Members of the successful Breaffy NS team accepting their award.

Mayo school books place at national finals of VEX Robotics

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The AIM Centre, in partnership with AbbVie and Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo, successfully hosted the inaugural VEX Robotics North West Regional Finals.

The competition, held at ATU Sligo, saw teams from communities across Sligo, Leitrim, North Mayo, and South Donegal showcase their creativity, engineering skills, and problem-solving abilities in a thrilling robotics contest.

Following an exciting day of intense competition and teamwork, two of teams have successfully qualified for the VEX Robotics national finals.

They are Holy Family N.S. of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal and Breaffy N.S. of Castlebar.

The finals are set to take place in MTU Cork on February 27.

The winning teams will compete for a chance to advance to the prestigious VEX Global Finals in Texas, representing Ireland on the international stage.

Breaffy N.S. demonstrated exceptional coding and driving skills, earning them the coveted Skills Challenger Award.

Their technical expertise and performance set them apart in a highly competitive field.

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