Cardboard Boat Race 2013 Results

2013 Cardboard Boat Race Results

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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84 students from across Manitoba showed off their amazing skills and creativity at the 8th Annual Cardboard Boat Race on October 16, 2013. Students constructed a boat using two sheets of cardboard and a few accessories including duct tape and contact cement. Once completed, the teams spent the afternoon testing their boats in both a race and a weight challenge in the pool.
Winning boats were as follows;

Construction/Design Award -Sponsored by Red River College
Tec Voc High School – “The Wrecking Boat”

Best Time Award – Sponsored by Manitoba Apprenticeship Branch
Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School – “The A Team”

Best Held Weight – Sponsored by Winnipeg Technical College
Sisler High School – “The Ninja Turtles”

Best in Class – Sponsored by Skills Manitoba
Tec Voc High School – “Hip 2 the Groove”

“1st to Sink Award”
Kildonan East Collegiate – “Sea Men”

Spirit Award
John Taylor Collegiate

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