Kids aged four to 11 gathered in the gymnasium to take part in the challenge, which was overseen by Library CEO Wendy Keating and Amy Doole, librarian and activities co-ordinator.
With a massive Lego pile in the middle of the room, kids built the assigned Lego challenges, while a row of spectators watched and encouraged from the sidelines.
MooseFM spoke with James, the initiator of the challenge, asking what inspired him to campaign for the event:
“Me and my friends were going to do a Lego competition and we were going to ask the librarians to see which one of our robots was the best. So I walked up and I said, ‘why shouldn’t we do, like a Lego competition? Since we have so much Lego?’
The Lego Challenge began with a warm-up, where participants took part in a memory challenge. A Lego build was shown on a screen for ten seconds and the participants had to then build it from memory.
In each round of building, when challenges were completed, fellow builders would tour all the completed works for inspiration and appreciation.
Saturday’s Lego challenges were a bridge and a rocket. Each bridge was tested for structural integrity after it was built.
Doole performed the test by placing a stack of books on each Lego bridge to see if it would collapse.
All bridges passed the test.
