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Clodagh Hickey and Shona O'Connor — Clodagh Hickey and Shona O’Connor of St Brendan’s NS Fenit who won prizes in the ‘Draw Your Life In Black And White’ art competition.

TWO children from St. Brendan’s National School, Fenit, have been awarded prizes for their entries into the ‘Draw Your Life In Black And White’ competition, which was run by Tama Farm Grown Solutions.

The school is currently on a hot streak with many of the children being recognised for their artistic talents. Another pupil of the school was awarded in the ‘Sightsavers Junior Painter of the Year Awards 2016’ earlier in the year.

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The ‘Draw Your Life In Black And White competition’ had hundreds of entrants and the decision of picking the winners was a hard one for the judges.

Shona O’Connor came in third place in her age group and scooped a €100 Eason’s voucher and Clodagh Hickey was awarded a special commendation and received a €25 Easons voucher.

CHILDREN from all over town gathered in the Kerry Group Marquee on Friday morning for the presentation of prizes in the Féile na mBláth art competition.

Hundreds of schoolchildren took part and Chairman of the Féile na mBláth Committee, Johnnie Wall, ably assisted by committee members, Caroline Toal and Mary Ann Keane who organised the competition, handed out the medals and trophies to delighted winners on the stage.

The results were as follows: (scroll down to see see a selection of photos from the presentations)

Category 1: Group Work – Junior Cycle

1st: St. Ita’s and St Joseph’s
2nd: 1st and 2nd Class, Tralee Educate Together
3rd: Junior and Senior Infants, Tralee Educate Together

Category 1: Group Work – Senior Cycle

1st: St. Ita’s and St. Joseph’s
2nd: Holy Family
3rd: CBS Primary

Category 2: Pre-Schools Group Work

1st: Cumann Iosaef
2nd: Ages 4-5 Stepping Stones
3rd: Stepping Stones
4th: Moyderwell A Bugs Life

Category 3 : After School Group Work

1st; Oakview Village Childcare
2nd; Cumann Iosaef
3rd: Moyderwell

Category 4: Junior and Senior Infants

1st: Adam O’Connor, Scoil Eoin
2nd:: Vivian Fabian, Holy Family
3rd :Conor Crean, Caherleaheen

Others nominated were Molly Ní Bhric, Gaelscoil; Billy Giles, St. John’s; Mark Lloyd, CBS; Reuben Wall Griffin, Moyderwell; Sinead Knightly, Blennerville.

Category 5: First and Second Class

1st: Josh Hoare, Caherleaheen
2nd: Allie Tarrant, St John’s

3rd: Conor Cronin, Holy Family

Others nominated were Vanessa Lakatesova, CBS; Destiny McCarthy, Moyderwell; Ellen Finn, Presentation; Caoimhe O’Sullivan, Blennerville; Darragh O’Shea, Scoil Eoin; Abi NicConmara, Gaelscoil.

Category 6: Third and Fourth Class

1st: Ella Breen, Blennerville
2nd: Elizabeth O’Connor, Caherleaheen
3rd: Trina Moriarty Flynn, Holy Family

Others nominated were Rachel O’Donnell, Scoil Eoin; Leah Williams Morgan, Moyderwell; Saoirse Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, Gaelscoil; Samuel Alodesanusi, St Johns; Nimatolei Oyenbanji, Tralee Educate Together; Zac Boyle, CBS.

Category 7: Fifth and Sixth Class

1st: Julia Kawalska, Moyderwell
2nd: Leah Nic Ionrachtaigh, Gaelscoil
3rd: Muireann White, Caherleaheen

Others nominated were Sophie O’Brien, Blennerville; Richard McCarthy, St Itas’s and St Joseph’s; Peace Maria Ovbude, St Johns; Whitney Osayanrhion, Holy Family; Ciara Hanbidge, Scoil Eoin.