Soap box champions: Students show wood art at Tischler Trophy 2025!

Soap box champions: Students show wood art at Tischler Trophy 2025!

On Wednesday evening, June 6, 2025, the 9th carpenter Trophy took place in the panoramic hall of the WiFi Linz. Over 200 students and their patronage clasp from all over Upper Austria came together to present the creative results of their craftsmanship. The event, a cooperation project between the Upper Austria. Carpentry guild and the Upper Austria. Education directorate, the goal of bringing the material and the career of the carpenter closer and motivating the young people to develop their skills and talents in the lessons. As in previous years, the enthusiasm for the craft could be clearly felt. The wko reports that the event serves to promote creativity, teamwork and commitment of the students.

total of 19 classes of the 7th school level NMS in Upper Austria. The exciting task was: "Become soap box champions and build a soap box in the team". The students were allowed to fall back on materials that generously from companies such as Keplinger GmbH, J. and A. Frischeis Linz GmbH and the M. Hechenblaickner Holzhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H. were provided. Each class was supported by a patronage clasp that helped them put their ideas into practice. The finished soap boxes exhibited the students in the WiFi Linz, where a jury assessed the work in the categories of design, functionality and stability.

The winners in detail

The best performance was rewarded with prices of up to 500 euros for the class fund. In the design category, the Digi TNMS Altheim took first place in cooperation with Wiesner Hager Möbel GmbH. Followed by the MS Neufelden, who worked with the Scheschy carpentry, and the MS Mauerkirchen with carpentry Reitinger. Here is the full list of award winners:

In the functionality category, the J. Nestroj School Bad Ischl convinced in the collaboration with carpentry Gassner and secured first place. The MS Ampflwang and the MS Laakirchen also made it onto the podium:

In the third category, stability, the MS Bad Goisern, together with Tischlerei Trau’di, received the first prize. The TNMS Grieskirchen and the TNMS St. Marienkirchen near Schärding were also honored for this:

A look at the future

The enthusiasm for such manual competitions also extends beyond the borders of Upper Austria - for example in Tyrol, where the sixth carpenter trophy is planned in the school year 2024/25, with the motto "Furniture and Music". Here, pupils are also suggested to show their creativity in work lessons and to act handcrafted how "https://www.ihr-tiroler-tischler.at/news/die-tischler-trophy-lauft-und-lauft/"> Your Tiroler Tischer

Overall, these competitions show how important it is to make the craft attractive to young people. The integration of practical experiences into classes not only promotes manual skills, but also personal characteristics such as teamwork and perseverance. Like the participants of the Worldskills 2024, who do their part to promote the craft, the students of the carpenter Trophy can also contribute to the future of carpentry.