BlueZone Supports Team Orca for Subs in Schools

Western Australia Overall Champions to compete at National Finals

BlueZone is pleased to announce support for “Team Orca” of the Newton Moore Senior High School of Bunbury WA for the 2019 Subs in Schools’ competition.

The Subs in Schools Technology Challenge™ is the result of collaboration between REA, the Department of Defence, and industry stakeholders including the Australian Submarine Corporation and Saab Australia. In this competition, students design either an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), or a submarine which they must operate in various ‘sea trials’.

After 3 days of competition at the 2019 WA State Subs in Schools Finals Team Orca were awarded 11 out of 12 possible certificates and named ‘Overall Champions’ of the division. Team Orca awards included:

·  Best Engineering
·  Best Engineering CAD
·  Best Innovation
·  Best Team Verbal Presentation
·  Best Team Trade Display
·  Best Team Marketing
·  Best Graphic Design
·  Best Team Portfolio
·  Best Managed Enterprise
·  Best Manufactured Watercraft
·  Outstanding Industry Collaboration

Team Orca has received an official invite to the National Finals in Adelaide, December 9-11, and are currently preparing and improving for the next level of competition. BlueZone is pleased to support funding for travel, accommodation, printing of portfolios and freight of our competition materials to be able to participate at national level. Team Orca has high aspirations and hopes to finish in the top 3 teams in Australia – Go Team Orca! 

Subs in Schools competitors rub shoulders with the submarine industry when they demonstrated their projects in Fremantle at SubSTEC5 – the Submarine Science, Technology and Engineering Conference.