Schools
NELSON
engineered
Nelson race day and awards ran
aluminium cart was accompanied by
very smoothly with Taylor recording
two well crafted bikes from Motueka
the fastest speed at 36kph and
HS. Nayland College was represented
Isabella
by Taylor Abbott in the Open class
nearly 10km in the Economy Run on
on a bike with full suspension and a
30Wh of energy, and the Gymkhana
unique vertical geared drive system.
being won by the Bryn James from
On
Nelson
high.
Words by Les Black
With 11 teams engaged in building vehicles throughout the year, the outlook was promising for entries in all classes at regionals. We did not realise that job opportunities in Nelson and COVID disruptions meant students either moved into work (mostly engineering related) or didn’t manage to finish their build in time. In the end, 5 entries made the start line at Regional finals and an enjoyable event took place in pleasant, still conditions at Kartsport Nelson.
The
debut,
beautifully
Nelson
Intermediate
by Tom Schwarzenbach with the
and encouragement of teacher Kate
bike he built from scratch and Julia
Williamson the team of Bryn, Zach
Guthrie for the beautifully built cart.
and Rua designed the bike then
The controller award was also won by
worked with Mason Van der Watt
Julia.
of
Nelson
Marlborough
Institute
of Technology (NMIT) to turn their dreams into reality. Lots of skills were learned and the bike tuned to raise
up the venue and helping to run
race day performances. Our commiserations are extended to Murchison Area School teams. They had a bike built in Term 2 then
In the past we have often seen
decided they could do better, split
Evolocity’s
of
into 3 teams to make 3 carts but
innovation in this region, and this
struggled to finish any of them. We
year the standard once again was
will be keen to see their entries in
highest
levels
Key
running bike. Under the guidance
The team was very happy with their
for the use of their facilities.
School.
engineering prizes were taken out
Host Russell Miller excelled in setting
Evolocity and we are most grateful
Intermediate
covering
School impressed with their smooth
its max speed from 18 to over 30kph.
the event. The club has embraced
Schwarzenbach
2022!
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Motueka HS kart close up
