Constitutional
Monarchy Association Competitions for Young People
The Queen’s 80th Birthday Competition for Young People
WINNERS
1ST PRIZE Marianne Richardson, East Tilbury School
2ND PRIZE Alisha Jones, St Clare's School, Newton, Wales
3RD PRIZE Harriet Hughes, Brigidine Junior School, Windsor
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Emily White, Holy Trinity School, Woking
Fiona Bennett, Tower College, Prescot
Kate Holmes, Kingsdon Primary School
Ryan Weekes, Forest School, Walthamstow
Isabella Steel, Holy Cross Preparatory School, Kingston upon Thames
Elizabeth Purves, The Godolphin School, Salisbury
Elena Hubbard, Holy Cross Preparatory School, Kingston upon Thames
Miranda Ostler, Frances Holland School, Westminster
Joe Jenner, Furzedown School, Tooting
Rachel Keys, Lack School, Enniskillen
Adeola Olaoke, St Jude and St Paul's School, Kingsbury
Devki Kaur, St Jude and St Paul's School, Kingsbury
James Wright, Turfurlong School, Aylesbury
Lucie May, St Joseph's School, Chalfont St Peter
William Briggs, The Kings School, Witney
Chelsea Tiller, Kings Park School, Boscombe
HIGHLY COMMENDED SCHOOLS
Middlehurst School, Stoke-on-Trent
Barnehurst School, Erith
Brigidine Junior School, Windsor
Congratulations to all of the above. The judges had a very difficult task choosing the winners out of the thousands of very high standard entries received.
All winners and schools will be contacted in due course. There will be a formal prize-giving ceremony - as yet to be arranged. Photographs of the winning entries will be posted on the website when available.
The main object was to increase understanding among young people of the role of our constitutional monarchy and of our Queen in this, Her Majesty’s 80th birthday year and the 54th year of her reign.
The competition involved either writing a poem about anything to do with Her Majesty the Queen's 80th birthday or making a birthday card! Entries could relate to a young person’s own experience of the Queen and what she does or about the Queen and our Monarchy in general.
The criteria by which entries were judged were age, originality, the amount of effort put in or a particularly personal recollection. We would stress therefore that anybody who submitted any sort of entry stood a good chance of being selected for a prize.
One very special feature of the competition is that as many winning entries as possible were displayed at a major exhibition which was held on The Queen’s official birthday on 17th June. HRH Prince William of Wales was there and expressed great interest in the exhibition - asking many questions. Further details and photographs will be posted on the website when available. The winning entries and any which are of special merit in any way will later be sent to Buckingham Palace for The Queen to see!
The Association offered a range of prizes. First prize is a state-of-the-art computer for the winner’s school and for the winner. Additional prizes will include software packages for the runners up; Royal Mint limited edition commemorative £5 coins and certificates of merit for the entries which the judging panel deem to be highly commendable and copies of the book Blood Royal - from the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II for those schools which received high commendation. All schools which have taken part in the competition will receive a large poster of the Queen.
The Golden Jubilee Competition 2003
