{"id":47008,"date":"2026-08-28T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47008"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:01:39","slug":"mlc-school-robocup-results-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/mlc-school-robocup-results-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MLC School RoboCup Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 August, 37 students from our Junior and Senior Competition Robotics programs attended the RoboCup NSW State Competition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our students competed in the Maze, Rescue and OnStage divisions. All teams did exceptionally well, many competing for the first time. We were especially proud of the resilience and collaboration shown on the day and in the lead up to the competition.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on gallery to view full images<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-47008 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0839.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0839-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0840-1.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0840-1-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0888.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0888-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0889.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0889-480x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0895.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0895-480x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0896.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0896-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0905.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/08\/IMG_0905-640x323.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special congratulations to the following teams receiving awards and placings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st Place Novice Primary Onstage (Overall) : MLC Disney\u2019s Got Talent &#8211; <strong>Peita Nikolakopoulos<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Henrietta Britton<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Zara<\/strong> (Year 6)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judge\u2019s Award for Technical Excellence : MLC Disney\u2019s Got Talent &#8211; <strong>Peita Nikolakopoulos<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Henrietta Britton<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Zara<\/strong> (Year 6)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd Place Open Onstage (Overall) : MLC Impending Doom &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>Ethelia Cassar<\/strong> (Year 10), <strong>Indi Hannah<\/strong> (Year 10), <strong>Emily<\/strong>\u00a0(Year 10), <strong>Bonnie Li<\/strong>\u00a0(Year 9)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd Place Intermediate Maze: MLC Snack Club &#8211; <strong>Caydence Sumantri<\/strong> (Year 10), <strong>Megan Nguyen<\/strong> (Year 9), <strong>Nicola Keast<\/strong> (Year 11), <strong>Sanaya Nair<\/strong> (Year 11)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd Place Open Onstage (Overall): MLC Scrambled Eggs <strong>Victoria<\/strong> (Year 7), <strong>Remy<\/strong> (Year 7), <strong>Fedra<\/strong> (Year 8) <strong>Charlie<\/strong> (year 8)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd Place Novice Primary (Tues) : MLC Little Red Robots &#8211; <strong>May Zaichkowsky<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Sadie Wilson<\/strong> (Year 6)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">4th Place Ollie Onstage: MLC Mad Scientists &#8211; <strong>Maya Erazo Djurisic<\/strong> (Year 5), <strong>Leila Najdi<\/strong> (Year 5), <strong>Avery<\/strong> (Year 5)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">4th Place Maisy Maze: MLC Effugitor Labryinthi Servator Victamarum &#8211; <strong>Hannah Girgis<\/strong>\u00a0(7), <strong>Olivia<\/strong> <strong>Smith<\/strong> (7), <strong>Oliva<\/strong> <strong>Gu<\/strong> (Year 6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"mailto:mcassar@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><strong><em>&#8211; Marie Cassar<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">STEM Co-curricular Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 August, 37 students from our Junior and Senior Competition Robotics programs attended the RoboCup NSW State Competition. Our students competed in the Maze, Rescue and OnStage divisions. All teams did exceptionally well, many competing for the first time. We were especially proud of the resilience and collaboration shown on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[15],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47008","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-co-curricular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47008"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}