On Sunday the 28th of August Carmelina, Simone, Sophie, Reilly and Adam drove to Launceston to compete in the Tournament of the Minds. It was risky to compete with such a small team but Ms Ross convinced the team that they had the creativity, practise and persistence to be strong competitors.
First up they had their long term performance: this is the play the group had been working on for six weeks. The category was Applied Technology and the question was ‘A journey starts with a single stop’. Clarence came through pretty well with some great comments from the judges.
The spontaneous event is where the group is given a question, they have four minutes to discuss and come up with an answer and one minute to present it. Clarence did very well with good scores and with some fantastic comments from the judges.
It finally came time for the presentation of certificates. The Clarence team were extremely happy to receive honours in the Applied Technology category as well as one of the few Spirit of TOM Awards. Heading home, the group from Clarence really did find the trip worthwhile and can’t wait to compete again next year!
