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Michael Hughes Cabinet making

Thomas Fegan bricklaying

Tommy Helliwell cabinet making.

Shane Murray Plumbing

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Jacob Reid PLumbing Cathal Murphy Tiling

Richard Shannon Joinery

Nathan Dodds Plumbing

Conor McClelland Painting and Decorating

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Record awards haul for SRC Students from Southern Regional College (SRC) have won a record haul of awards at Northern Ireland’s premier construction skills competition.

A total of 17 awards were presented to SRC during Skillbuild NI, the pres-tigious annual construction industry awards for apprentices, which was also held at the SRC campus in Porta-down for the first time.

At an event in which more than 80 promising students from right across Northern Ireland pitched their skills to win 11 coveted titles ranging from brickwork to wall and floor tiling, SRC sailed home with six first-place medal titles and six second and third-place medals combined.

SRC was duly awarded the Skill-build NI Department of Economy Cup for the highest number of medals won in the competition as well as the Skillbuild NI Chairpersons Cup for the largest number of entries. SRC also won the prestigious David Cooper Trophy for biggest tally of medals secured across 40 years of competitions.

Skillbuild NI is run and governed by CITB NI and is supported by the Department for Economy and key local employers and organisations such as the Construction Industry Federation, City and Guilds, Colleges NI and the Federation of Master Builders, is designed not only to encourage trainees to improve their skills but to showcase examples of the quality workmanship produced locally.

Every apprentice is challenged to produce quality work in tight time-frames and are continuously assessed on their performance by an expert panel of industry professionals.

Richard Shannon won the Haldane Fisher Cup for Best Overall Skillbuild NI Young Apprentice.

Jacob Reid from Dungannon came third in the Plumbing competition. Tommy Helliwell from Tandragee won gold in Cabinet Making. Jacob and Tommy both study at Portadown

SRC campus. Brian Dora

SRC campus. Brian Doran, Chief Executive,

Southern Regional College, said: “We at Southern Regional College

are privileged to have been selected to host this year’s prestigious Skillbuild NI National Finals. I congratulate the competitors, many of whom have travelled long distances to participate in this event.

“For competitors, today is an important stepping stone to future skills competition success throughout the UK and WorldSkills competitions.

“I wish all the competitors every success in the future and 1 have every confidence that those selected to go forward to UK and WorldSkills competition will continue the proud tradition of success at a national and international level.”

Winners for SRC at Skillbuild NI 2017 were:

Brickwork 1st Thomas Fegan Newry (Greenbank Campus)

Cabinet Making 1st Tommy Helli-well - Tandragee (Armagh Campus)

Cabinet Making 3rd-Michael Hughes - Newry (Greenbank Campus)

Joinery 1st Richard Shannon — Kilkeel (Greenbank Campus)

Painting and Decorating 1 st Conor McClelland - Hilltown (Greenbank Campus)

Painting and Decorating 2nd Jordan Hughes - Bessbrook (Green-bank Campus)

Plumbing 1st Nathan Dodds Castleblaney (Armagh Campus)

Plumbing 2nd Shane Murray Keady (Armagh Campus)

Plumbing 3rd Jacob Reid Dungannon (Portadown Campus)

Wall and Floor Tiling 1st Sean McLoughlin - Newry (Greenbank Campus)

Wall and Floor Tiling 2nd Daniel McBurney — Banbridge (Greenbank

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Campus) Wall and Floor Tiling 3rd Cathal

Murphy - Newry (Greenbank Campus)

• SRC won Skillbuild NI Chair-persons Cup for highest number of entries

• SRC won Skillbuild Nl Depart-ment for the Economy Cup for high-est number of medals won in 2017 competition

• SRC won David Cooper Trophy for Most Medals over last 40 years of Skillbuild NI competitions

• Richard Shannon won the Haldane Fisher Cup for Best Overall Skillbuild NI Young Apprentice

• Paddy Maguire, Painting lecturer, won the Hugh Gettinby Trophy for Excellence in Construction Training (awarded each year to an individual involved in training of young people who has displayed high standards of success and dedication towards Skill-build Nl ethos)

Jordan Hughes Painting and Deco-rating

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