from Ridley, graduates become entitled to use the post-nominal letters “O.R.” (“Old Ridleian”). VEX Robotics The Ridley College Robotics Team (1509 “Rmageddon”) was founded in 2009 by coaches Rodney Reimer and Scott McCambley. In its first year of existence, the team not only qualified but won the Excellence Award at the VEX Robotics World Championship. Since then, team 1509 has qualified and represented Ridley at the World Championship every single season; won a multitude of programming, driving, and engineering awards; and been present in the global leaderboards. Most recently, rmageddon advanced to the Semifinals at the 2015 VEX World Championship, placed 2nd in Canada (13th in the World) in the Programming Skills Challenge and came out as champion at the 2015 Ontario Provincial Championship, beating teams from all over the province. The college's most successful team is proud to incubate and nourish successful computer scientists and engineers, who have gone to hold high Ridley's name at elite institutions such as the University of Western Ontario, Harvey Mudd, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, and many more. Athletics The school has several competitive athletic teams: ? The Boys Basketball (First Team) is a very strong program at Ridley, winning numerous Canadian Independent Schools National Championships in the last few years (2015, 2016). Similarly, the Ridley First Girls Basketball teams have won the Canadian Independent Schools National Championship in 2013, 2015, and 2016, along with CISAA titles in 2015, and 2016. The varsity boys' rugby program went through a rebirth during the recent years, hosting the Canadian Independent School championships and medalling out of 15 teams, as well as ending up with a second-place finish in the CISAA rugby finals. One of Ridley's most renowned athletics programs comprises its strong rowing traditions. Ridley has won the UK Royal Henley Regatta's prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup four times, putting it in the same league as famous British schools such as Eton College and Pangbourne College, and the most of any Canadian boarding school, and it has trained numerous Canadian Olympic rowers. Ridley has previous Olympians as coaches, and competes in regattas internationally. Other sports including the boys' soccer team, Canadian Independent Schools National Champions in 2003, and the boys' ice hockey team, which competes in the highly competitive Midwest Prep Hockey League. The school also has an Under 14, an Under 16, and a Varsity squash team. Girls' sports