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Posted on April 18, 2013

²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵstudents earn 20 medals in skilled trades competition

 

Paint us proud!

²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵ students earned 20 medals at the annual B.C. Skills Competition in Abbotsford on April 17: eight gold, seven silver and five bronze.

All the gold medallists will represent B.C. at the Skills Canada national competition at BC Place in June. They will compete against college and high school students from across the country.

VCC's 2013 B.C. Skills winners:

Architectural CAD (drafting)
Gold: Meghan McDonell, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Vancouver

Automotive collision repair
Silver: Steven Dardengo, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Victoria
Bronze: Philip Laffin, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Nanaimo

High school automotive collision repair
Gold: Kurtis Gordey, A L Fortune Secondary, Enderby
Silver: Cesar Busine, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary, Vancouver
Bronze: Kyle Steven, Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary, Courtenay

Automotive service technician
Gold: Keith Stonehouse, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Chilliwack

High school auto refinishing
Gold: Adam Sliacky, South Delta Secondary
Silver: Brenden Papps, Moscrop Secondary, Burnaby
Bronze: Donald Urquhart, Panorama Ridge Secondary, Surrey

Culinary arts
Bronze: Lyndsay Jones, VCC

Baking
Gold: Georgine Chung, VCC
Silver: Kate Lo, VCC

High school baking
Silver: Crystal Tan, Lord Byng Secondary, Vancouver

Hair design
Gold: Michelle Macasling, VCC
Silver: Katy Au, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Richmond

High school hair design
Gold: Rachelle Garcia, Samuel Robertson Secondary, Maple Ridge

Esthetics
Gold: Ashlie Mackie, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Vancouver
Silver: Eun ju Oh, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Coquitlam
Bronze: Linda Dooley, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵvia Delta

²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵpartners with several high schools in Metro Vancouver to offer trades training at the post-secondary level. By the time a student graduates from high school, they are skilled and ready to enter the workforce or able to continue their studies in college.