The winners of Team Limerick Clean-Up’s ‘Decorate a BIG TLC Christmas Tree’ competition have been announced.
Team Limerick Clean-Up (TLC) launched the competition at the end of November, asking pupils across Limerick to decorate a big Christmas tree using recycled and recyclable materials. The aim of the competition was to raise awareness of TLC and highlight the importance of protecting the environment amongst younger generations. This collaborative project also provided pupils with an opportunity to be creative while working together as a team.
Team Limerick Clean-Up received over 140 trees from 54 primary schools across Limerick city and county and the judges were extremely impressed by the creativity and imagination that went into every entry. First, second and third place in each category (Junior, Intermediate, Senior, Additional Educational Needs) received vouchers for school equipment.
The first-place winners of each category were celebrated at a special prize giving event at the International Rugby Experience in Limerick on Tuesday, December 17th. They were presented with their prizes and the chance to meet TLC co-founders, JP McManus and Helen O’Donnell and Limerick senior hurling manager, John Kiely.
All Christmas tree entries have been on display in the International Rugby Experience for the last two weeks.
Competition winners are as follows:
Junior Category
1st prize: St Fergus NS, Glin, Junior Infants, Ms Fitzgerald & Ms Healy; 2nd: Cloverfield NS, Junior and Senior Infants, Ms O’Dea; 3rd: Kilcornan NS, Junior and Senior Infants, Ms Balfry & Ms Gleeson.
Intermediate Category
1st prize: Scoil Iosagain, Hospital 3rd Class, Ms Laffan & Ms McNamara; 2nd: Knocklong NS 2nd, 3rd & 4th Class, Ms Fogarty; 3rd: Christ the King, Caherdavin 2nd & 6th Class, Ms Waters.
Senior Category
1st prize: Scoil Mocheallóg 6th Class, Ms Brady & Ms Twomey; 2nd: Scoil Mocheallóg, 5th Class, Ms Rea; 3rd: Kilmeedy NS, Multigrade, Karen, Nodlaig, Cora & Avril
Additional Educational Needs Category
1st prize: Thomond Primary School, Seomra Glas, Ms Healy; 2nd: Scoil Iosagain CBS, Autism Class Ms Fitzgibbon; 3rd: Mid West School for the Deaf, Ms Corcoran.
KEEPING LIMERICK TIDY
Team Limerick Clean-Up co-founder JP McManus thanked everybody for their involvement.
“We were delighted to present the winning class groups with their prizes for TLC’s Christmas Tree Competition. We had 54 primary schools take part and would like to thank all the teachers and staff for facilitating this competition among their pupils. It is great to see younger generations learning more about the environment and the importance of keeping Limerick clean and tidy.”
Team Limerick Clean-Up had over 22,000 involved last year and is celebrating 10 years next Good Friday, 18th April.
