Jerome Laxale (Bennelong, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I stand before you today to celebrate the achievements of our young students at Creator Academy, which is an esteemed robotics centre located in Eastwood. Since 2022, these bright minds have immersed themselves in the world of robotics, dedicating their time to learning, designing, building and programming competitive robots for the renowned VEX Robotics tournament. My, oh my, have they exceeded expectations. After triumphing through local, regional and national challenges, three teams from Creator Academy joined representatives from 70 countries across the world in the world championship, held in Dallas, Texas just two weeks ago. Team Australia was made up of local students Ethan Wang, Wenxin Wang, Helena Tuo, Emily Tse, Mia Chen, Mia Cai, Eric Zhou, Jason Gong, Marcus Bai, Yanrui Xu, Marcus Liang, Jeshua Liang and Jonathan Dang. Team Phoenix Tech achieved a remarkable top eight result in the VRC middle school division. Then the Mecha Magpies earned an admirable 96th place out of 800 in their robot skills ranking. The youngest team, the Dingo Roos, secured a commendable 57th place out of 800 in skills and a fifth place in their division. While the world championships in Texas may be over for now, the Australia-Pacific Open Championships will be held right in the heart of Bennelong at Macquarie University in June. I wish the team from Creator Academy and all the kids good luck in the Asia-Pacific championships.