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Rotary Racer
Rotary Racer is a Greenpower team which began in 2005 as an initiative within Chipping Sodbury School to try to get 'Lads and Dads' working together on a project to build and race their own electric racing cars. The team has grown, with 9 different cars being built in the past 9 years. The team is made up of both girls and boys, ranging between the ages of 11 and 18. The name Rotary Racer came from the team's first sponsor, Rotary International of Chipping Sodbury. This charity provided the funding needed to start the car from scratch and have continued to sponsor the team each season. Over the years, additional sponsors have enabled the team to continue racing as well as improve the car. The sponsors include: * St Gobain Performance Plastics * Towns Land Trust, Chipping Sodbury * FairDiesel * Wates * CTEK Chargers * BLD Group * RAF * Schwalble * Beam Ltd * Apec Ltd Since 2005, the team has won the national championship (held at Goodwood Circuit or Rockingham Motor Speedway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenpower Education Trust
The Greenpower Education Trust is a charitable organization, whose objective is to inspire more young people to become engineers by presenting the engineering industry as an interesting and relevant career choice which could help to solve problems relating to the personal, social and emotional development (known in Britain as PSED) of individuals and societies. The main idea is for teams of students between the ages of 9 and 25 to design, build, and race their own electric powered race cars on top racing circuits such as Goodwood. History The trust originated from a study by Sussex Chamber of Commerce in 1998 which considered the needs of engineering companies in that region. The investigation revealed low levels of interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the so-called STEM school subjects). The Greenpower project started in 1999 to encourage students to design, build and race their own electric race cars within professionally drafted specifications and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipping Sodbury School
Chipping Sodbury School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Chipping Sodbury in the Unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, England. It shares ground with the Cotswold Edge sixth-form. Chipping Sodbury School was previously administered by South Gloucestershire Council and the Chipping Sodbury School Co-operative Trust as a foundation school. In April 2021 the school converted to academy status and is now part of The Athelstan Trust. The school has been on its present site since 1938, when Chipping Sodbury Grammar School moved there. It became a comprehensive school in 1970. Chipping Sodbury Grammar School had been established in 1913, in what is now the building called the Old Grammar School and Chipping Sodbury Library. This building has since been owned by Chipping Sodbury Town Hall and the Townlands Charity. Before converting into an academy, the school had been given 'requires improvement' ratings by the educational review body Ofsted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotary Racer Wins Castle Combe 2013 Greenpower Event
Rotary may refer to: General * Rotary motion Engineering and technology * Rotary dial, a rotating telephone dial * Rotary engine (other), multiple types of engines called "rotary" * Rotary latch * Rotary milking shed, a type of milking shed used in the dairy industry * Rotary snowplow, one type of railroad snowplow used especially for deep snow removal * Rotary system, a type of pre-electronic telephone switch * Rotary table (drilling rig), a device used to apply directional force to a drill string * Rotary tiller, a motorised cultivator * Rotary woofer, a type of loudspeaker capable of producing very low frequency sound * Rotary wing aircraft Arts and entertainment * "The Rotary", a song by Andy Partridge from '' Take Away / The Lure of Salvage'' Organisations and enterprises * Rotary International, or Rotary Club, an international service organization founded in the United States ** Rotary Foundation, non-profit foundation of Rotary International ** Rotar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotary International
Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through hefellowship of business, professional, and community leaders". It is a non-political and non-religious organization. Membership is by invitation and based on various social factors. There are over 46,000 member clubs worldwide, with a membership of 1.4 million individuals, known as Rotarians. History The first years of the Rotary Club The first Rotary Club was formed when attorney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business acquaintances in downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris's friend Gustave Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905. In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipping Sodbury
Chipping Sodbury is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sodbury, in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Sodbury, which also includes the village of Old Sodbury. Little Sodbury is a nearby but separate civil parish. Sodbury parish council has elected to be known as Sodbury Town Council. At the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,045, but in the last decade the town has become part of a much larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate, with which it is contiguous to the west. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,834. Governance An electoral ward in the same name (not Sodbury) exists. This ward starts in the north at Chipping Sodbury Golf Course and stretches south to Dodington. The total population of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winning At The 2013 National Greenpower Finals
Winning may refer to: * Victory Film * ''Winning'' (film), a 1969 movie starring Paul Newman * '' Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman'', a 2015 documentary by Adam Carolla and Nate Adams Music * ''Winning'', an album by Ten Foot Pole, 2022 Songs * "Winning" (song), by Russ Ballard, 1976; covered by Santana, 1981 * "Winnin, by Chief Keef from '' Back from the Dead'', 2012 * "Winning", by Chris Rea from ''Wired to the Moon'', 1984 * "Winnin", by City Girls from ''City on Lock'', 2020 * "Winning", by Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton from '' Knives Don't Have Your Back'', 2006 * "Winning", by Gentle Giant from '' The Missing Piece'' * "Winning (A song by Charlie Sheen)", by the Gregory Brothers Other uses * ''Winning'' (book), a 2005 management book by Jack Welch * Winning Appliances, an Australian retailer People with surname * Charles Winning (1889–1967), Australian cricketer * David Winning (born 1961), Canadian and American film director, producer, screenwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwood Circuit
Goodwood Circuit is a historic venue for both two- and four-wheeled motorsport in the United Kingdom. The circuit is situated near Chichester, West Sussex, close to the south coast of England, on the estate of Goodwood House, and completely encircles Chichester/Goodwood Airport. This is the racing circuit dating from 1948, not to be confused with the separate hillclimb course located at Goodwood House and first used in 1936. History 1948–1966 The racing circuit began life as the perimeter track of RAF Westhampnett airfield, which was constructed during World War II as a relief airfield for RAF Tangmere. The first race meeting took place on 18 September 1948, organised by the Junior Car Club and sanctioned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon. The winner of the first race was P. de F. C. Pycroft, in his 2,664 c.c. Pycroft-Jaguar, at . Stirling Moss won the 500cc race (later to become Formula 3), followed by Eric Brandon and "Curly" Dryden, all in Coopers. Goodwood b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby. It hosted professional and club races, as well as testing, track days, driver training, exhibitions and conferences. It claimed to be Europe's fastest racing circuit, and was the first banked oval constructed in Britain since the closure of Brooklands in 1939. The venue entered administration in 2017 and hosted its final motor race in November 2018. In 2021, the facility was purchased by Constellation Automotive for £80million. History Construction of Rockingham started late in 1999, with the opening meeting planned for May 2001. Rockingham Motor Speedway was constructed on a British Steel works '' brown field'' site as a banked oval with the intention of bringing the American oval racing across the Atlantic for the first time. The opportunity was taken to use the infield for further circuits. After almost ten years of planning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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