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Check out the latest action from FIRST Tech Challenge UK events nationwide. Right click on any image to save and credit all photos to FIRST UK.

“If I could sum up my experience in one word it would have to be amazing. Just the experience and everything I’ve learned along the way has been really, really interesting.”

Young person, 2018-19 cohort

2022-23

Northern Ireland Regional

Please credit any images used to W5 Science and Discovery Centre.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Northern Ireland Regional 2022-23

South East Regional

Please credit any images used to Decoy Media.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - South East Regional 2022-23

West Midlands Regional

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All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - West Midlands Regional 2022-23

2021-22

South East Regional 1

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All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Southeast 1 Regional 2021-22

West Midlands Regional

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FIRST Tech Challenge UK - West Midlands Regional 2021-22

North West Regional

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All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - North West Regional 2021-22

Northern Ireland Regional

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All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Northern Ireland Regional 2021-22

South East Regional 2

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All images ©️ FIRST UK 2023.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Southeast 2 Regional 2021-22

2020-21

Remote event photos

Teams competed in our remote 2020-21 season during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are their event highlights.

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FIRST Tech Challenge UK - 2020-21 season highlights

2019-20

North East Regional Tournament 2019-20

Teams from the North East competed in our final regional of the 2019-20 season, powered by the Arconic Foundation at the National STEM Learning Centre.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2020.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - North East Regional 2019-20 (public)

South East Regional Tournament 2019-20

Teams from London and the South East competed in our largest regional yet, powered by Arm and Qualcomm at the IWM Duxford. Read more.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2020.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - South East Regional 2019-20 (public)

West Midlands Regional Tournament 2019-20: Day 2

Teams from across the West Midlands competed in the second of two days at the RAF Museum Cosford, powered by Collins Aerospace. Read more.

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FIRST Tech Challenge UK - West Midlands Regional 2019-20: Day 2 (public)

West Midlands Regional Tournament 2019-20: Day 1

Teams from across the West Midlands competed in the first of two days at the RAF Museum Cosford, powered by Collins Aerospace. Read more.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2020.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - West Midlands Regional 2019-20 Day 1 (public)

Northern Ireland Regional Tournament 2019-20

Teams from Northern Ireland competed for a spot at the UK National Championship 2019-20, the regional event was held by W5. Read more.

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FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Northern Ireland Regional 2019-20 (public)

North West Regional Tournament 2019-20

Teams from North West England competed for a spot at the UK National Championship 2019-20. Read more.

All images ©️ FIRST UK 2020.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - North West Regional 2019-20 (public)

South West Regional Tournament 2019-20

Teams from South West England and South Wales competed for a spot at the UK National Championship 2019-20. Read more.

Photography: Mark Scott. All images ©️ FIRST UK 2020.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - South West Regional 2019-20 (public)

UK Kick-off 2019-20

The world’s largest robotics challenge for young people launched in the UK at Bloomberg’s European HQ. Read more.

Photography: David Prior. All images ©️ FIRST UK 2019.
Here’s a snapshot of photos from this event. The full gallery will be published on Monday 3 Feb.

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Kick off 2019-20 (public)

2018-19

Northern UK Regional Championship 2018-19

600 young people competed head-to-head at the Concorde Conference Centre in Altrincham, to earn a place at the world champs in Detroit, USA.

Photography: James Sharrock. All images ©️ FIRST UK 2019

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Northern Regional 2018-19 (public)

 Southern UK Regional Championship 2018-19

Hundreds of young people joined the first ever UK competition at Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough, playing head-to-head for a spot at the world champs in Detroit, USA.

Photography: James Sharrock. All images ©️ FIRST UK 2019

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Southern Regional 2018-29 (public)

Northern UK Regional Kick-off 2018-19

The inaugural FIRST Tech Challenge UK season kicked off with an exciting launch event at the JCB World Headquarters in Rocester. Pioneering teams descended en mass to hear about the epic challenge they were undertaking and receive the building blocks to create their first-ever robots.

Photography: Matt Scott. All images ©️ FIRST UK 2018

FIRST Tech Challenge UK - Kick off 2018-19 (public)

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