The 2010 K*bot Ollie Awards
The Ollie Awards will be held after the Division M K*bot World Championships of Thursday
July 22, 2010 at 6:00 to 6:30 PM the City Of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure
Services Center will again play host to the annual K*bot Ollie Awards with 6 Ollie Awards
being given out on these K*bot catagories:
“Best New K*bot Design 2009”
“2009 K*bot Rookie of the Year”
“2009 K*bot World Championship Match of the Year”
“2009 K*bot Sports Ambassador Student of the Year”
“Most Improved K*bot of 2009”
One more K*bot on July 22, 2010 will be inducted into the K*bot Hall of Fame from San Antonio, Texas the 2003 Division 3 K*bot World Champion Fly Swatter. It was created and operated by Evan Gray the youngest student ever to win a K*bot World Championship at the age of a few days short of 7 years old. Even Gray went on to win the K*bot World Championships in Division 1 and Division M tying him with Edy Valdes and Devyn Bowden both from Corpus Christi, Texas with 3 K*bot World Championships. Evan Gray still holds the record for the most K*bot Divisions (3) ever won by one person at the K*bot World Championships.
Thomas Vermersch
Owner / Director
K*bot World Championships
PO Box 620796
Las Vegas, Nevada 89162 (email questions to
tvercver@cox.net)
K*bots which were inducted into the
K*bot Hall of Fame at the K*bot Ollie
Awards Banquet at the 2006, 2007, 2009
K*bot World Championships.
“Induction into the K*bot Hall of Fame Museum”
“Godzilla” Built in 1999 it was the first K*bot to become a powerhouse star. Even though this Division 2 four
time San Antonio and one time Las Vegas Regional Champion from Texas never won a K*bot World Championship
it became the overall winning (most victories) K*bot in the first seven years of K*bots. The teenager on the far right
was the creator of Godzilla.
“Greem Reaper” This was simply the best K*bot in the world. Edy Valdes from Corpus Christi, Texas created
the most feared K*bot in K*bot history. The 2002 and 2005 Division 1 K*bot World Champion only lost two times in history.
Even the best K*bot in the world found out K*bot life is an adventure as he had shocking losses at the 2003 and 2004
K*bot World Championships.
Edy Valdes went on to become a level one K*bot Instructor at the K*bot World Championships.
“Project X” This was the first Division M superstar K*bot to become a UK Champion. Division M was born in
2001 in the country of England by a group of dedicated young students and Toby Wheeler that created this well built
K*bot launching machine to become the first Division M K*bot star. Toby Wheeler has graduated from college
in England and is a teacher and is
now a management coordinator at the K*bot World Championships in Las Vegas.
“Wrath” The 2004 and 2005 Division 3 K*bot World Champion. This was the only K*bot at the time in any
Division to go undefeated (Regional and World K*bot Championships) in its short two year history of competition.
Oliver and his father and mother, Dr. Peter and Heidi Serrao, were lost in a tragic fire in their home in Corpus Christi,
Texas. This truly special world class family loved life and people and touched our lives in the K*bot world. Our K*bot
Awards each
year are called the “Ollies”, named after Oliver Serrao.
“Crosshair" This was the first non-American K*bot to win a K*bot World Championship. Andrew Martin from
RAF Base in Brize Norton in England under the guidance of K*bot Instructor Toby Wheeler, also from England,
shocked the Americans and took the World Championship from the Americans in Division 2 at the 2004 K*bot World
Championships in Las Vegas. It was retired as Andrew Martin built Crosshair 2 in 2005 and Crosshair 3 in 2007 to
replace the original Crosshair. Crosshair 3 on the right came within only one half of a centimeter of regaining his 2004
Division 2 K*bot World Championship crown from three time Division 2 world champion Devyn Bowden with Maneater
from Corpus Christi, Texas.
“C4” This was the first Division M K*bot to win back to back K*bot World Championships. Chace Younger was
born in Palm Springs, California and competed in the first K*bot World Championship in 2002 in Las Vegas. One of
his goals was to become a K*bot World Champion and master K*bot builder. He accomplished both of these goals
as he became a level one K*bot Instructor at the K*bot World Championships. Division M has grown into a prestigious
K*bot Division in the world of K*bots, thanks in part to this outstanding young man and his passion for Division M.
“Tank” This was the first Division 2 K*bot to win back to back K*bot World Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Kyle Young, a high school student from Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, Nevada was the first Nevada student to
ever challenge the Texas students who still to this day hold more K*bot World Championships than any other state in
the US. Even though Jonathan Ling from Hoggard Magnet School introduced gear reduction into the world of K*bots
in 2002 Kyle perfected it enough to win the first two Division 2 K*bot World Championships.
“Man Eater” This was the first K*bot ever to win three K*bot World Championships in a row (2004, 2005, 2006).
Devyn Bowden from Corpus Christi, Texas (home of nine K*bot World Championships more than any other city in the world)
is the only student ever to win three world championships in one K*bot Division.
These K*bot awards are named after Oliver Serrao our 2004 Division 3 World
Champion who lost his life in a tragic house fire in Texas. They called him “Ollie”
and the K*bot award will honor this outstanding young student who was loved by
many who knew him. To receive an “Ollie” is something special because it is
voted on by every K*bot student who has a passion for K*bots from around the
world. The K*bot Ollie Awards are held at the City Of Las Vegas Veterans
Memorial Leisure Services Center
during the K*bot World Championships.
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