Trainee welder Ryan Smith won a competition run by the engineering department at the College of West Anglia. Ryan, 19, from West Winch, an apprentice, was one of six students who entered the competition and all found the tasks set were particularly challenging and pushed their skill set to the limit. Ryan is currently completing his intermediate level, Fabrication and Welding apprenticeship with the college and his employer John Lake Shellfish. The prize for the winning candidate was a Flash Screen welding helmet and the appropriate personal protective equipment to facilitate their welding career. The prize was donated by BOC and presented by James Popeley, a representative of BOC. The runners up were Sam Harris, currently undertaking a full- time advanced apprenticeship in Maintenance Engineering through British Sugar and Matthias Williamson, currently working at Lynn Shellfish who is completing his first year of an advanced apprenticeship in fabrication and welding.