Governor hosts 2004 essay competition winners

Mrs Dinwiddy presents Ridhima Kapoor with her
award certificate.

St Ignatius student Stuart Gorter is the winner of this
year�s Elliot Cup for his entry.

Friday, June 24, 2005

Twenty-six students from fourteen schools in the Cayman Islands were awarded commendations from the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) for their contributions in the annual Commonwealth Essay Competition.

RCS Honorary Representative Charles Quin told the gathering of winners, parents and educators at the Governor�s Mansion on Wednesday evening, 22 June that this was the largest number of commendations that the RCS has ever received.

In addition, 15 of these students were judged in the RCS London office to merit high commendation.

HE the Governor Bruce Dinwiddy and his wife Emma played host to the essay winners and Mrs Dinwiddy presented each one with a certificate.

Nine of the awardees were from Cayman Brac, four in the high school divisions and five in the primary divisions, and this was an extremely high proportion, said Mr Quin.

Altogether, the 2004 Essay Competition attracted 5,300 entries from all over the Commonwealth, submitted by post and email.

Entries were judged in four classes � under 12, 12 to 13, 14 to 15, and 16 to 18.

Entries from Cayman students were also judged locally, and the overall winner was Stuart Gorter, a student at St. Ignatius High School, who won the Elliot Cup. This award was introduced last year for the first time by John and Iris Elliott. Mr Elliott started the competition in the Cayman Islands in 1974, and now 100 essays are submitted on an annual basis.

Adam Jackson, Saskia McDonald and Rashad Rankin were all awarded first place in their age group.

The competition is supported in the Cayman Islands by the Bank of Butterfield, who sponsored the prizes and also paid for the airfare of the prizewinners from Cayman Brac.

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