- April 4th, 2012
Olympic Storytelling Competition
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The greatest show on earth deserves the greatest storytellers and Leisure & Sport for Dumfries & Galloway Council found their best storytellers who clearly demonstrated creativity through the rich context of the Olympic Games.
The children were invited to the Annandale & Eskdale Sports Awards where they were rewarded for their efforts by Lynn McCafferty, Team GB Olympic Handball Captain.
In joint 3rd place was Yasmin Henderson, 10 from Eaglesfield Primary who wrote about heptathlete Jessica Ennis and why she is her inspiration which also included a short poem. Joining her in 3rd was Lauren Warrick, 10 from Heckligirth Primary in Annan whose story was titled London 2012. She wrote about past greats and her fictional story of winning in the Olympic pool.
The final three were hard to separate but the panel, made up of officers from Leisure and Sport, the museum curator and councillors, settled for a joint runner up award. This was shared between Eve Irving, 11 from St Columba’s Primary who wrote about cyclist Charline Joiner as her inspiration and Paul Kitzinger, whose poem about an Olympic cross country event was linked to the values of the games.
The winner, after much deliberation, went to 7 year old Hope Elliot from Hecklegirth Primary School whose knowledge about the Ancient Greek Games and the Olympic Torch coupled with some fantastic drawings was deservedly named the best Olympic Storyteller in Annandale & Eskdale.
Sports Development Officer Calum Graham who organised the competition said “We received a number of imaginative and fun articles about the Olympic Games and it gave the judges a number of difficult decisions. It is fantastic to see some of the stories and how young Hope had researched the games, demonstrating how the Olympics goes far beyond sport into other areas of life. The standard was so good that many of the articles will now be used in the Annandale & Eskdale Sport Academy “Our Olympic Museum” which will open in June.
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