Four young members of Code Club Isle of Man flew the island’s flag at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Open Championship Europe in Zagreb, Croatia, held from 13 to 16 October, Isle of Man Today reported.
Sam Cooke and Jiayue Kang entered the Senior category, and Adam Shimmin and Stanley Maltby the Elementary division. None of the four had competed abroad before.
Their route to Croatia started at a regional round in Edinburgh earlier this year and went through the national finals in Leicester, where they earned their places at the European event. All four were trained through the club, which offers mentoring in coding, robotics, engineering and problem-solving.
According to the outlet, the Senior pair went beyond programming, producing their own 3D-printed parts and custom electronics for a robot built to complete a set of competition tasks.
Steve Wilson, who coached and mentored both teams, said: “It’s remarkable they have been so successful.” He pointed out that the club had taken part in the competition for just six months, although its robotics work had been developing over several years.
The trip was sponsored by Danucore, whose founder and chief executive, Rob Halliday-Stein, went to Zagreb with Richard Wild and Aaron Ghani to support the competitors.
The club, which has helped people of all ages build coding, robotics and digital skills since 2014, thanked Danucore, its volunteer coaches, the competitors’ families and the community. It said it hoped events like this would encourage more young people into technology and engineering. Donations can be made at codeclub.im/donations.
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