Local MP Caroline Dinenage announced the winner of her sixth annual Christmas Card Design competition at Gosport Discovery Centre today.
Earlier this year, Caroline invited primary schools in Gosport, Lee on the Solent, Stubbington & Hill Head to submit designs for her 2018 Christmas card competition and received over 150 entries!
Madison McLaren, Year 3 from Gomer Junior School was crowned overall winner with her stunning Christmas Snow Globe design.
This year's runners up, whose designs features on the back of the card were; Grace Annells from Brockhurst Primary School, Jacob Davis from Alverstoke Infant School and Chloe Wright from Rowner Junior School.
After the announcement Caroline commented:
"Every year the competition gets more difficult to judge due to the amount of fantastic designs I receive and the talent displayed within them. With the talent that the entrants are already showing at such young ages I am sure that there are great things in store for these budding artists!
It was fantastic to meet my so many of the artists that took part in this year's Christmas card competition at my presentation night – they are all extremely talented with artistic skills, imagination and creativity."
All of the entries will be on display on the Mezzanine Floor of the Discovery Centre until 21 December 2018. You can also see the 7 shortlisted designs here.
This year's judging panel included Caroline, the Mayor of Gosport Diane Furlong, Peter Maguire from The Gosport Globe and local artist Neil Marshall.