Showing posts with label robotics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robotics. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Revamp of livery - submit your design,

The new design of the National Federation Colours is very popular with the team.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has already revamped its Protea Team Shirts and its National Federation Colours shirts. MSSA's new supplier, Lauren Blue, does a fantastic job, and all MSSA's teams are more than happy with the new livery.

MSSA now intends to revamp all of its remaining shirts, being:

Type of ColoursLogo colourColour of shirt
Junior National Federation ColoursWhiteBottle green and gold
Senior Provincial ColoursGoldBlack and gold
Junior Provincial ColoursWhiteBlack and white
Regional ColoursRedBlack and red
UmpiresBlackOrange and black
Registered Players
GoldNavy Blue and Gold
Navy blueSky blue and navy blue
WhitePink and white

All Registered Players are welcome to submit designs to MSSA, The Board shall then select the most appropriate designs for production.

The winners of the designs will each receive a shirt as a reward and be advertised on this blog of the originator of such design.

Please note that by submitting a design, the designer acknowledges that all IP of such design shall remain the property of MSSA.

All designs must be submitted to MSSA by 1 November 2022.

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Friday, 18 June 2021

For our children's children...

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So, Youth Day on 16 June 2021 has come and gone. On the holiday the same old rhetoric was made and many people and organizations were backward-looking.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), however, has a different approach. 

MSSA likes to use the opportunity to look forward to see what it can do for the youth who are engaged in its activities, be it board games, esports, robotics, and/or wargames.

Through participation in MSSA events, the youth are able to earn Regional, Provincial, National, and Protea Colours, in both school, student, and for senior levels, for all of the games falling under MSSA's jurisdiction.

Such colours are vital for scholars and students to earn bursaries as athletes at schools, colleges, and universities.

It is through the system of offering colours that MSSA has created an upward ladder through which the youth may obtain a higher level of education in order to become more productive members of the community and better taxpayers.

It is through providing real opportunities for the youth that the sustainability of the sport is ensured, that the future of the youth is fostered, and that a greater income earning potential for athletes is created.

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Thursday, 20 July 2017

I-Village Schools Digital Skills Workshop.

I-Village will be hosting a digital skills workshop, at Emadwaneli Secondary School, on the 26th of July 2017.

The objective of the workshop is raise awareness on the digital career opportunities , understanding that more jobs today requires a level of adequate understanding of digital skills and further to ensure that our youth participate in the digital economy. The workshop will be conducted in collaboration with Emadwaneli Secondary School, The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa), Mind Sport South Africa (MSSA) and Acer South Africa..
At I-Village we are committed to bring about digital opportunities to the youth, most importantly in the townships and rural areas and with the key objective that our youth not only become consumers, but active participants to the 4th Industrial Revolution, says. Mr Mpho Tladi - Business Development Manager at I-Village.
The workshop will be showcasing digital career opportunities in Creative New Media Industries, Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC): Robotics, Coding and Electronic Sports (Esports).
About Us:
Innovation Village herein known as “I-Village” is a non-profit organisation that provides digital skills
training to the students, entrepreneurs and unemployed youth in townships and rural areas. The IVillage is based in Soweto, Dube, Kronen Centre.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Sustainabots: Robots for sustainability

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Sustainabots: Robots for sustainability
Gauteng Registration Statistics for 2017 – June 14
Open Category
Number of Registered teams
Elementary/Primary School
0
Junior High School
2
Senior High School
0

Regular Category
Number of Registered teams
Elementary/Primary School
11
Junior High School
19
High School
6

WRO football

Number of Registered teams
0

Advanced Robotics Category

Number of Registered teams
0
Notes:
·         Registration closes Friday 30th of June 2017 for the Gauteng regional competition.
·         Please make payments per team and not per team member, use your team name as reference for proof of payment.
·         National competition 9th September 2017, at Tshwane University of Technology.
Training
There will be a preparation training camp at Tshwane University of Technology during from 3 to 5 July 2017. This will be a fun event and teams can win prizes during this training.
Minimum 20 teams required to go ahead with training, all age groups and categories.
Teams need their own robot kit and laptop. Teams can rent laptops and robot kits for the duration of the camp.

WRO Robotics Training Camp

When:
3 – 5 July 2017
Where:
Tshwane University of Technology, Theunis Bester hall
Time:
9:00 – 15:00
Purpose:
Preparing our teams to be competition ready.
Format of Camp:
·         Beginners Area – Assistance/Guidance will provided by trainers.
·         Training area
o   Solving robot challenges on the go.
o   There will be 10 - 15 challenge tables.
o   Each table will have 2 to 3 different challenges than other tables.
o   Max 4 teams per table (Each team max 3 members).
o   Teams start with base robot every time.
o   Teams have 45 minutes to add/remove gadgets, program and test.
o   Teams have max two runs to earn point score. Highest score counts.
o   Teams to score as much points during each run.
o   Teams rotate to the next table for next challenge.
Cost
R 320 for all three days per individual member
Who:
Anyone, ages 8 to 19, interested in Robotics, there will be an area for beginners/new comers.
Teams preparing and participating in WRO 2017.
Individuals or groups that wants to join in Robotics challenges.
Equipment
Each team to provide their own Mindstorms EV3 Robotics kit.
Each team to have at least one laptop.
Laptops and EV3 Robotics kits available to rent for duration of camp (R100 per laptop and R100 per EV3 kit).
Rented laptops, EV3 kits will be locked overnight, and not leave the venue.
Reward
All team scores will be placed on a ranking list in their different age groups.
Top three teams on each ranking list will receive awards.
Additional awards:  best improvement team, against all odds, most innovative solution.
Lunches
Lunches can be pre-ordered, R 25.00 for Boerewors Roll, Hamburger or Mince Vetkoek
Registration
Visit www.wrosa.co.za or direct at WRO camp registration
Information or Questions
Johan Benade 0828555680 or johan@wrosa.co.za

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Sunday, 16 October 2016

Reminder: MSSA elections

Only you can make the change you want to see!
Mind Sports South Africa's elections are fast approaching.

All Registered Players are reminded that any such player may stand for the elections as long as:

  • A member club nominates the Registered Player on the prescribed form, and
  • The Nomination Form has been submitted to MSSA on or before 1 November 2016, and
  • The Registered Player is fully-paid-up for the 2015/2016 year as at the date of nomination, and
  • The club nominating the Registered Player has paid its affiliation fees on or before 1 November 2016.

The positions up for election are (3 year terms):
  1. President
  2. 1st  Vice-President (in charge  of development)
  3. 2nd vice-president (in charge of umpiring)
  4. Board gaming representative
  5. Card gaming representative
  6. eSports representative
  7. National  Schools Director
  8. Women's desk
  9. Legal adviser
  10. Representative for gamers who are differently abled
  11. General Secretary
Positions not eligible for election in 2016 are:
  1. 3rd Vice President (in charge of events)
  2. Figure gaming representative
  3. Player's representative
The following Provincial Directorships are also available (2 year terms):
  1. Eastern Cape
  2. Free State
  3. Gauteng
  4. KwaZulu Natal
  5. Limpopo
  6. Northern Cape
  7. North West
  8. Western Cape
All the following 56 Regional Directorships are also available for election (1 year term).

 Thus the 2016 elections will be more than interesting.

Never before have so many positions become available at the same time.

There is no doubt that the committee has worked well over  the past number of years, and it will indeed be interesting to again see democracy at work.
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