Team Blink from St. Ailbe’s School in Tipperary Town was declared the Overall Winners of the 2009 Honda-powered F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, at the National Finals held in Griffith College Dublin recently.

 
The team fought off fierce competition from 24 finalist teams from all over Ireland to claim the National Title and Trophy as well as the opportunity to represent Ireland next year in the 2010 World Championships.  The overall winners also shared €3,500 in prize money and each member received their own individual Xbox and Xbox game.
 
Frank Kennedy, Sales and Marketing Director of Universal Honda said, “From a corporate point of view we see F1 in schools as the ideal opportunity to promote team building, management, technological and design skills of students in a very creative way.