Children’s Competition Winners Announced
08 October 2010
Today Alderman May Beattie, Chairperson of the Parks, Countryside and Amenities Sub-Committee announced the winners and runners-up (list enclosed) of the Carrickfergus in Bloom Children’s Painting & Poetry Competitions.
Alderman Beattie said “We are delighted to announce the Carrickfergus in Bloom Children’s Painting & Poetry Competition Winners and Runners-up. The response from our young people has been extraordinary with hundreds of entries to judge. I am thrilled about the quality and diversity of the entrants. It has been an opportunity for me to see the wealth and variety of artistic talent in our community. “Winners and runners-up will be invited to a prize-giving ceremony at the end of October in Carrickfergus Town Hall to receive their certificates and prizes.
Children’s Painting Competition 15 and under
Winner: Laura Murdy, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Lauren Finlay, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Jamie Blakely, Carrickfergus
Children’s Painting Competition 10 and under
Winner: Grainne White, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Nicole Alderdice, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Shannon Vermanen, Carrickfergus
Children’s Poetry Competition
Winner: Nathan Toland, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Kirsty Wilson, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Emily Turner, Carrickfergus
View the winning painting and read the winning poems at www.carrickfergusinbloom.org
For further information please contact:
Stephen Daye, Parks & Countryside Development Officer
Telephone: 028 93358000
E-Mail: inbloom@carrickfergus.org
Web: http://www.carrickfergusinbloom.org
