WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
GALLERY OF 2016 WINNERS ABOVE
The competition, now closed, in its second year, attracted a total of 45 entries. I attribute its success to the brilliant poster designed by Julie Roxburgh, the encouragement and practical support (including the judging) provided by Nik Turner of Keep Scotland Beautiful, the kindness of Morag Smith of Stornoway Thespians who lent wonderful jesters outfits to enable our visits into schools to publicise the competition, and the 6 schools that hosted our events, Sgoil Nan Loch, Pairc, Leverhulme Memorial, Bac, Breasclete, and Sir E. Scott. Peter and I would like to thank the respective Head Teachers and teachers in those schools for their welcomes, forbearance, helping us sort out our IT problems, and general co-operation and advice. In particular, we’d thank Pauline MacLeod at Sir E. Scott School at Tarbert who continues to encourage our efforts. We found that going into schools enabled us to present litter-picking as part of the much wider issue of things we care about.
A special mention too, for those wonderful people and organisations who have so kindly donated prizes for the 2016 competition. These are (in no particular order) the Storrnoway Trust, An Lanntair, GDK Signs, Malcolm MacLeod Photography, Stornoway Tesco Stores, Crofters, Delights of Stornoway, Lewis Sports Centre, Co-operative Retails Stores Macauley Road branch, The Toy Shop, Jo Engebret, Callinish Visitor Centre, Stornoway Volunteer Centre, Keep Scotland Beautiful, Scottish Natural Heritage, Cala Hotels, and Zero Waste. Ecologisers would like to extend a massive thank-you to all those businesses mentioned above. Without their support, the competition could not have happened, as it is run on a purely voluntary basis.
9 of the prizes were won or shared by pupils at Sir E. Scott School. Winners there were Cameron Mackay, Kieran McNally, Lucie Woodhall, Finn Globe, Ruairadh Morrison, Emma Louise McInnes and Emma McSween, and Isla Scott. Winners at Leverhulme Memorial School were Anna Chisholm, Domhnall McRae, and Mark Morrison. There were 2 winning pupils from Pairc School, Morris Stokes, and Stephanie Frobisher. Jess Muir from Bac School was a winner, along with Daniel Macalpine, a pupil at Stornoway Primary.
Keep Scotland Beautiful awarded their own special prize, which was won by Daniel Macalpine.
The competition was opened for the first time to entrants below school age. Winners in this category were Hamish and Sandy Jamieson. Hamish is just one year old. The message that comes across when you see a baby with a piece of litter makes quite an impact; a visual reminder of the direct connection between a present lack of care globally and the next generation.
GALLERY OF 2016 WINNERS ABOVE
The competition, now closed, in its second year, attracted a total of 45 entries. I attribute its success to the brilliant poster designed by Julie Roxburgh, the encouragement and practical support (including the judging) provided by Nik Turner of Keep Scotland Beautiful, the kindness of Morag Smith of Stornoway Thespians who lent wonderful jesters outfits to enable our visits into schools to publicise the competition, and the 6 schools that hosted our events, Sgoil Nan Loch, Pairc, Leverhulme Memorial, Bac, Breasclete, and Sir E. Scott. Peter and I would like to thank the respective Head Teachers and teachers in those schools for their welcomes, forbearance, helping us sort out our IT problems, and general co-operation and advice. In particular, we’d thank Pauline MacLeod at Sir E. Scott School at Tarbert who continues to encourage our efforts. We found that going into schools enabled us to present litter-picking as part of the much wider issue of things we care about.
A special mention too, for those wonderful people and organisations who have so kindly donated prizes for the 2016 competition. These are (in no particular order) the Storrnoway Trust, An Lanntair, GDK Signs, Malcolm MacLeod Photography, Stornoway Tesco Stores, Crofters, Delights of Stornoway, Lewis Sports Centre, Co-operative Retails Stores Macauley Road branch, The Toy Shop, Jo Engebret, Callinish Visitor Centre, Stornoway Volunteer Centre, Keep Scotland Beautiful, Scottish Natural Heritage, Cala Hotels, and Zero Waste. Ecologisers would like to extend a massive thank-you to all those businesses mentioned above. Without their support, the competition could not have happened, as it is run on a purely voluntary basis.
