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Ella highlights need to 'Be Seen'
18.02.20
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THE Donegal Road
Safety Working Group and Finn Harps Football Club
announced the winners of their recent Primary School
Road Safety Art competition on Friday night at Finn
Park. The winning drawing was submitted by Ella
Willshire, Holy Family NS, Ballyshannon. |
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Winners group photograph with overall
winner Ella Willshire, Holy Family NS, Ballyshannon
in the centre showing her artwork 'Be Safe Be Seen'. |
The winning artwork
will feature as an advertising hoarding promoting
road safety in Finn Park for the 2020 season. The
presentation of prizes took place at Finn Harps
first home game of the new season against Sligo
Rovers in Ballybofey on Friday night, 14 February.
Finn Harps won the game 1-0, which is a great start
to the new season and all the winners present had a
great evening as guests of Finn Harps.
The competition was open to all primary schools in
Donegal and once again received a huge amount of
entries. Caitlin McLaughlin from Scoil Treasa Naofa
in Malin and Vanessa Cuffe from St. Mura’s NS in
Tooban were both category winners. |
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Category winner Vanessa Cuffe, St.
Mura’s NS, Tooban, Burnfoot with John Campbell, Finn
Harps Schools Programme, Dessie McGlinchey, Finn
Harps Schools Programme, Brian O’Donnell, Road
Safety Officer and James Rodgers, Finn Harps Youth
Development Officer. |
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Donegal Road Safety
Officer, Brian O’Donnell, praised all the schools
for their participation in this road safety
initiative, "I would like to thank all the schools
for getting behind this exciting competition. The
entries received were of a very high standard, but
Ella’s stood out. The detail in the drawing is
fantastic and it highlights a major concern on our
roads and the message is clear and relevant. We all
need to wear high viz clothing on our roads whether
you are a runner, walker or cyclist. I wish to also
congratulate all the category winners. I urge
parents and guardians everywhere to build on the
work being done in our schools by demonstrating safe
and responsible road use. It is fantastic that the
teachers and pupils got so strongly involved and it
is my hope that each pupil who took part will have
an increased awareness of road safety as a result." |
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Category winner Caitlin McLaughlin,
Scoil Treasa Naofa, Malin with John Campbell, Finn
Harps Schools Programme, Dessie McGlinchey, Finn
Harps Schools Programme, Brian O’Donnell, Road
Safety Officer and James Rodgers, Finn Harps Youth
Development Officer. |
The category prizes
were awarded to:
- Caitlin McLaughlin, Scoil Treasa Naofa, Malin.
- Ciara Larkin, Holy Family NS, Ballyshannon.
- Vanessa Cuffe, St. Mura’s NS, Tooban, Burnfoot.
- Tatum Ptasinsk, St. Joseph’s NS, Rathmullan.
- Emma Nic Suibhne, Scoil Naomh Dúigh, Anagaire.
- Anika Benny, Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, Letterkenny. |
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