Reflection on 24 Hour Pedal Kart 2018

_{By: Sangeeth Dharmendran – SIS Pedal Kart Chief (13S2)}

We as a team were able to work coherently and cohesively in order to accomplish a successful event this year. A large portion of which was only possible thanks to the support from the PTA, our project leading teacher Mr. Stirling Reed, and all other teachers.

Prior to the event we received professional service from the external mechanist – Mr. Jobar Kho from “Victory Cycling Workshop”, who was able to repair and refurbish all 3 carts. In additional, Mr. Kho coached our students some useful skills of pedalling, with huge assistance from several student racers who spent hours to help repair the carts after each training session. The last but not least is to thank Mr. Angus Choi – SIS Facility Manager for coordination with the mechanist and handling storage for the carts.

During the race, we encountered an unexpected issue with a broken custom made part and were close to withdrawing from the charity race. SIS Pedal Kart Team was very fortunate to have our brother school team – the Renaissance College to rescue us by lending us the part from their retired cart. Mr. Gianluca Croce – KGV Teacher offered help and lent us spare parts, tools and even their working pit. It proved the friendship within ESF community.

On behalf of SIS Pedal Team, I cannot thank these people enough by words. Our 3 teams cannot complete the race without their generosities. Our team will take all the experience for review and are looking forward for planning the next Pedal Kart charity race. I am so glad all the racers stayed safe and healthy throughout November 10 – 11 at Victoria Park. We all had a great time and it was a memorable event.