{"id":331,"date":"2025-12-09T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/?p=331"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:42:37","slug":"thank-you-for-joining-us-2025-weld-off-event-recap%f0%9f%92%ab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/southwestvirginia\/2025\/12\/09\/thank-you-for-joining-us-2025-weld-off-event-recap%f0%9f%92%ab\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You for Joining Us \u2013 2025 Weld-Off Event Recap\ud83d\udcab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2025 Weld-Off Recap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello! This is Dan Shinault, section chair for SWVA 179 and I just wanted to recap on our 2025 Weld-Off held at Daytech on 11\/5\/25. Big thanks to everyone who came out and participated, and congratulations to the winners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st place-Jonathan Matias ($2,500 AWS Scholarship)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd place-Carter Gower ($1,500 AWS Scholarship)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd place-Richard (RJ) Hopkins (ESAB Savage welding helmet).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you again to Mr. Wagner and William Fleming for hosting. Mark Sapp, our district director was also in attendance to hand out the scholarships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Weld-Off Recap Hello! This is Dan Shinault, section chair for SWVA 179 and I just wanted to recap on our 2025 Weld-Off held at Daytech on 11\/5\/25. Big thanks to everyone who came out and participated, and congratulations to the winners! Thank you again to Mr. Wagner and William Fleming for hosting. 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