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Tough Decisions – PrintIT! Select Finalists for Awards Ceremony at Northprint
Monday 04. April 2011 - A panel of printing industry representatives joined The Fairtrade Foundation and Proskills at Canon UKs London-based showroom recently to shortlist the finalist entries and category winners for the PrintIT! 2010/11 Competition. This year, over 16,700 students from 350 schools across the country registered to take part in PrintIT! Following an initial first phase selection from all the student workbooks entered, the industry judging panel was tasked with selecting three finalist submissions for each of the seven prize categories.
The three shortlisted finalists from the seven competition categories, together with their teachers and parents, will be invited to attend Northprint, where the final category winners will be announced and PrintIT! sponsors will present individual prizes for students as well as print-related prizes for their schools. The overall winner of PrintIT! 2010/11 will also be announced at the awards ceremony at Northprint on the 12th May, and will be chosen by the judges from the category winners.
“The quality of entries has continued to increase ever since PrintIT! began in 2005 and the entries this year have proved no exception,” says Tom Bowtell, General Manager, Proskills. “Once again, the impressive number of students that registered this year continues to reflect the huge commitment and enthusiasm that pupils throughout the UK have for the PrintIT! concept. Standards have been raised once again and the finalists can rightly be extremely proud of their achievements.”
Wayne Barlow, Professional Print Channel Director, Canon UK and Chairman of PrintIT! adds, “Its been a delight to be involved in PrintIT! 2010/11 because the talent, ideas and fresh approach that pupils have demonstrated in this years competition has really been inspirational. These young people, and others like them, are the future of our industry and certainly the level of interest and determination shown by those entering the PrintIT! 2010/11 Competition has been very encouraging. I think the judges have all felt that it was a privilege to be involved in choosing the finalists, although the standard of entries was so high that it proved to be a very difficult task!”
The category finalist schools have been named as:
Best Wall Poster
Beauchamp College, Leicestershire
Kirk Balk Community School, Yorkshire
St Johns School, Cyprus (MoD school)
Best Free Design
De Ferrers Technology College, Staffordshire
St Ives School, Cornwall
Wycombe High School for Girls, Buckinghamshire
Most Innovative and Creative Concept
Beauchamp College, Leicestershire
Kirkbie Kendall School, Cumbria
Westhoughton High School, Lancashire
Best Understanding of Printing Techniques
Ossett School, Yorkshire
St Albans Catholic High School, Suffolk
Steyning Grammar, West Sussex
Best Use of Materials
Burnham Grammar School, Berkshire
Dene Magna Community School, Gloucestershire
Wycombe High School for Girls, Buckinghamshire
Best understanding of Environmental Concerns
Dene Magna Community School, Gloucestershire
Shuttleworth College, Lancashire
Sir Graham Balfour School, Staffordshire
Best Overall Presentation of Student workbook
Beauchamp College, Leicestershire
Kirkbie Kendal School, Cumbria
Wycombe High School for Girls, Buckinghamshire
The Finalists Judging panel included:
Richard Allen, AD Communications; Sidney Bobb, BAPC; Kathy Woodward, BPIF; Wayne Barlow, Canon UK; Jonathan Coote, DS Smith Packaging; Trevor Crawford, IIR Exhibitions; Paul Graham, Pantone; Sue Walmsley-Smith, The Fairtrade Foundation; Stephen Gilbert, The Printitng Charity; Susan Wright, Whitmar Publishing; Richard Moore & Tom Bowtell, Proskills.