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.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Coach/Mentor Award Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Shaun Sims of the T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Breakthrough Award Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Engineering Excellence Award Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Mulgrave Robo-Titans (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Rising All-Star Award Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Pythagoras Penguin (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Motivate Award Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Mr. Jr. (Vancouver)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Robot Performance Award First Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Robot Performance Award Second Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Sunrise (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Core Values Award First Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ U-BOTS (West Vancouver)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Core Values Award Second Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ MDR Royal Crowns (Maple Ridge)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Innovation Project Award First Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ RainDrop (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Innovation Project Award Second Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Nuclear Worms (Burnaby)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Robot Design Award First Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Sunrise (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Robot Design Award Second Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Solar Spirit (Richmond)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ The ChampionÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Award First Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ The ChampionÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Award Second Place Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ 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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ Teamsters, Yukon AllSparks, and Sunrise Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ 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.