Peace poster Competition

Each year Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Competition in local schools and youth groups. The Peace Poster Competition was created in 1988 to give young people the opportunity to creatively express their feelings for world peace and to share their visions with the world.

Approximately 350,000 children from more than 65 countries participate in the competition annually.

Lions clubs sponsor the competition, open to children ages 11 - 13, in local schools or organised, sponsored youth groups, such as Scouts and Boys & Girls Clubs. The competition provides Lions with the chance to interact with young people in their communities, introducing the youth to international understanding, as well as giving Lions a vehicle for obtaining positive publicity for their clubs. The picture below is the winning poster from the 2007 international competition.

The Judging for this years club competition (2008) took place at the Civic suite, Hockley Road, Rayleigh on Saturday 11th November. Judges were Keith Gibb, chairman of Rochford district council & Patricia Weaver, chairman of Rayleigh Town Council (Pictured below).The School winning entries are below, along with the overall winner(s) which go forward to the district level of the competition. There were 170 entries from two local schools (The Deanes School & Sweyne Park School) in this year’s club competition.

Click on each picture below if you want to make it bigger!

Now, the Results are in REVERSE ORDER!

(Eric Morley Miss World style announcing here!)

Apologies to the Teachers who assisted on this project about the results being different to your own, but due to last minute advice given to the club competition organiser, the judges decisions are final I’m afraid! The organiser will get things right next year & all pupils below will still get a prize of some sort!! 

The Deanes School. Sweyne Park School. Highly Commended (Decided by the Schoolteachers)    Eloise May Selby (8Y1)     Caitalin Wells (7B2)    Sophie Sexton (7B2)   Highly Commended (Decided by the Schoolteachers)  Faye Sewell   Sammy Williamson    Suzanna Kimbell (Kimball?) Harriet Bass-Tidman   3rd Place. Fay Morgan Bland (7Y2)   3rd Place. Matthew Mountford Runner up. Caitalin Wells (7B2) Runner up. Faye Sewell   School Winner. (ADVANCES TO DISTRICT COMPETITION). Amy Lambert (7R2) School Winner. (ADVANCES TO DISTRICT COMPETITION) Kerry Moorby AND THIS YEAR’S OVERALL WINNER IS......... Amy Lambert of the Deanes School! CONGRATULATIONS! Quick update - Amy has also won the district competition as well out of over 1200 entries entered into the district as a whole, her entry now goes into the competition for the whole of Great Britain & Ireland in December!