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PHOTOS: Winners of 2023 FIRST LEGO League BC/Yukon Championship heading to USA

A Nanaimo team was the top-ranked group at this yearÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s competition

Hundreds of kids and thousands of LEGO pieces filled the Meadowridge School gym last weekend as the Maple Ridge school hosted the FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship.

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After hours of putting custom-coded LEGO robots through complex obstacle courses, and presenting handmade STEM projects, the awards were given out to the children in a variety of categories.

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Coach/Mentor Award Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Shaun Sims of the T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Breakthrough Award Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Engineering Excellence Award Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Mulgrave Robo-Titans (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Rising All-Star Award Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Pythagoras Penguin (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Motivate Award Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Mr. Jr. (Vancouver)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Robot Performance Award First Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Robot Performance Award Second Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Sunrise (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Core Values Award First Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ U-BOTS (West Vancouver)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Core Values Award Second Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ MDR Royal Crowns (Maple Ridge)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Innovation Project Award First Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ RainDrop (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Innovation Project Award Second Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Nuclear Worms (Burnaby)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Robot Design Award First Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Sunrise (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ Robot Design Award Second Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Solar Spirit (Richmond)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ The ChampionÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s Award First Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥¢ The ChampionÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s Award Second Place Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Yukon AllSparks (Whitehorse)

Five of the teams from this event will now be competing at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Canada Cup on May 14. This remote event will include the Teamsters, RainDrop, Nuclear Worms, Yukon AllSparks, and U-BOTS.

The top three-ranked teams from the BC/Yukon Championship Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ Teamsters, Yukon AllSparks, and Sunrise Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥“ will also have their pick of which international event to compete at, including the World Festival at FIRST Championship in Texas, the Western Edge Open in California, and the FIRST LEGO League WPI Open Invitational in Massachusetts.


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Brandon Tucker

About the Author: Brandon Tucker

I have been a journalist since 2013, with much of my career spent covering sports and entertainment stories in Alberta.
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