And the IMI Skills Competitions winners are…

After battling through to the finals of the IMI Skills Competitions, the winners have been announced.

Live from the studio of her Packed Lunch Channel 4 TV show, Steph McGovern announced the winners of this year’s IMI Skills Competitions. Drawing to a close the incredible event that brought 400 students and apprentices across 64 disciplines together as they worked to be crowned national skills champions.

The event shone a spotlight on the most talented young automotive apprentices showing how much talent is out there, while also helping raise standards, esteem and levels of expertise in technical skills right across the sector.

It’s been an intense period for the winners, who had to complete a 30 minute multiple choice quiz before being invited to sit an online knowledge test in the National Qualifiers, which took place over the summer. Once through those hurdles, they joined the final 24 hard-working automotive apprentices selected from the qualifiers to participate in the WorldSkills competition.

Even reaching the final stage was an exceptional achievement, but there had to be a winner in each category, and they were:

Automotive Refinishing

1. Ryan Lowrey Blackpool and Fylde College & The Vella Group
2. Callum Roberts Cardiff and Vale College & Sinclair Group
3. Sion Lewis Cardiff and Vale College & RGM body repairs ltd.

Automotive Body Repair

1. Tiler Moorcroft Jones Grwp Llandrillo Menai & Body Perfect
2. Joel Windsor Cardiff and Vale College & Smart Body Shop Solutions
3. Lewis Hastings Cardiff and Vale College & Smart Body Shop Solutions

Light Vehicle Technology

1. Alexander Mills Babcock Training Ltd & Chandlers BMW Brighton
2. Luke Merchant Weston College & Carbase
3. Oliver Brown  Lanzante

Medal of Excellence. Ian Robertson Fife College & James Moodie Motor Engineers

Heavy Vehicle Technology

1. Mark McAdams Fife Council
2. Daniel Parker Adams Morey Ltd
3. Andrew Hill Motus Commercials & City of Bristol College

Some of the winners are in with a shot of making it onto the Team UK squad and potentially completing at an international level in Shanghai in 2022.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Find out how you could be a part of the IMI Skills Competitions in 2022