A SCHOOLGIRL with a flair for art has scooped top prize in a festive competition which had more than 1,000 entrants. Lily-Anne Williams, 10, was presented with first prize in the Flintshire category of the contest set up by Ifor Williams Trailers, which has factories in Deeside and Denbighshire. The Year 6 pupil of Sandycroft CP School was overjoyed to learn she had triumphed in the fun-filled colouring competition.
The firm offered schoolchildren across the county a chance to get creative by designing costumes for the seasonal characters which make up the annual Christmas display at each of its six factories. Ifor Williams Trailers art competition winner, Sandycroft CP pupil Lily-Anne Williams, presented with a trophy and a gift by Helen Helen Cliffe and Jak Tyrer of IWT after winning first prize in the company's Christmas competition. Photo: Mandy Jones Ifor Williams Trailers (IWT) HR manager Helen Cliffe said a collection of life-size tableaux have been sculpted from metal to decorate the perimeter of each of IWT's six factory sites in Flintshire and Denbighshire.
They feature a Christmas tree and fun characters, including an elf and a snowman. In Flintshire pride of place goes to a Nutcracker soldier figure for which Lily-Anne designed the imaginative costume. Read more: Diana's festive scene wins Christmas card design competition In all, 22 schools across Flintshire and Denbighshire took part in the competition with a grand total of 1,132 individual entries submitted for.