Paul Lawrie asseses the entries for the "Design a Board" competition.
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR
Aberdeen
Asset Management is delighted to announce the winner of its competition
to ‘Design a Board’ at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open,
held at Castle Stuart Golf Links from July 11 to 14.
Jamie
Walker, aged 13 from Kilchuimen Academy, Fort Augustus, has won the
competition after his artwork was selected from hundreds of entries by the 1999 Open champion and Aberdeen Asset Management ambassador, Paul Lawrie.
Jamie
said: "I'm really thrilled to have won this prize and I'm looking
forward to seeing the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open with my
family. It's an honour for the school as well, but I think it's my dad
who is the most excited
of all!"
Children
aged under 16 at schools and golf clubs in the Highlands and Islands
area were invited to submit a piece of artwork depicting ‘Golf in the
Highlands’, which will be turned into a 2.4m x 1m on-course board, on
display throughout
the four day tournament.
The
board is currently in production and will be seen by some of the best
professional golfers in the world as they compete in the Aberdeen Asset
Management Scottish Open, as well as thousands of spectators and a
global TV audience.
In
addition to having his artwork turned into a course board the
tournament, Jamie and his family have been invited to the Aberdeen Asset
Management Pavilion for afternoon tea during the tournament. £1,000 of
junior golf equipment will
also be donated to Kilchuimen Academy.
Maria
Gibbons, Head Teacher of Kilchuimen Academy, said: "It was a great
pleasure for all at Kilchuimen Academy to hear that Jamie's entry had
been chosen as the winning design. I would like to offer sincere thanks
to the sponsors and
organisers of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. A national
event like this provides sporting inspiration for young people and it
becomes an even more powerful force for good when it also encourages
talent in other fields."
Runner-up, Kieran Maclean, aged 10 from Portree Primary School,
will receive five tickets to the tournament, an Aberdeen golf pack, and £250 in junior golf equipment for his school.
A prize will be awarded to Matilda McKiggan, aged 9, also of Portree Primary School,
for the best artwork by a child aged under 10. Matilda wins an
Aberdeen golf pack and £250 in junior golf equipment donated to her
school.
Paul
Lawrie said: “I was very impressed by the high standard of entries and I
enjoyed seeing how children from the Highlands area depicted ‘Golf in
the Highlands’. Some of the entries were exceptionally creative and
detailed, and some
were very quirky and made me laugh. I look forward to seeing Jamie’s
colourful artwork in amongst the traditional advertising boards on the
course when I am playing in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish
Open.”
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