The STABILO’s move easy Handwriting competition came to an exciting close with the award-winning ceremony, held at the Intercontinental Hotel. It all began last November when Golden Gate Co. Ltd, agents for Stabilo organised the competition, open to all primary schools in Malta and Gozo. STABILO Malta gave the students aged nine to 11, the opportunity to express their thoughts on what they think will happen to handwriting in the future.
Approximately 200 entries were submitted. Some candidates wrote that in the future handwriting will be extinct and it will become a rare art known just by a talented few. Others wrote that in the years to come, handwriting will be prohibited while others imagined magical pens that can read minds and put thoughts to paper capable also of correcting mistakes.
Trevor Zahra, one of Malta’s most talented authors of children’s books, judged this competition and declared the winner from each school and the overall winner from all the participants of this competition.
The winners from each participating school were Amberlynn Bonello – St Nicholas Primary School, Attard; Quenten Borg – St Nicholas College, Bahrija; Andrew Thake – St Edwards School, Birgu; Gregory Maggi – St Francis School, Birkirkara; Erica Scicluna – St Monica School, Birkirkara, Miguel Chetcuti – Kulleg Santa Tereza; Gabrielle Portelli – St Joseph, Blata L-Bajda; Martina Livori – St Francis School, Cospicua; Nicolai Caruana – De La Salle College; Lorna Mangion – Floriana Primary School; Aleksandra Muscat – Laura Vicuna School, Ghasri Gozo; Matthew Platts – Guzeppi Agius Primary B; Elisa Marie Cordina – St Theresa School – Kercem; Travis Gerada – St Ignatius Primary School, Luqa; Nikkie Borg Grech – Maria Regina College; Sarah Marie Farrugia – Teresa Nuzzo School, Marsa; Christopher Friggieri – Marsascala Primary; Laura Bugeja – St Thomas More Marsaxlokk Primary School; Matthew Bonanno – Giuseppe Deguara School, Marsaxlokk; Kim Agius – St Francis School, Msida; Mark Asciak – St Nicholas College, Mtarfa; John Paul Mercieca – Nadur Primary Gozo; Claire Bugeja – St Joseph School, Paola; Clive Tonna – Kulleg San Gorg Preca Primary B, Paola; Giorga Attard – St Michael’s School, Pembroke; Martina Zarb – Kulleg San Injazju San Bastjan, Qormi; Miriana Cassar – Qrendi Primary School; Andrew Micallef – San Nikola Primary School, Rabat; Gulia Elena Caligari – Sacred Heart School; Nirvana Grech – Safi Primary School, Kimberly Cini – St Bernardette School San Gwann; Juliana Bonanno – St. Catherine High School; Kimberly Camilleri – St Monica School, Gzira; Astrid Dorekens – St Paul’s Bay Primary School; Zachary Cassar – St Michael’s School St Venera; Julian Camilleri – Stella Maris; Julia Galea – St Francis School, Victoria Gozo; Steve Borg – Xewkija Primary School; Kieran Camilleri – St Margerita Primary B, Zabbar; Suzanna Buttigieg – St Dorothy School, Zebbug; Sasha Mizzi – St Ignatius School, Zebbug; Joston Azzopardi – Mons. G.A. Vella School, Zebbug Gozo; Matthew Peter Said – San Andrea School; Jhanesia Spiteri – St Thomas School, Zejtun; Gabriel Grima – Kulleg San Benedittu, Zurrieq. The overall winner was Carla Vella from St Joseph School, Sliema.
The event consisted of a presentation about the STABILO easy family, due for launch in Malta soon, delivered by Paul Ellul, managing director, Golden Gate Co. Ltd, followed by a short introduction by Trevor Zahra who then presented the awards.
The overall winner from Malta and Gozo, Carla Vella was awarded a €150 voucher from Markers Stationery, Dingli Street, Sliema while the winning school, St Joseph School, Sliema was awarded a €150 voucher worth of office and school supplies from Golden Gate Co. Ltd. The winners from each participating schools were given a token prize each, consisting of one STABILO`s easy original and one STABILO`s easyergo; the only pen and pencil in Malta targeted for both left- and right-handers.
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