The overall winners of the Moorings Crystal Green poster competition accepted their gift certificates on Friday the 13th of June. All three winners are students of the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay. First prize winner Jasmine Dalmida won a hundred dollar gift certificate for the National Educational Services Book Store whilst the second prize winner Britanie Prentice was awarded one for $75. Third prize winner Shavon Linton who was unable to collect her certificate for $50 on Friday, collected it from her school at a later stage, as it was presented to her teacher in her absence.
The Moorings initiated the poster competition as a prerequisite for students to be considered for their Day Sail Programme. The programme which has been ongoing since 2005 has already exposed over 280 kids, who would not normally go out sailing, to the sport.
“In previous years we invited a random class of twenty kids from each school to participate in the programme” explained Mr. Clarence Malone, Regional Manager of the Moorings. “This year we decided to make the process of selection both an educational and a creative experience for the kids and invited them to submit a poster highlighting environmental preservation under the theme “The Wind is Free”.
Well over 50 posters were submitted by the three schools that participated in the competition and selecting the winners was not an easy task. The Moorings is delighted by the overwhelming response to the competition and extends their congratulations to all the winners and sincere gratitude to all participants.
The four schools that participated in the Moorings Day Sail Programme this year are the Alexandrina Maduro Primary School, Enis Adams Primary School, Isabella Morris Primary School and St. George’s Primary School who went out sailing on the 30th of May, the 6th, 13th and 20th of June respectively.
The day sail programme is intended to help to expose the students to and allow them to gain a better understanding of sailing, the pleasure derived from being on a boat and to foster an appreciation for the beauty of the islands that they live on.