Surrey and White Rock students bring 36 medals home from regional skills competition
Last week, secondary students from across the district tested their skills in metalwork and a host of other trades during the Skills Canada Regional Competition. (Photo by Jacob Zinn)
Technology and trades students from across the district have 36 new medals around their necks, following last week’s Skills Canada Lower Fraser Valley Regional Competition.
The annual competition provides an opportunity for students to showcase their skills in a variety of trades and technology-related fields, including welding, culinary arts, animation, automotive and carpentry. This year, 98 of our secondary students and 58 elementary students competed across 14 contests.
“Skills Canada’s mandate is to promote youth in trades through friendly competition,” said Fraser Heights Secondary teacher Martin Lim. “These contests are more for fun and to showcase their skills in trades, all in a friendly manner, and it’s great that the district supports it.”
Surrey students took home 12 gold medals, 11 silver and 10 bronze. Fraser Heights Secondary was the big winner, taking home an outstanding 15 medals: six gold, five silver and four bronze.
The gold medal winners in the Senior Skills category were:
- Winnie Wang & Julie Southinavong, Fraser Heights Secondary – 2D Animation
- Agustine Advincula, Guildford Park Secondary – Architectural CADD
- Hunter Blundell, Queen Elizabeth Secondary – Auto Service
- Ryan Schulz, Fraser Heights Secondary – Cabinetmaking
- Gavin Mills, Clayton Heights Secondary – Carpentry
- Ayden Meinhardt, Kwantlen Park Secondary – Electronics
- Maureen Joy Mendania, Princess Margaret Secondary – Fashion Design
- Ivy Ye, Fraser Heights Secondary – Graphic Design
- Brayden Tang, Fraser Heights Secondary – Mechanical CADD
- Benson Tsai, Fraser Heights Secondary – Photography
- Tristen Yeung, Raybow Zhang, Fraser Heights Secondary – TV / Video
- Cadence Crowe, Clayton Heights Secondary – Welding (Metalwork)
There was also a Junior Skills competition among Erma Stephenson Elementary students designing a spaghetti bridge, where three teams won gold, silver and bronze. The gold winners were Zimo Lui, Annabelle Liang, Jarrai Joseph-Wattley and Lucas Talbot.
Gold medallists will compete at the provincial Skills Canada British Columbia Competition, scheduled for April 19 at the Tradex in Abbotsford. The national competition will be held at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg on May 25-26.
Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Skills Canada Lower Fraser Valley Regional Competition! See below for a full list of Surrey and White Rock winners.
Architectural CADD
Gold: Agustine Advincula – Guildford Park Secondary
Silver: Daniel Dziedzic – Guildford Park Secondary
Bronze: Nathaniel Butler – École Salish Secondary
Auto Service
Gold: Hunter Blundell – Queen Elizabeth Secondary
Silver: Aeros Casido – Queen Elizabeth Secondary
Bronze: Ashvyn Kaila – Queen Elizabeth Secondary
Cabinetmaking
Gold: Ryan Schulz – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Sean Won – Fraser Heights Secondary
Bronze: Dayton McKellar – Elgin Park Secondary
Carpentry
Gold: Gavin Mills – Clayton Heights Secondary
Silver: Judell Andasan – Fraser Heights Secondary
Electronics
Gold: Ayden Meinhardt – Kwantlen Park Secondary
Silver: Mark Ordinario – Kwantlen Park Secondary
Bronze: Kavish Arora – Kwantlen Park Secondary
Fashion Design
Gold: Maureen Joy Mendania – Princess Margaret Secondary
Graphic Design
Gold: Ivy Ye – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Alishba Rehman – Fraser Heights Secondary
Bronze: Mariana Asiain – Fraser Heights Secondary
Mechanical CADD
Gold: Brayden Tang – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Thalia Gregorio – Fraser Heights Secondary
Bronze: Aaralyn Zhu – Fraser Heights Secondary
Photography
Gold: Benson Tsai – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Jordon Seidler – Fraser Heights Secondary
Bronze: Haardik Garg – Princess Margaret Secondary
TV / Video
Gold: Tristen Yeung, Raybow Zhang – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Ciaran Walsh, Ben Wakelin – École Salish Secondary
Bronze: Ryder Tymich, Luke Wakelin – École Salish Secondary
Welding (Metalwork)
Gold: Cadence Crowe – Clayton Heights Secondary
Silver: Marcus Berner – Grandview Heights Secondary
Bronze: Josephine Heiliger – Fraser Heights Secondary
2D Animation
Gold: Winnie Wang, Julie Southinavong – Fraser Heights Secondary
Silver: Diaon Dewar, Caitlyn Stenstrom – École Salish Secondary
Bronze: Bella Stronach, Saidy Flores – Fraser Heights Secondary
Jr. Skills Spaghetti Bridge
Gold: Zimo Lui, Annabelle Liang, Jarrai Joseph-Wattley, Lucas Talbot – Erma Stephenson Elementary
Silver: Rinnie Zhong, Xiaoya Wen, Bobby Shen, Eric Liu – Erma Stephenson Elementary
Bronze: Kachelle Zhu, Emma Jashari, Jonathan Huang, Dash Schumacher – Erma Stephenson Elementary
