More than 200 students from all over the region were at the Okanagan College (OC) campus in 琉璃神社 on Friday, Feb. 28 as they took part in the annual Skills Canada BC Regional Trades and Technologies competition.
In total, there were 10 events, including the 40th annual Spaghetti Bridge as students from Grades 6-12 battled it out in the timed competitions.
"We are proud to be able to host so many students from across the region and have them come to our campus to take part in the Skills Regionals,鈥� said Associate Dean of Trades and Apprenticeship Danny Marques. 鈥淭his event is about supporting students in their lifelong journey. We want to inspire and support their skills development, while introducing them to our learning environment."
The results of the Regionals were:
Architectural CAD:
- Gold - Jadeynn Papineau, 琉璃神社 Secondary School
- Silver 鈥� Rowyn Tobin, Mount Boucherie Secondary School
Cabinetry:
- Gold 鈥� Ryder Starling, Rutland Senior Secondary
- Silver 鈥� Ethan Auchincloss, Okanagan Mission Secondary
- Bronze 鈥� Ben Keppler, Kalamalka Secondary
Junior Carpentry:
- Gold 鈥� Ethan Barker, Canyon Falls Middle School
- Silver 鈥� Ryley Chmelyk, Glenrosa Middle School
- Bronze 鈥� Mason Morcom, Okanagan Mission Secondary
The Tim Dorn Trades Excellence Award
- Jonah Nault, Canyon Falls Middle School
Culinary Art:
- Gold 鈥� Declan Remington, Penticton Secondary School
- Silver 鈥� Helene Rosenberger, Rutland Senior Secondary
- Bronze 鈥� Luke Thompson, Rutland Senior Secondary
Junior Gravity Car:
- Gold 鈥� Liam, Hindle, Henry Matonog, Kai Olsen, Canyon Falls Middle School
- Silver 鈥� Sam Foteyne, Ahdrej Nad, Leo Nelson, Similkameen Elementary Secondary
- Bronze 鈥� Courtney Mullen Knight, Selina Backstrom Resch, Osoyoos Secondary
Mechanical CAD:
- Gold 鈥� Regan Keith, 琉璃神社 Secondary School
Spaghetti Bridge:
- Gold 鈥� Eli Zuidhof, Tristin Vanderdean, Vernon Christian School
- Silver 鈥� Arjun Brar, Deepika Brar, Henna Brar, Anissa Khodarahmi, South Okanagan Secondary School
- Bronze 鈥� Felix Bergeron, Samuel Donegan, Jacob Ouilette, Immaculata High School
Spaghetti Bridge 鈥� Heavyweight
- Gold 鈥� Andre Fernandez Fraire, Jenna Pieper, Okanagan College Associate of Science & School of Business
- Silver 鈥� Ella Hamer-Jackson, Owen Wessels, 琉璃神社 Christian School
- Bronze 鈥� Weston Penninga, Porter Stacey, Lincoln Weatherill, Vincent Williams, 琉璃神社 Christian School
Welding:
- Gold 鈥� Clarke Carson, South Okanagan Secondary
- Silver 鈥� Sydney Martin, Rutland Senior Secondary
- Bronze 鈥� Riley Johnson, 琉璃神社 Secondary School
Eight Okanagan students in Grades 7-9 will be heading to Abbotsford for the 2025 Skills Nationals, taking place on Wednesday, April 16.
