The climax of this year's competition took place on Monday April 11^th at Celtic Manor, where Sarah and Jess (Steph was at home in Hong Kong) presented their radio repeater project, which they have successfully installed in Penallt to aid Severn Area Rescue Association. No school is allowed to win more than one prize but the panel of judges nominated the HMSG team for no fewer than four separate awards. The girls were delighted when it was announced that they had won the most prestigious award, 'Best overall team performance', worth £500 and sponsored by General Dynamics.

The other awards they were nominated for were: 'Best appreciation of safety issues’, 'Most effective application of IT' and 'Most effective presentation of the chosen solution'.

The Engineering Education Scheme Wales enables teams of students from Year 12 to complete a six month real life project with an engineering company. HMSG has taken part in the scheme ten times and for the fourth year in a row has been mentored by engineers from Alcatel-Lucent and this year sponsorship of the project was provided by Graham Smith UK.

See Physics pages for more details.