
Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne, hosted the regional heat of the Guild of Bricklayers competition on Thursday 6th April. The College welcomed students from seven other South East Colleges to compete in the Kevin Diett Brickwork Centre on the Eastbourne campus.—Sussex Downs College, 20 April 2017
Sussex Downs College brickwork students win Gold and Silver awards as the College hosts the Guild of Bricklayers competition earlier this month
The competition began at 8.30am, with the Junior entrants finishing at 4pm and Senior entrants working until 5pm. Students fulfilled a design brief, working to time constraints and under the scrutiny of judges.
Sussex Downs College students Steven Tate and Jack Dixon were both winners in the regional heat. Steven, 19, from Eastbourne, won the gold medal in the senior competition and progresses to the National Finals in the Guild of Bricklayers Competition. Jack Dixon, 19, from Brighton, achieved the silver medal In the Junior competition.
The College welcomed Veronica Diett, wife of the late Kevin Diett, former Brickwork Course Leader at the College, to present the awards to students on the day.
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