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Winners of 2010 Young Commonwealth Competitions
Written by RCS Toronto   
Monday, 30 August 2010

The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) has been running international creative competitions for young people for more than one hundred years. With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, three competitions were brought together in 2010 as one exciting awards scheme, including writing, film and photography categories.

All three competitions took the Commonwealth theme for this year: ‘Science, Technology and Society’.

The Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest and largest youth writing competition attracting more than 50,000 entries from around the Commonwealth each year.

In 2010, for the first time in more than 25 years, the top prize was awarded to a UK-based entrant, Lars Gladhaug, whilst 12 year old Sri Lankan, Samm Pecht, triumphed in the Junior category.

Essay Competition prizes were awarded to:

Senior Prize Lars Gladhaug, UK, age 18
Senior Runner- Up Jia Ying Lim, Singapore, age 15
Junior Prize Samm Pecht, Sri Lanka, age 12
Junior Runner- Up Sharuka Wikramanayake, Sri Lanka, age 14

Eight further commendations were made for a range of writing skills including humour, use of language, insight and creative writing to entrants from Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh.

The Commonwealth Photographic Awards have been running since the 1990s, but 2010 marked the first year that they were administered by the RCS. With more than 200 entries from 36 countries around the world, competition was fierce.

Photo Competition prizes were awarded to:

Class A (age 18-30)
Gold: Madhabi Das Bhattacharyya, India, age 22
Silver: Zoey Heath, Canada, age 24

Class B (under 18)
Gold: Kimberley Sue, Trinidad &Tobago, age 16
Silver: Tom Niu, Canada, age 16

Bronze awards went to young photographers from India, Canada, Australia and Pakistan.

The Commonwealth Vision Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010. This competition promotes excellence in film-making and enables aspiring young directors to showcase their work on an international platform.

Seven entrants have been nominated for Vision Awards in this year’s competition. The winners will be announced at the Commonwealth Gala Awards Ceremony to be held at the RCS on 14 October 2010.

The Vision Awards nominees are:

Class A (age 18-30)
Max Edkins, South Africa
Mbia Mballa Victorine Ghislaine, Cameroon
Sheng Wang Lee, Malaysia
Liz Wanjiku, Kenya

Class B (under 18)
Makena Binker-Cosen and Andres Binker-Cosen, Canada
Adil Butt, Canada
Elena Harris, UK

For all enquiries about the Young Commonwealth Competitions, please contact Catherine Clark, Royal Commonwealth Society UK, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
 
Annual Garden Party & Luncheon
Written by RCS Toronto   
Friday, 06 August 2010

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Guest speaker

Mrs. Preeti Saran
Consul-General for India

India will host the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi

Reception on the patio: 11:30 a.m.
Fabulous buffet lunch: 1:00 p.m.

Buffet includes vegetarian choices.

Members and Guests: $60

This even is SOLD OUT.


The Toronto Hunt
1355 Kingston Road (just east of Victoria Park)

 Sunday, August 8, 2010


Last Updated ( Friday, 06 August 2010 )
 
2010 Royal Tour
Written by RCS Toronto   
Wednesday, 07 July 2010

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Active members in good standing were invited to see Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh at a special ceremony outside Queen's Park. Members were given access to a special reserved section along the walkabout route.

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