Create Sport

Create Sport is a national competition run by the Institution of Civil Engineers, Arup and the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) which allows 12 to 13 year old students to work in teams with a construction industry professional to complete a challenging project that introduces real-world problems to the classroom.

The students are tasked with designing and building a model of a community sports venue. Using their curriculum knowledge, they work with their teachers and an ICE ambassador (construction industry professional) to manage the project and overcome a range of engineering problems. The students are introduced to the constraints and concerns encountered in real engineering, including technical, infrastructural and sustainability issues.

Taking part in the competition demonstrates to students the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) curriculum options in an approachable and fun context, and allows them to begin exploring the available career options within the construction and built environment realm.

Competition teams from each of the schools taking part are judged regionally, and the winning team from each region is invited to present their work at a grand final at One Great George Street in London. Two overall winners are decided at this event, and a first prize of £1,000 is awarded to the schools of the winning teams.

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ICE London Regional Final 2011

Five school teams from across London were selected for the regional final:

Fortismere School, Haringey
Frederick Bremer School, Walthamstow
Ilford Ursuline High School, Ilford
Newstead Wood School, Orpington
St Nicholas School, Old Harlow, Essex

The event was hosted by the University of East London in Stratford in May.

The team from Fortismere School, Muswell Hill took the top prize for their stadium design, ‘Wing’, and went on to compete in the National Final and take the 2nd prize.
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National Final 2011

Eleven school teams from across the UK took part in the National Final, which took place in the Great Hall of ICE’s headquarters at One Great George Street, and was hosted by Kate Bellingham, presenter of BBC's "Tomorrow's World".

The finalists were:

Charters School, Sunningdale, Ascot
The Duston School, Northampton
Fairfield High School, Bristol
Fortismere School, Muswell Hill, London
Gosforth Central Middle School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast
Lumen Christi College, Derry
Notre Dame High School, Glasgow
Penair School, Truro
The Romsey School, Romsey, Hants
Saint Martin’s School, Solihull
Warblington School, Havant

Each of the teams had already beaten a number of local school teams to be crowned the regional champions.

The teams gave a presentation of their stadium design to the competition judges. Four teams were then selected to take part in a mock public enquiry which secured their place as either first or second prize-winners. The school teams had to defend their proposal during vigorous community questioning, and persuade a top-level panel of judges who included:

Ben Hunt-Davis, Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist
Shaun McKeown, Team GB Olympic Cyclist
Alison Nimmo, Director of Design and Regeneration, Olympic Development Authority (ODA)
Professor Chris Wise, Founder of Expedition Engineering
Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive, BRE
Sacha Grodzinski, Chairman of Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
Allan Gordon, Commercial Director, Warings Contractors Ltd
Christine Townley, Director, Construction Youth Trust
Kate Hall, Associate Director, Arup UKMEA
Simon Wright, Director of Infrastructure, Olympic Development Authority (ODA)