9 of the prizes were won or shared by pupils at Sir E. Scott School. Winners there were Cameron Mackay, Kieran McNally, Lucie Woodhall, Finn Globe, Ruairadh Morrison, Emma Louise McInnes and Emma McSween, and Isla Scott. Winners at Leverhulme Memorial School were Anna Chisholm, Domhnall McRae, and Mark Morrison. There were 2 winning pupils from Pairc School, Morris Stokes, and Stephanie Frobisher. Jess Muir from Bac School was a winner, along with Daniel Macalpine, a pupil at Stornoway Primary.
Keep Scotland Beautiful awarded their own special prize, which was won by Daniel Macalpine.
The competition was opened for the first time to entrants below school age. Winners in this category were Hamish and Sandy Jamieson. Hamish is just one year old. The message that comes across when you see a baby with a piece of litter makes quite an impact; a visual reminder of the direct connection between a present lack of care globally and the next generation.
2015 COMPETITION RESULTS
I had 49 entries. Many thanks to the superb posters advertising the competition designed by Julie Roxburgh, the support and encouragement of Iain Campbell of the Comhairle’s Zero Waste team, Pauline MacLeod, a teacher at Sir E. Scott School in Tarbet, who organised a class project around the competition, the generous donation of prizes by local businesses and organisations, the publicity given by Heb Events, the Stornoway Gazette, Island News, local magazines and newsletters, and above all to the entrants themselves,
The winning entry in the secondary pupils section was by Jessica Anna MacLeod. Her entry is the one on the left of the header on this page She has chosen as her prize a wildlife watching sea trek donated by Joe Engebret.
The winning entry in the primary pupils section was by Finn Globe, a pupil at Sir. E. Scott School, whose claimed prize was a high viz-jacket, litter picker and stationery set donated by Zero Waste. His entry is the one on the right of Jessica's. Second prize in that category went to Aran Culley, who wins three free pantomime or cinema tickets donated by An Lanntair, and the third prize was won by Cara MacDonald, another Sir E. Scott entrant, who wins £50 worth of Co-Op vouchers, donated by the main Co-operative retail store in Stornoway.
Other prizes were won by Anna MacLeod, who wins a Toadstool Seat donated by the Stornoway Trust, Daniel MacAlpine, the youngest entrant, another with 3 free pantomime or cinema tickets from An Lanntair, Alaister and Fiona Langley, whose joint entry wins them a school rucksack/bag, a laptop bag, a laptop sleeve cover, and two camouflage caps, donated by GDK Signs, Scott Murray who wins a canvas of his winning entry from Malcolm MacLeod Photography, Hannah Jardine whose prize is a £25 ITunes voucher from Stornoway’s Tesco Stores, and Neil Morrison who also wins a school rucksack/bag, laptop bag, laptop sleeve cover and 2 camouflage caps from GDK signs.
Some entrants actually won 2 prizes. Finn Globe has chosen a £20 clothing/footwear voucher donated by Crofters, Cara MacDonald a primary children’s pool party from Lewis Sports Centre, Scott Murray a £25 ITunes voucher from Tescos, and Daniel MacAlpine, whose second treat is a Christmas box of goodies from Delights of Stornoway.
I comment ‘subtextually, the two winning prizes in each category tell a story with a serious message. The huge polystyrene ball of the winning primary school entry shows the way polystyrene behaves in seawater. It also points to a dark future fate of our species if we do not robustly address this problem of treating the shared environment as a global garbage dump.
How litter affects and kills wildlife and domestic animals – the sea turtle is probably the most widely publicised – is implicated in the sheep's comment in the winning secondary school entry.’
