UKROC is a youth rocketry competition that attracts teams from the UK, USA, France and Japan to compete for the prize. Last year's final was in Paris, this year it was Farnborough's turn to host at it's UK airshow. Winning teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, North of England, South-west and South-east compete in regionals to find the UK's entry. Our Rocket Club mission was set in motion before the end of term last academic year. Since many of the components are sourced from the USA we ordered up well in advance for this year's competition. Our Mission brief was to design and build a model rocket that could reach 250m in height, deploy a parachute and return to the ground with a total flight time of 43-46 seconds, and keep it's payload of a raw hen's egg intact. Over the months of September and October we tested designs using a simulation program called Open Rocket to design and virtually test our designs. In November we started building our rocket using techniques and materials we had not used before such as composite epoxy, Kevlar and Nomex to make our rocket light, but very strong. We were struggling to keep weight down (every 5 grams costs 1metre to lost!) to reach the required 250m. We managed this in the end and produced a good looking model rocket. The South-east regional date was set for 2nd May at Stowe Maries WW1 aerodrome. Only a disused airfield is big enough to safely launch these powerful models. We spent the days leading up to the competition with our eyes glued to the weather forecast, the force of winds, especially gusts seriously affects the flight. We didn't want a repeat of last year's flight which required us to jump streams, bushwhack our way through trees and hedges to get the rocket back 300m away from where it was launched. On the day the winds were light and the rain held off. We launched but had a problem with the rocket and did not reach the required height. We problem-solved the issue and fixed the fault for a textbook second flight and finished the day in fourth place out of 32 teams. We will find out in the next few days if our score will be good enough to go through to the Nationals. Watch this space! I want to thank all those who have contributed to this endeavour, including the Technology team who were amazing, but mainly to the fantastic pupils who gave so much time, thought and effort to the cause. In no particular order our thanks go to Jenson Baker and Alfie Bishop in Year 10 for their amazing building skills, Oliver Fearn, Merral Elhag and Samuel Nottingham in Year 8 for their endless energy and ideas (whilst learning the different roles). Finally Noah Jones in Year 9 for his technical skills with rocket motors and his brother Ethan Jones in Year 11 who finally bows out having given up so much time to Rocket Club. Thank you Ethan, we couldn't have done it without you. Now we catch our breath and prepare for September when the next mission is revealed.