and Sunni Daniele with Steven So (HT Science).

Teams STEALTH and BULLET {Aaron Behrouzi (captain) and Jamie Horsley} members with their winnings
Team STEALTH and Team BULLET's Aaron Behrouzi (captain) and Jamie Horsley with their winnings.

2009 SunSprint Challenge
Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September
UNSW Quad Lawn, Kensington Campus

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Winners of the 2009 SunSprint Challenge

Open

1st place	Team KARO-3 All Saints Grammar School, Belmore 1st Place Trophy, $500 cash prize and certificate, airfares for up to 4 team members and teacher to the National Finals in Melbourne
2nd place	Team STEALTH Moorebank High School 2nd Place Trophy, $300 cash prize and certificate, airfares for up to 3 team members to the National Finals in Melbourne
3rd place	Team PULSE St Pauls Catholic College, Greystanes 3rd Place Trophy, $200 cash prize and certificate, airfares for up to 2 team members to the National Finals in Melbourne
4th Place	Team COMMANDO Our Lady of Lebanon School Certificate

Novice

1st place	Team SERIOUS POWER St Francis Xavier College, Canberra $300 cash prize and certificate
2nd place	Team EαTEM Redeemer Baptist School, North Parramatta $200 cash prize and certificate
3rd place	Team FLOPPY ROY St Matthews Central School, Mudgee $100 cash prize and certificate
4th place	Team SOLAR FLARE St Matthews Central School, Mudgee Certificate

Special Awards

Quality award	Car 6 PULSE St Pauls Catholic College, Greystanes $50 plus certificate
Design excellence	Car 9 BULLET Moorebank High School $50 plus certificate
Best concept	Car 26 COMMANDO Our Lady of Lebanon School $50 plus certificate
Most innovative design	Car 10 STEALTH Moorebank High School $50 plus certificate
Best team spirit award	Car 17 EFTHYMIOU-II All Saints Grammar School, Belmore $50 plus certificate
Extraordinary country team	Car 13 EMERNIKA Gloucester High School $50 plus certificate
Extraordinary metropolitan team	Car 19 FAST SPIN Granville Boys High $50 plus certificate
Best crash	Car 11 RAY St Francis Xavier College, Canberra $50 plus certificate
Best poster	Car 24 FLOPPY ROY St Matthews Central School, Mudgee $50 plus certificate
Best decorated egg	Car 22 DOTTI Northlakes High School $50 plus certificate


Team KARO-3 from All Saints Grammar School Belmore with the winner's trophy presented by Dr Noel Whitaker (Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs).		Novice winner from St Francis Xavier College in Canberra - Team SERIOUS POWER with Dr Noel Whitaker.

SunSprint Challenge

The 2010 Challenge will take place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th SeptemberNew regulations will be out in mid-January