The competition was judged by An Lanntair’s Joe Mahoney, Muriel Ann MacLeod of Rural Nations.com. and Ann, who thanks the other judges for their time and expertise. They commented as follows:
'It was a pleasure to see so many wonderful images and creative captions entered in the photography competition. Entrants obviously put in a great deal of thought to their text and compositions and it was a treat to look through them all. Well done everyone' Joe Mahoney.
'What impressed me most was the creativity and imagination of the children when given ideas by a supportive teacher. These winning photographs are testimony to the inherent creativity of children; a vital gift for Future problem-solving in our world'. Ann
A gallery of the winning photos is below.
I had 49 entries. Many thanks to the superb posters advertising the competition designed by Julie Roxburgh, the support and encouragement of Iain Campbell of the Comhairle’s Zero Waste team, Pauline MacLeod, a teacher at Sir E. Scott School in Tarbet, who organised a class project around the competition, the generous donation of prizes by local businesses and organisations, the publicity given by Heb Events, the Stornoway Gazette, Island News, local magazines and newsletters, and above all to the entrants themselves,
The winning entry in the secondary pupils section was by Jessica Anna MacLeod. Her entry is the one on the left of the header on this page She has chosen as her prize a wildlife watching sea trek donated by Joe Engebret.
The winning entry in the primary pupils section was by Finn Globe, a pupil at Sir. E. Scott School, whose claimed prize was a high viz-jacket, litter picker and stationery set donated by Zero Waste. His entry is the one on the right of Jessica's. Second prize in that category went to Aran Culley, who wins three free pantomime or cinema tickets donated by An Lanntair, and the third prize was won by Cara MacDonald, another Sir E. Scott entrant, who wins £50 worth of Co-Op vouchers, donated by the main Co-operative retail store in Stornoway.
Other prizes were won by Anna MacLeod, who wins a Toadstool Seat donated by the Stornoway Trust, Daniel MacAlpine, the youngest entrant, another with 3 free pantomime or cinema tickets from An Lanntair, Alaister and Fiona Langley, whose joint entry wins them a school rucksack/bag, a laptop bag, a laptop sleeve cover, and two camouflage caps, donated by GDK Signs, Scott Murray who wins a canvas of his winning entry from Malcolm MacLeod Photography, Hannah Jardine whose prize is a £25 ITunes voucher from Stornoway’s Tesco Stores, and Neil Morrison who also wins a school rucksack/bag, laptop bag, laptop sleeve cover and 2 camouflage caps from GDK signs.
Some entrants actually won 2 prizes. Finn Globe has chosen a £20 clothing/footwear voucher donated by Crofters, Cara MacDonald a primary children’s pool party from Lewis Sports Centre, Scott Murray a £25 ITunes voucher from Tescos, and Daniel MacAlpine, whose second treat is a Christmas box of goodies from Delights of Stornoway.
I comment ‘subtextually, the two winning prizes in each category tell a story with a serious message. The huge polystyrene ball of the winning primary school entry shows the way polystyrene behaves in seawater. It also points to a dark future fate of our species if we do not robustly address this problem of treating the shared environment as a global garbage dump.
How litter affects and kills wildlife and domestic animals – the sea turtle is probably the most widely publicised – is implicated in the sheep's comment in the winning secondary school entry.’
The competition was judged by An Lanntair’s Joe Mahoney, Muriel Ann MacLeod of Rural Nations.com. and Ann, who thanks the other judges for their time and expertise. They commented as follows:
'It was a pleasure to see so many wonderful images and creative captions entered in the photography competition. Entrants obviously put in a great deal of thought to their text and compositions and it was a treat to look through them all. Well done everyone' Joe Mahoney.
'What impressed me most was the creativity and imagination of the children when given ideas by a supportive teacher. These winning photographs are testimony to the inherent creativity of children; a vital gift for Future problem-solving in our world'. Ann
A gallery of the winning photos is below.
