Offaly's 'Steminists' Have Homecoming After Robotics World Championship Win

The team from Sacred Heart Tullamore picked up the Judges Award in Dallas.

Offaly's all-female World Champion robotics team has returned home following their victory at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Texas. 

‘The Steminists’ from Sacred Heart Secondary School, Tullamore, won the prestigious Judges Award in America.

The team includes students Rachel Ebenezer, Alice Duffy, Olivia Hoey, Emily Thunder, and Jasmine Matsushita.

They've been welcomed by teachers, family members and fellow students, at a homecoming event in their school.

Olivia Hoey says it’s important to be a role model for women in STEM:

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