Notre Dame Regional Secondary School
Physics Balsa Bridge Building
Contest
Twenty-nine Years of Excellence

Bridge about to be tested
Bridge Ready to Test

Year Mass
Held
Team
Members
1980-81 36.4 kg Liz Stimson/Janice Westfall
1981-82 49.4 kg Kevin Tierney
1982-83 78.6 kg Angelo Faccone/Albert Fujisawa
1983-84 118.8 kg Angelo Faccone/Albert Fujisawa/Tony Gillett
1984-85 122.5 kg Mario Faccone/Stan Hewitt
1985-86 111.2 kg Paul Baggio
1986-87 106.1 kg Michael Pizzolato
1987-88 97.0 kg Trevor MacDonald/Victor Meira
1988-89 82.7 kg Joseph Orlowski
1989-90 103.4 kg Arthur Azana/Hector Rei
1990-91 114.6 kg Paul Helter/Gino Gargiulo
1991-92 125.7 kg Jeremy Ferraro/Adam Tartaglia
1992-93 129.9 kg John Tran/Victor Batinovic/Hrv Jurlina
1993-94 152.0 kg Roger Gil/Andrea Frustaci
1994-95 151.4 kg Patricia Artuso/Maria DiFluri
1995-96 108.0 kg Jacob Tran/Stjepan Tomas
1996-97 117.5 kg Clarissa Gamboa/Vanessa Wong
1997-98 159.7 kg Paolo Amoruso
1998-99 159.7 kg Matt Sullivan/Allan Ilicic
1999-00 209.4 kg Matt Sullivan (new record)
2000-01 136.1 kg Chrystal Ho/Jenny Jimeno
2001-02 155.5 kg Carlo Pellizzari/Andrew Zappavigna
2002-03 138.3 kg Joey Ziccardo (Phil Wyatt: 148.9 kg)
2003-04 110.4 kg Sonia Perizzolo
2004-05 114.4 kg Mike Esteves
2005-06 97.95 kg Nicole Pellegrin
2006-07 107.9 kg Holden Lee
2007-08 144.4 kg Matthew Nolletti

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