Greenpower Cars

Greenpower Club is on Tuesday evenings - 18.30 until 20.30 in DT3 and DT4

See Mr Walker or Mr Salmon in the D&T Department

New members always welcome!

LATEST NEWS

MPH seeded 9th in UK

Team MPH went to Goodwood for the finals in the Greenpower Formula 24 season and finished a creditable 9th, covering 101 miles.  See photos and race review in the 18 Nov 2011 Newsletter (Click here).

MPH come 2nd at Castle Combe - 2 Oct 2011

Second place in the Western Regional Heat takes MPH to the National Final.  A great result puts the team in 5th place overall.

Read the race report from Greenpower here.

See photos of the race here.

See more photos on our own website here.

MPH come 4th at Merryfield - September 2011

Another great race from MPH recently. Remaining in second place for most of the race, the team suffered from a puncture in the last few laps and finished in 4th place.  The next race will be at Castle Combe on 2nd October. Entry is free and the race starts at 1pm. Why not come along and support the team?

MPH come 3rd in season opener at Silverstone

Team MPH were narrowly beaten into 3rd place at the closing moments of the race after maintaining 2nd place for the majority of the season opener on Sunday 1 May.

"Both the team and the car performed really well and everyone had a really good day!" said Mr Walker.

MPH win £80 prize money for qualifying for National Final - 16 November

A nice surprise for the club came today when Mr Salmon received a letter from Greenpower awarding them £80 because they qualified for the National Finals this year.  The prize can be put towards the 2011 Formaul 24 challenge entry fee or equipment for one of the cars.

MPH come 20th out of 73 in National Final - Sunday 17 October 2010

Congratulations again to the MPH team who came 20th in the country in the Formula 24 final at Goodwood on Sunday 17 October. The winners were an all girl team from Sandbach School with their car called Zebedee who clocked up 127.2 miles in the race.  MPH managed 96 miles in the race so congratulations to David Baker, Mitchel Brain, Ben Goodman, Jordan Mould, Jack Williams, their parents and the staff that helped them do so well. 

Check out some photos here.

Check out the full race results here.

MPH Win Place in National Final

Congratulations to MPH, the Year 9 (mainly) Greenpower team, that came 4th against 24 other teams in Sunday's race and have won a place in the national final at Goodwood Motor Circuit on Sunday 17 October.

The team, watched by parents and grandparents, clocked up 85 miles to clinch their place in the final.

Beaten by only two schools, Chipping Sodbury Secondary School (with two cars, taking first and second place) and the private school, Bristol Grammar, that came third.

The only other local secondary school to enter was the Grange School that came in 21st position.

See the full results here on the Greenpower website.

MPH Race at Merryfield Airfield Regional Heat - Sunday 19th September

The Year 8 Greenpower team - will be racing at Merryfield Airfield on Sunday 19 September. The team have to be there at 8.30 in the morning for setting up and practice races but they would welcome supporters for the actual heat that starts at 12.00noon and finishes at 4.00pm. Prizes will be awarded at 4.30pm.

Address: RNAS Merryfield, Ilton, Nr Ilminster, TA19 9HN

Castle Combe Race - June 2010

On Sunday 27 June the Greenpower Team raced at Castle Combe Race Track in the Formula 24 Western Regional Heat. 

The MPH team very generously let drivers from the other team take part in the race as only the MPH car was race-ready. 

Mangotsfield came joint 15th out of 35 cars, so congratulations to everyone who helped.

The picture below shows Ben Goodman driving the MPH car during the race.

What is Greenpower?

Greenpower is dedicated to promoting engineering and technology as careers to students aged 9-25 in any form of full or part-time education. This is achieved through unique hands-on projects to design, build and race an electric car.  The school buys equipment and materials through Greenpower and we aim to meet and race aginst other schools each year.

Read more about Greenpower on the Greenpower Website here

Mangotsfield students with the help of their parents and staff at the school have been building and racing electric cars since 2005.  Three cars are being worked on at the moment and if you'd like to help just ask Mr Walker or Mr Salmon in the D&T Department.

The group meets between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Wednesdays in the D&T Workshops. Two members of staff run the club but students should be accompanied by their parents.

Hot Wheels

See the Hot Wheels Web Page here

MPH (Mangotsfield Petrol Heads)

See the MPH Web Page here