Red Baron Term 1 2011 - King's College

Red Baron Term 1 2011
The Red Baron by Taylor Zhou
Our race commenced at 4:10pm, two hours behind schedule, where Taylor Zhou
began waving the trolley onto the starting line in proper aviation style. Our entry music
was “Top Gun Anthem”, a guitar instrumental by Steve Stevens to enhance the
aviation theme. The commentators commented on our “very professional looking job”
and how they expect “nothing less from youth workers”. Pushing the trolley on the
starting line was Taylor Zhou, Henry Mannering and Christopher Pang. On the
track Sam Gibbs completed a very tidy race while sporting a good racing line. Our
trolley got over the jump “so easy” while the commentators, targeting our age, described
Sam jumping “that teenage hurdle of puberty”. Surprisingly (and some were
disappointed) we completed the final hairpin with no drama. We were awarded a
6,7,6,8 and another 7 by the judges. Overall we are astonished with our performance
especially when we given the fact we not completed a down hill test run prior to the
event.
The Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix is not an annual event as the previous event happened
in 2005. However, I encourage School House and the School to get involved
in hope of build a trend and to represent the capabilities King’s on a different scale.
A big thanks to Red Bull New Zealand for hosting the event, the Technology Department,
Mr. Carrington, our Matron Mrs. Reed, the boys of School House, everybody
in the school community who has supported us and Amber Peebles (one of the
judges) who gave us an 8.