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31 October 2011

Skillbuild NI Winners at National & World Level are recognised for their success!

CITB-ConstructionSkills NI hosted a celebratory event on 25 October to congratulate those who participated and won medals at the UK Skillbuild National Finals held in Leeds in September and at the WorldSkills London event held earlier this month.

Participants, employers, lecturers and sponsors came out in force to show their gratitude for the hard work the apprentices have put in place to compete at UK and World levels.

In attendance were WorldSkills medalists Phillip Green who won a Gold medal in Bricklaying and Stuart Millar who won a Bronze medal in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning.

David Cooper Chairman of Skillbuild Northern Ireland Limited said: “Congratulations to all the medal winners, it is a fantastic achievement on a local stage. The SkillBuild NI competition provides the perfect platform to demonstrate the enormous talent we have in the industry, helping to showcase the professionalism of our brightest recruits and industry as a whole. We have also to give credit to the trainers and the training network involved in the preparation of these young people for such prestigious competitions.”

All participants received a recognition of excellence certificate to acknowledge their achievement.

Steven Irwin, Gold medal winner in Cabinet Making at the Skillbuild UK National Finals.

Philip Glasgow, Gold medal winner in Carpentry at the Skillbuild UK National Finals. Pictured here with Sheelagh Doran from Graham Construction - one of Skillbuild NI's sponsors.

Adrian Canning, Gold medal winner in Electrical Installation at the Summit Skills National Finals. Pictured here with employer Ronan McGaham of RMG Electrics and his lecturer from North West Regional College, Greystone, Limavady - Keith Wade.

Stephen Harkin, Gold Medal Winner in Roof Slating & Tiling at Skillbuild UK National Finals. Pictured here alongside (L) Danny Harkin employer, Geoffery Parkinson lecturer and Gordon Penrose National Federation of Roofing Contractors.

John Morgan, Silver medal winner in Wall & Floor Tiling at Skillbuild UK National Finals. Pictured here with his lecturer Paul Doran.

Philip Green, Gold Medal winner in Bricklaying at WorldSkills London 2011!

Philip Green pictured here with Alan Stewart, his extremely proud lecturer from BMC!

Stuart Millar, Bronze medal winner in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning at WorldSkills London 2011!

Stuart Millar, pictured here with his lecturer Terry Nickels of SERC, Lisburn.

Ian McMahon who successfully progressed all the way to WorldSkills London 2011 to compete in Wall & Floor Tiling. Pictured here with Keith Wade of NWRC, Greystone, Limavady.

Congratulating our WorldSkills medalists and participants are Linda Meldrum (DEL), Stuart Millar, bronze medal winner in refrigeration, Barry Neilson, CITB-ConstructionSkills NI, Phillip Green, gold medal winner in bricklaying, David Cooper, Chairman of Skillbuild, Ian McMahon, WorldSkills competitor wall & floor tiling and Geraldine Keenan, DEL.

Philip Green, Gold medal WorldSkills winner pictured here with Barry Neilson, Chief Executive of CITB Construction Skills NI - showing a bit of scottish leg, Philip seems to find this hilarious!

WorldSkills finalists Ian, Philip and Stuart pictured here with (from L-R at back) Judi Allen - Skillbuild Director, David Cooper - Chairman of Skillbuild NI, Katherine Pollock - CITB Construction Skills NI, Eric Ferguson - Operations Director Skillbuild NI and Pat Philips - Chief WorldSkills Carpentry Expert.