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Bringing a sense of excitement and few expectations with them, a small team of Templeton Secondary students has qualified for a world robotics championship.

Now they just need some kindly persons or businesses to help pay for their trip to Houston.

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“We’re very excited,” Templeton Grade 11 student Nikki Cech said. “We succeeded at regionals because our robot was very good at one small element (of the contest). If it’s the same at worlds, it could end up going really well for us.”

East Vancouver’s Templeton is one of three Canadian schools to qualify for Houston, joining Team Hephaestus from North Surrey Secondary and Iris Robotics from Garibaldi Secondary in Maple Ridge.

The Templeton team has 16 students, overseen by computer science and woodworking teacher Warren Lloyd.

It’s a rookie team with a tiny budget and they didn’t know what to expect when they travelled to Victoria for the Canadian Pacific Regional tournament a couple of weeks ago.