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Karting Challenge Preparations Article

The Year 11 students in the Certificate II Engineering Pathways class have been working at a frantic pace these last few weeks in preparation for the Annual Karting Challenge which is less than two weeks away held on Friday 25 August at the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Track at Willowbank. This is a very special year as it is our 10th year anniversary of the competition and we hope to retain the perpetual Trophy that has Marist College’s name on it for more than half the events (6 from 9 years) that we have hosted, no pressure though!

The event was originally started in 2014 by the “Smith Family” as an activity to engage students who were disengaged from learning and a way to connect industry with schools to foster learning partnerships and possibly provide career paths for those students. This was originally a Boarding recreation activity but has moved into the curriculum as a feeder project to the Year 12 Formula Student Race Car Project which is still in the same Certificate II Engineering course.

We thank our sponsors, Bruce Lewis and Craig Heufel from “Onguard Safety Training” in advance for their ongoing commitment to supporting this event again this year. Their enthusiasm and expertise for the event is very much appreciated and the trophies and medallions supplied by “Onguard Safety Training” provides all entrants with a memento of the day which they will never forget.

Special thanks must also go to Angela and Brett from the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club, Noone Clothing for their support with Team shirts and also to Mel Noonan from “Mel Noonan Creative” for providing the Photography on the day.

We look forward to a strong team effort from our three Marist College teams that are entered and know they will do their best on the day.