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.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Coach/Mentor Award 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Shaun Sims of the T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Breakthrough Award 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ T-Rex Technicians (Vancouver)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Engineering Excellence Award 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Mulgrave Robo-Titans (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Rising All-Star Award 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Pythagoras Penguin (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Motivate Award 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Mr. Jr. (Vancouver)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Robot Performance Award First Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Robot Performance Award Second Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Sunrise (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Core Values Award First Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ U-BOTS (West Vancouver)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Core Values Award Second Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ MDR Royal Crowns (Maple Ridge)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Innovation Project Award First Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ RainDrop (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Innovation Project Award Second Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Nuclear Worms (Burnaby)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Robot Design Award First Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Sunrise (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Robot Design Award Second Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Solar Spirit (Richmond)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ The Champion91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Award First Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Teamsters (Nanaimo)

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ The Champion91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Award Second Place 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ 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 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Teamsters, Yukon AllSparks, and Sunrise 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ 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.