Spaghetti Bridge Competition 2019 Winners!

The 2019 Spaghetti Bridge Competition has been another huge success, and we are very grateful to the teachers, sponsors, hosts and especially the students for committing so much time and energy to creating their bridges.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the 2019 competition was limited to testing in South-east Queensland, but that didn’t stop a school from central-western New South Wales from taking part – we were excited to welcome Coolah Central School to the competition and look forward to them participating again next year.

This year, over 250 students participated in the competition and over 70 bridges were tested.  This year, the top three places were taken out by students from the same school!

Congratulations go to “CHACTASTIC”, from Cannon Hill Anglican College, who took out First Place this year! 

The full list of winning teams is below.

Winners: (Peak load 59.8 kg) – “Chactastic” – Cannon Hill Anglican College

Second Place: (Peak load 40.7 kg) – “Bridge Bois” – Cannon Hill Anglican College

Third Place: (Peak load 37.8 kg) – “Spathetic” – Cannon Hill Anglican College

Best Middle School Team (and overall Fourth Place): (Peak load 18.8 kg) – “EP Pride” – Everton Park SHS

Special congratulations go to “EP Pride” from Everton Park State High School, who took out the best Middle School team, with their first-ever entry into the competition, and overall 4th Place!

The Engineering Link Group would like to sincerely thank the following organisations:

• Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads – major sponsors and supporters of the competition
• Engineers Australia, Queensland Division – sponsors and hosts of the Teacher Professional Development
• Chisholm Catholic College, Cornubia (esp Nelia Manansala) – host of the testing day in South Brisbane
• TAFE Queensland, South Bank Campus (esp Allan Beasley) – host of the testing day for Central Brisbane
• St Eugene College, Burpengary – host of the testing day for North Brisbane.

Exciting News for 2020!

The competition will return to its traditional timeslot during Engineering Week (term 3).  With the support of local organisations, we will also be returning to North Queensland, and negotiations are also well underway to have our first testing day in Central Queensland.

Details will be emailed to schools at the beginning of 2020.

TELG is very proud to continue to provide exciting and practical STEM experiences for high school students.  If we can help you deliver STEM experiences at your school, please don’t hesitate to contact us.