Overview
NetRiders competitions provide students with hands-on practice and experience in a competitive environment, a chance to test their skills and recognize their weaknesses, showcase their knowledge, and create interactive networking skills as well as new friendships across the world.
Benefits:
- Develop and grow networking and IT skills.
- Test and showcase skills in a fun and rewarding environment.
- Compete to be the most skilled student in a region.
- Interact and compete with fellow students at a national level.
- Increase knowledge and enhance future professional development.
- Get visibility from other schools to become an instructor.
- Win a trip to Cisco in San Jose, CA in the United States.
Study Prize
Each year, the top CCNA competitors from each region will win a Study Trip to Cisco headquarters in San Jose, California, the heart of the Silicon Valley in the U.S. The NetRiders Study Trip Prize rewards and recognizes outstanding Networking Academy CCNA students and encourages them to further their career development in Information Technology. During their visit, winners experience:
- Cisco campus tours.
- Meetings with Cisco engineers and executives.
- Excursion to San Francisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge, Cable Cars, Fisherman’s Wharf and other sites.
- Much more…
Ryan Chetcuti – 2013 Winner | Christopher Demicoli – 2014 Runner Up |
Ryan Chetcuti – 2013 Winner |
Christopher Demicoli – 2014 Runner Up |
You’re Next
The competition is open to any Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching student who is currently or was recently enrolled (within ten months from the opening of registration) in one of the third or fourth courses. A detailed structure of the competition can be found below.
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Past Editions
Despite this being the most challenging edition of this prestigious competition to date due to the change in competition format, ICE Malta student Pavel Roth was titled Cisco NetRiders 2015 Mediterranean Champion and secured his spot as one of Cisco’s Top 10 NetRiders 2015 regional champions. Malta’s second placed winner and ICE Malta student Melchior Vella has confirmed his spot in the Top 20 list confirming that once again Malta’s talent continues to achieve prestigious results in this significant competition year after year. Read more here.
ICE Malta student and Malta’s national Cisco NetRiders 2014 Champion Christopher Demicoli placed second in the European, Russian Federation, CIS region, missing out on scoring the top prize by just a few points. Runners up, Luke Farrugia and Sarah Tabone placed in the top 25 European winners list. Malta’s national finalists competed with more than 10,000 Cisco students from all over the world and have achieved the best combined results for our islands to date. Read more here.
ICE Malta student and Cisco NetRiders national champion Ryan Chetcuti placed first in the prestigious international competition beating students from Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden & United Kingdom. Ryan won an all-expense paid study trip to Cisco California and was later hand-picked for a career opportunity at Cisco Scotland. Minister for Economy and Investment Chris Cardona personally congratulated Ryan and ICE Malta on this success. Read more here.