A GROUP of students from Rathmore Grammar School have made the trip of a lifetime to the USA to compete against pupils from around the world at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis. In June last year they won the top prize at the Seagate Young Innovators competition at the Odyssey, and this included an all expense: paid trip to represent the UK and Ireland at the International Fair.

This event is the biggest secondary school age science competition in the world, and the Rathmore group will make up part of the 5,000 selected pupils from all different countries who will be there to showcase their projects. The pupils award winning entry is the creation of a locking mechanism that safely and effectively secures gas valve box lids to their bases under ground.

Phoenix Natural Gas have been Rathmore Grammar's partner in the inception and development of this project.

Flying the flag with Phoenix engineer Andrew Lyle are (L-R) the Rathmore team of Caron Malone, Barbara Fleming and Daniel Evans. US19-709SP