Several Abbotsford students won medals at the Skills Canada BC competition at Tradex last Wednesday.
The annual event drew more than 600 students in Grades 6 to 12 to compete in 58 fields such as aerospace, automotive, 3D animation, baking, welding, robotics and more.
The participants were all gold-medal winners from regional competitions held earlier this year, including the Fraser Valley event that took place March 1 at University of the Fraser Valley in Chilliwack.
Gold-medal winners at the provincial competition now advance to the Skills Canada National Competition, running June 4 and 5 in Edmonton.
Abbotsford students who won medals at Skills Canada BC were:
– Sonia Khurana and Jaskiran Chauhan of Abbotsford Senior – gold in TV/video production;
– Gibi Saini, Manroop Singh, Shawn Kharud, Nathan Ellis and Brendan Rauch from Abbotsford Senior Secondary – gold in the junior skills GearBots competition;
– Bailey Cryer and Hayden Fast from Robert Bateman Secondary – silver in 3D computer animation;
– Kurtis Stevenson from W. J. Mouat Secondary (WJMS) – silver in architectural CAD;
– Arianna Guenette from Abbotsford School of the Integrated Arts – silver in architectural CAD;
– Natalie Neufeld, Katie Wiebe, Nyah Hilz and Melissa Thomas of Chief Dan George Middle Schools – silver in junior skills spaghetti bridge competition;
– Rheis Setter and Kobe Lightfoot of WJMS – bronze in TV/video production;
– Isaac Moorhouse from WJMS – bronze in carpentry; and
– Matthias LeClair from WJMS – bronze in electrical wiring.