Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has extended its long-running support for the March CE Primary School in the annual Greenpower IET ‘Gathering of the Goblins’, Britain’s premier event for electric-powered racing cars designed, built and driven by schoolchildren.
Rolls-Royce Motor
Cars has extended its long-running support for the March CE Primary
School in the annual Greenpower IET ‘Gathering of the Goblins’,
Britain’s premier event for electric-powered racing cars designed,
built and driven by schoolchildren.
For this year’s
event, the company has provided a second, brand-new car for the
school, which is adjacent to the Home of Rolls-Royce. Originally
intended as a replacement for the school’s faithful and storied
machine, the new car gives the team additional strength-in-depth, and
a chance to attempt an unprecedented one-two in the race on Sunday 21
July.
Both cars have been
built by the children from kits developed by Greenpower Education
Trust, a UK‑based charity that encourages children aged 9-11 to
explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
subjects through motorsport.
While the chassis
and powertrain are common to all entrants and subject to strict
scrutineering, competitors are free to develop their own designs and
finishes for the bodywork. The children worked in pairs to come up
with proposed designs, which were submitted for review by Rolls-Royce
Apprentices. The Apprentices then worked with the children to develop
and select the final concepts for the two cars, before realising them
at the company’s head office and manufacturing plant at Goodwood.
The new March School
car will make its race-day debut in a striking shark-inspired paint
scheme. The body is painted in Dark Emerald with a single Black
coachline and Matte Grey bonnet strip; the rear section is adorned
with a black-and-white Union Flag, and the seat is trimmed in leather
in a red-and-white chequered pattern. To complete the ensemble, the
lucky driver will be sporting a helmet colour-matched to the car’s
Dark Emerald coachwork and topped with ‘scales’.
For its sixth
appearance at the ‘Gathering of the Goblins’, the school’s
original car has been completely refurbished by the Rolls-Royce
Apprentices team. Its colour scheme, though also sea-related,
provides a complete contrast to its team-mate. Decorated with shoals
of fish, jellyfish, palm trees and other seaside staples in cheerful
candy colours, plus a red-and-white chequered seat, it captures all
the fun of a day at the seaside at the world-famous West Wittering
Beach, just a short drive from the Home of Rolls-Royce.
The two completed
cars were formally handed over to their respective drivers and pit
crews at a special ceremony at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood on
16 July.
Andrew Ball, Head of
Corporate Relations, Heritage and Philanthropy, Rolls-Royce Motor
Cars, says: “It has been our privilege and pleasure to be involved
with the school on this project over a number of years. With its
emphasis on design, creativity, engineering and performance, it
chimes perfectly with our own values and activities as a company.
“We supplied the
original car, which is still going strong. It’s given so much
pleasure to so many children that we were only too happy to extend
those opportunities further with a second machine. Working on Goblins
has also proved extremely popular with our Apprentices, for whom it
provides a whole new set of challenges and an opportunity to share
their knowledge and enthusiasm with those who may, one day, follow in
their footsteps. We wish both teams every success.”
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