When it comes to robotics, there appears to be no stopping the Yorkton Regional High School.
In the spring, the YRHS robotics team of Brock Chiasson, Sean Furber, Brett Guenther and James Thiessen qualified for the national Skills Canada competition by winning the provincial title, the fourth time in five years a Yorkton team had done so.
In Moncton June 5-8, the foursome repeated as national champions, the first time a team composed of the same four individuals had done so. That win secured Yorkton a spot representing Canada in the 2017 World Skills competition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
At the international level, the team of four is paired down to two. On November 30, Brock Chiasson and Sean Furber had the opportunity for a little international tune-up when they competed against Europe’s best in the EuroSkills competition in Sweden.
The pair finished with a score of 71 per cent, just shy of garnering a medal, but an admirable fourth place finish out of 11 teams from across the continent.
The Abu Dhabi competition takes place October 14 to 19, 2017.
