Colegiul National Vasile Alecsandri, Protocipitoricescovici and the HIT Challenge

Galati, 23rd of February 2011

After a full day of preparations and a lot of snow it was finally time for the world famous HIT Society Challenge, although this time the challenge would be renamed to HIT Challenge, it is still based on the very successful HIT Society Zero Propulsion Challenge that was held in the summer of 2010 at HIT (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=230007&id=115549821437)

A group of students helped us to organize the event and provided us with a lot of pictures and video's after the event. They also designed a poster that promoted the event in the high school and stimulated other students to join. Once more we would like to thank this group of highly motivated and organized students for their help during the challenge.

However the day started off with an presentation about the HIT, Claudiu would present the HIT and answer any questions that the students had. Due to the big success on the previous presentations that where given on previous high schools we decided that it was best to keep the presentation in Romanian again.

A total of 16 students signed up for the challenge which left us with a total of 71 participants. During the event the distance traveled was measured, the vehicle which traveled the furthest distance won. During every round there was a knockout competition meaning that half of the total participants of every round would be eliminated.

After the first round we would introduce a new obstacle that was added to the track, the participants had to pass this obstacle in order to get a valid distance score. The obstacles included a wall of sponges, a mountain of Marshmallows and a puddle of honey.

Most dangerous wall of sponges ever created

Every team that participated in the event received a marvelous price and certificate that proofs that they participated in the challenge. However there can only be one winner....

Vama took the first prize but was closely followed by Chcuckers!

Wining team Vama with their prices

We would like to not only thank all the students that participated in this successful event but also the preparation team again! You all did a tremendous job! We are also very thankfull to the teachers that suported this event and ofcourse the prinicpal of the school that facilitated this entire event.

For more pictures of the Hit Challenge please check: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=339213&id=115549821437