By Mike Davey
Regina, Saskatchewan — April 25, 2016 — Results are in from the Saskatchewan Skills Competition. The annual event typically hosts 30 secondary and 28 post-secondary competitions each year, including Autobody Repair and Car Painting.
This year’s competitions were held at four venues throughout Regina. Autobody Repair and Car Painting took place at Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Regina Campus.
Ryley Tareski of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Saskatoon campus took the Gold medal in Autobody Repair, Post-Secondary. He was followed by Hta Htoo (Silver), also of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Saskatoon campus, and Dylan Stark (Bronze) of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Regina campus.
In the Secondary division, Dalton Christiansen of Swift Current Comprehensive went home with the Gold medal, while Austin Smith of Weyburn Comprehensive and Andrew Abbott of A.E. Peacock Collegiate took the Silver and Bronze, respectively.
Turning to Car Painting, Post-Secondary, the Gold Medal went to Cody Westermann of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Regina campus, with two other students from the same school, Dilan Innes and Dalyn Taylor, taking home the Silver and Bronze.
Malisa Collier of Swift Current Comprehensive took the Gold medal in Car Painting at the Secondary level, with James Statler of A.E. Peacock Collegiate winning the Bronze.
In addition to the competitions themselves, the Skills Saskatchewan Provincial Skills Competition also featured the Try-a-Trade Expo, held at Campus Regina Public. The idea behind the Expo is to provide youth with an opportunity to try out a small part of numerous trades. Approximately 20 different trades were represented. Typically, a student would spend about five to 15 minutes at a particular booth learning something about a particular trade.
Ryley Tareski, Dalton Christiansen, Cody Westermann and Malisa Collier will go on to the national competition taking place June 5 to 8 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The overall winner of the Canada-wide competition will join Team Canada and represent our country at the 2017 WorldSkills Competition. The WorldSkills event will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi.
For more information on Skills Saskatchewan, please visit skillscanadasask.com.
