The ACT RoboCup Junior competition is open to all schools in the ACT and Southern NSW region.

Regional Event 2012

• When: Friday, 17th August, 2012
• Start: 8:30am sharp! (Set up from 8:00am)
• Finish: Approximately 3:00pm - 4:00pm
• Where: Australian National University (ANU) Melville Hall
• Cost: $30 per team
• Event Flyer
• Information Pack
•  Events for 2012

Event 2011 Results

Novice Soccer - 1st Place: Bundah Storm (Narrabundah College), 2nd Place: Holy Spirit Novice (Holy Spirit School), 3rd Place: Botchester United (Amaroo School)

Open League Soccer - 1st Place: Haxxor (St. Mary MacKillop College), 2nd Place: Holy Spirit United (Holy Spirit School), 3rd Place: Holy Spirit City (Holy Spirit School)

Soccer Encouragement: Team Oxymoron (Saint Francis Xavier)

Junior Dance - 1st Place: The Dancing Nacho Chips (Gib Gate), 2nd Place: Connectors (Kaleen Primary), 3rd Place: The B.O.B.S! (Kaleen Primary)

Senior Dance - 1st Place: F.R.O.G (CSIRO Green Machine), 2nd Place: Caught in the Act (Blue Gum Community School)

Dance Encouragement: Rio (Gib Gate)

Rescue - 1st Place: G5 (Canberra Grammar School), 2nd Place: BobyFred (Canberra Grammar School), 3rd Place: G2 (Canberra Grammar School)

Premier Rescue - 1st Place: G3 (Canberra Grammar School), 2nd Place: Doom Buggy (St. Mary MacKillop College), 3rd Place: M1 (Marist College)

Rescue Encouragement: The Pitterpot Mk 2 (Kaleen Primary)

This year's RCJA Australian Open will be held at The University of Tasmania on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of September.
 

Where to start

Well if you are reading this, you are at the right place. This site has information to get you started. You will find information on how to compete in all the events in RoboCup Junior in event webpages. In the Resource Centre you find tips for your robots and constructing equipment. Rescue and Soccer have their own resource pages. If you would like some 'hands on' help, volunteers will come out to your school and give you a hand. There are also opportunities to attend workshops. These are run on a demand basis so if you are interested please contact us. 

You can contact Mr Gerard Elias for additional information on (02) 6258 1055 or gerard.elias@sfx.act.edu.au

Workshops

New date for the Term 2, 2012 Workshop will be 5 June 2012. Venue: TBA

ACT Committee

The ACT competition is coordinated by a dedicated but small team of volunteers.  If you would like to volunteer or would like to enter this years competition and don’t know where to start we would appreciate hearing from you.  We aim to make this competition as much fun as possible for all children and we are grateful for the support of interested parents and teachers.

Chairperson - Gerard Elias
Secretary - Phil Wade
Treasurer - Sophie Wade
ANU Liaison - Abbey Brown
Dance Coordinator -  Kel Hathaway
Rescue Coordinator - Andrew Moss
Soccer Coordinator - Gerard Elias
Tournament Referee - Phil Wade
Equipment Officer - Phil Wade
Technical Officer - Gerard Elias

ACT-RCJA 2010 Report

You can contact Mr Gerard Elias for additional information on (02) 6258 1055 or gerard.elias@sfx.act.edu.au