School children race around airfield in electric car event held in Lizard
By Joseph Macey
24th Jun 2021 | Local News
School children from across Cornwall and beyond came to the Lizard last week to take part in electric car racing.
In school teams, around 200 children took part in the event organised by Greenpower Education Trust.
It was hosted by the Royal Navy at Predannack Airfield and sailors from RNAS Culdrose at Helston lent a hand organising the races, as well as passing on some technical tips from the aircraft engineers.
There were two categories of races for different age groups.
Schools taking part included Devoran School, Mylor Bridge School, Probus School, Roseland Academy, Egloskerry School in Launceston, Truro High School For Girls, and Richard Lander School in Truro as well as Torquay Academy, Taunton School, and Bursley Academy all the way from near Stoke-on-Trent.
Lieutenant James Turner, from RNAS Culdrose's Air Engineering Department, said:
"It was great to be able to host the team from Greenpower. They are an inspiring and enthusiastic team and the children certainly enjoyed building and racing their own cars.
"We had military personnel from across Culdrose come and take part. They were happy to get involved and it was good to be working again with schools to promote science and engineering."
Last year's event had been cancelled due to covid restrictions and special measures were put in place this year to ensure the event took place safely.
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