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WHAT A BLAST WE HAD AT THE BIG BANG @ AYRSHIRE COLLEGE EVENT – PARTICULARLY DURING THE BBC MICRO:BIT ROCKET CAR COMPETITION The contest was organised by the Bloodhound project and saw pupils from East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire secondary schools compete in a series of high-speed races at our Ayr campus. Queen Margaret Academy pupils were crowned the champions after their rocket car recorded an incredible speed of 48mph. The Big Bang @ Ayrshire College event was set up to get Ayrshire pupils excited about science, technology, engineering and maths. There is little doubt that the event has sparked an interest in many of the pupils who took part, after they watched their specially designed cars – that 8 The magazine of Ayrshire College had small sticks of dynamite strapped to them – race against each other. Under the supervision of the British Army and engineering lecturer William Morton, their rocket cars raced in a straight line to establish which pupils had engineered the quickest model. Ardrossan Academy, Auchenharvie Academy, Greenwood Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and St. Matthews Academy each had two teams which battled it out over the morning session. Auchenharvie Academy’s second car won with a speed of 41.42mph. That speed was blown out of the water in the afternoon