The Society sponsors the Rotary firework safety competition for the 55th year.
The Rotary Club of Bath’s annual firework safety poster contest sparked fierce competition this year with 1,875 entries from children at 29 local primary schools. The Society has sponsored the competition for an amazing 55 years. Category winners were invited to the Bath Guildhall for a presentation ceremony attended by the Deputy Mayor of Bath, Councillor Ruth Malloy.
Annelie Grey, Chief Finance Officer at Bath Building Society, said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 55 years of supporting this much-loved competition, which has become a real highlight of the autumn term for local primary schools. A huge congratulations to everyone who took part — it was brilliant to see so much creativity. The posters look fantastic and share such an important message about staying safe around bonfire night.”
Age 4-5
1st Rory Holwicz, Widcombe Infants School
2nd Mary-Louise Browne, Weston All Saints Primary School
3rd Emilia Toma, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Age 6-7
1st Marco Ebbrell, St Philip’s Primary School
2nd Bodhi Eades, Batheaston Church School
3rd Layla Tas, King Edward’s School
Age 8-9
1st Esme Neale, Batheaston Church School
1st Beatrice Tao, King Edward’s School
2nd Chant Cabiles, Weston All Saints Primary School
3rd Layla Carter-Ireland, Moorlands School
Age 10+
1st Lena Windsor, Moorlands School (overall winner)
2nd Eva Pothecary, Combe Down Primary School
3rd Eliza Morgan, Oldfield Park Junior School
Specialist Schools
1st Caleb Balans, Three Ways School
2nd Iris Gregory, Three Ways School
3rd Anonymous, Three Ways School
Winners were presented with a monetary voucher to open a Bath Building Society Junior Saver account, an art set plus a Bath Building Society goody bag.
The posters were judged on the firework safety message and artistic merit. Judges for this year’s competition were Councillor Onkar Saini the Deputy Mayor of Bath, Jacq Hardwick and Mel Wilkinson from Avon Fire & Rescue, Chris Davies, The Rotary Club of Bath and Richard Ingle, CEO and Tiffany Hardie-Albutt from Bath Building Society.
The annual Rotary Club Fireworks Display will take place on Saturday 7th November at The Recreation Ground. All children who entered the competition have been given access to a free child voucher that can be exchanged for a ticket to the firework display when purchasing an adult ticket.