The Winner of the South East Area Special Olympics Network (SEASON) competition was announced at a reception in Ringsend & District Community Centre.

The Network team were very impressed with the standard of the entries which showed wonderful imagination and artwork, and the judges had the unenviable task of selecting a winner.

The winner is Maeve Coll from 6th class in St Matthew’s School in Sandymount. Maeve created a fantastic logo for the local Special Olympics Network, incorporating the distinctive ESB towers which can be seen throughout the Dublin South East region.

Maeve’s innovative and creative design will be used by the Network team in their plans to develop a new Special Olympics club, and provide new sporting opportunities for local athletes and potential athletes.

The ten finalists attended the reception along with their families, teachers and friends. The Winner, was presented with her prize– a Book Token, kindly donated by ‘Books on the Green’ in Sandymount– by local representative, Councillor Dermot Lacey

All finalists - Aidan Barry, Maeve Coll, Matthew Costello, Jason Counsel, Eoin Hennessy, Michael Mongan, Kate O’Malley, Sean Ronan, Vlad Sukov and Alanna Ward– were awarded Certificates of Merit and received goodie bags. A very enjoyable evening was had by everyone.

Brendan McEvoy, Chairperson of the newly formed Network, commented “The judges had a very difficult time trying to decide on an outright winner as the standard of entries was extremely high. Our Network team would like to take this opportunity to thank all the students and the teachers who obviously put a lot of time and effort into the competition. We look forward to the continued support of local schools in our future development.”

SEASON is currently looking to involve interested Athletes, potential athletes and volunteers in Network activities and in the development of a new Special Olympics club in the area. For further information please contact Network Team members Ailbhe O’Briain Ph: 086 6019359 or Aileen Murray at aileen.murray@standrews.ie

Information on Special Olympics in Ireland can be found on www.specialolympics.ie.

Above: Maeve Coll and her winning logo.