MORNINGTON Lions Club held its annual Lego Technical Building Competition, with 13 schools from across the peninsula competing.
On 22 October, teams of six to eight students from Year 4 and 5 at local schools competed in the competition at Mornington Theatre.
Head of Membership at the Lions Club, Graham Read, said the competition was designed to help engage young people in a non-physical and creative challenge.
“It’s really to engage the local community through the schools and to try and engage with the youth, in terms of getting them to do a non-manual or a non-combative kind of sport,” said Read.
“And we found that this kind of intellectual sort of challenge is really something that is inspiring their creativity.”
Each school was provided with a Technical Lego Kit a week prior to the competition.
A financial grant from Bendigo Bank Mt Martha contributed towards the purchase of the technical kits provided.
This year’s challenge was for the students to build two structures, with Part A able to move Part B.
The built modules had to remain within a 1m x 1m board while their designed constructs met the challenge brief.
The primary schools that competed were Moorooduc, Mt Eliza, Mt Eliza North, Mornington, Mt Martha, Kunyung, Peninsula Grammar, Balcombe Grammar, St Thomas More, Dromana, Osborne, Rosebud, and Boneo.
Mount Eliza North took home first place with their design, but Read said each team was creative and completed impressive builds.
He said it was enjoyable for everyone present to see the creativity, enthusiasm and thrill gained by all the students taking part in the competition.
“The noise in the room was enough to tell you they were thrilled,” said Read.
Lions Club Secretary John Hannah was the technical compliance referee and part of the judging panel.
The teams were given 60 minutes to construct their competition entry before the judges considered the constructions together with the technical design features.
Mornington Lions President Patricia Forsyth then presented an inscribed Shield Trophy plus a new Lego Technical Kit to Mt Eliza North.
Each participating school were also provided with a Challenge Certificate and kept the Lego Technical Kit used for their construction in the competition.
Read said the Lions Club thinks it is important to engage young people with events such as this.
“We’re looking at a future, and we want to grow the club, and we want to keep continuing to engage with the community,” said Read.
“The Lions Club depends on volunteers to enable this kind of work to be undertaken, and we always need more volunteers.”
Read said they are already looking forward to designing a new kit for the 2027 competition.
You can find out more information about the Lions Club and any upcoming events at lionsmornington.org.au.
First published in the Mornington News – 27 October 2026
