Ballyclare Secondary School is delighted to have the opportunity to work on a KIT Car Project and to participate in the IET Formula 24 challenge run by the Greenpower Education Trust. We have 10 very excited Year 11 pupils in the team who have named themselves ‘Forget Fossil’.
Forget Fossil held a very successful event for company representatives to attend on Friday 6th March 2015 at 3.30pm. The purpose of the event was to reach out to organisations and businesses to support us with this very exciting venture. Prior to the event Forget Fossil had drawn up a wish list for potential sponsorship of items. At the meeting our pupils did a fantastic job of outlining the project and requirements, in the hope that businesses would offer manpower and/or resources to assist in building a fantastic KIT car. We were overwhelmed with the assistance offered by local business and in fact, are delighted to say that we secured sponsorship for all of the items on our wish list at the meeting on Friday 6th March.
List of Company/Organisation Representatives on Friday 6th March 2015
| Company/Organisation | Representative |
| Chairman of Board of Governors | Rev Dr McConnell |
| Board of Governors | Eta Mann |
| Board of Governors | Stephen Traynor |
| Board of Governors | John Harkness |
| Board of Governors | Andrew McConnell |
| Imagis | Ian Simpson |
| Dargan Press | Jordan Traynor |
| Wrightbus | Martin Graham |
| Chain Reactions | Fiona Dowds |
| Gilmore Signage | Mark Cawley |
| PowerNI | Alan Egner |
| Bombardier | Paul Maguire |
| Charles Hurst | Alan Thompson |
| Mechanical Engineering Student at UUJ | Neil Martin |
| Ernest Hall | Alastair Hall |
| W.J. Blair Accident Repairs | Andrew Blair |
| Motorcycle Racer | Glen Irwin |
| George McMillan Porsche | George McMillan |
| City Auction Group | Raymond Hill |
Team Forget Fossil
Pupils Involved: Crawford Ewing, Amy Baxter, Ellie Cooke, David McConkey, Kyle Barr, Adam Elliott, Jack Patterson, Joshua Bell, Joshua Bell, Joshua Bell, Jack Keery, Kent Gill (Adviser).
Teaching Staff Involved:- Mrs Bell (Principal), Mrs Shingleton, Mr Houston, Mrs Beattie, Mr Beckington, Miss McShane, Miss Flanagan, Mr Hill, Mr White, Mr Graham, Miss Stevenson.
Please visit www.greenpower.co.uk for more information.