Racing writing award winners named
Six winners convey been named inwards the 20th annual Wills Writing Awards, for creative writing around a Equus caballus racing theme.
The Wills Writing Awards commemorate Martin Wills, a journalist too amateur jockey, who died inwards Apr 1992, aged 39. The Awards are organised past times the Martin Wills Memorial Trust, a United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland registered charity.
Open to residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland too the Republic of Ireland, the contest this twelvemonth attracted 116 entries. Of these, 39 were inwards the Under 26 category, 33 were inwards the Under nineteen category, too 44 were inwards the Under xv category.
Of the half-dozen prize-winners, 5 were girls, representing a 3rd successive twelvemonth of woman individual dominance. Other notable features were the identity of an nether 26 articulation winner- 4 times Irish Gaelic Champion Amateur NH Jockey, Patrick Mullins – too the historic menstruum of the nether xv winner- 10.
The start nether 26 articulation winner is 25 twelvemonth old Hannah Barraclough from Penistone, close Barnsley inwards South Yorkshire. She receives £1000 for her article, The 2.20 at Wetherby, nearly a grandfather’s too granddaughter’s shared passion for racing.
The minute nether 26 articulation winner is 22 twelvemonth old Patrick Mullins from Closutton, close Bagenalstown inwards Co. Carlow. He possesses an outstanding racing pedigree, beingness the grandson of the belatedly Paddy Mullins (10 times champion Irish Gaelic NH trainer), the boy of Willie Mullins (six times champion Irish Gaelic NH trainer too amateur jockey) too himself a highly successful amateur jockey. He receives £1000 for his article, Living the Dream?, about his start Grand National ride, inwards 2011, which ended tragically at the sixth fence, Becher’s. The article was published inwards the Racing Post of 10 April, The Daily Telegraph of thirteen Apr too The Irish Gaelic Field of fourteen April, Grand National day.
The Under nineteen winner is xviii twelvemonth old Monica McCluskey from Broadwas, close Worcester. She receives £500 for her article, Sanlucar de Barrameda, about an historic festival inwards Andalucia, Spain, centred around Equus caballus races on the sand.
The Under nineteen runner-up is xviii twelvemonth old Lottie Pyper from Storrington, inwards West Sussex. In 2011, she won the Daily Telegraph/Penguin Short Story Competition. She receives £250 for My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress, a story, nearly a gambler who does non desire to win, that explores the themes of remorse, responsibleness too growing-up.
The Under xv winner is 10 twelvemonth old Susie Eddis from Little Horkesley, close Colchester inwards Essex. Her elderberry sister, Lucy, who was highly commended aged 10 inwards 2009 too runner-up inwards 2010 aged 11. In 2011, Susie competed at Hickstead too the Horse of the Year Show on her working hunter pony, Peter Pan. She receives £250 for her article, Zenyatta, about the American mare which won nineteen consecutive races inwards a twenty race career, grossing to a greater extent than prize coin than whatever other American Equus caballus of her sex.
The Under xv runner-up is thirteen twelvemonth old Bella Colvin from North Waltham, close Winchester inwards Hampshire. She receives £125 for her article, If Only .., a flying of fancy nearly a Equus caballus race.
A alternative of the other winning articles volition last published, inwards the side past times side few weeks, inwards the Racing Post too The Irish Gaelic Field. The Under 26 winners volition too convey the chance of move sense at the Racing Post.
The judges were:
- Brough Scott (Chairman), iii times Sports Feature Writer of the Year, Racing Writer of the Year inwards both 1977 too 2010, too a leading figure inwards iii spheres of racing journalism- the national press, the merchandise press too broadcasting;
- Marcus Armytage, racing author at The Daily Telegraph too Grand National winning jockey;
- Simon Barnes, the award-winning main sportswriter of The Times too author of twenty books;
- Steve Dennis, a characteristic author too weekly columnist for the Racing Post;
- Sean Magee, a versatile racing author too journalist who has collaborated amongst several leading racing personalities;
- Lissa Oliver, a racing journalist for The Irish Gaelic Field, International Thoroughbred too iii Australian magazines;
- Stephen Wallis, of late appointed Group Director of International too Racing Relations for the Jockey Club too formerly Managing Director of Newmarket too Epsom Downs Racecourses; and
- Catherine Wills, sis of Martin Wills, who is an Art Historian too a racehorse owner/breeder.
“This was the best curt listing e'er gear upward earlier the judges too it says everything for their character that, although Patrick Mullins’ entry was 1 of the finest too most moving pieces e'er written nearly the Grand National, it could exclusively dead estrus amongst Hannah Barraclough’s trivial masterpiece,” Brough Scott said.
The awards are beingness presented past times Brough Scott on Wednesday, too the winners too received an expenses paid day’s racing too a tour of Henry Cecil’s too James Fanshawe’s yards.
The shortlisted entrants:
Under 26 – Age at 1 Jan
Hannah Barraclough – 25 – Peniston, nr Barnsley,South Yorkshire
Elizabeth Collingwood – 23 -Huntington, nr Kington, Herefordshire
Joshua Farrington – 24 -Chelmsford,Essex
Peter Flynn – 22 -Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Chris Humpleby – twenty Carlisle,Cumbria
James Moloney-Quinn – 21 – Maddenstown South, Co. Kildare
Patrick Mullins – 22 – Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow
Paula-Jane Murphy – 22 – Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Louise Powell – twenty -Middlesbrough
Tim Williams – twenty – Bridgwater,Somerset
Under 19
Michael Andrews – sixteen – Church Stretton,Shropshire
Monica McCluskey – xviii – Broadwas, nrWorcester, Worcestershire
Majella McParland – xviii – Camlough, nr Newry, Co. Down
Bryony Puckett – sixteen -Taunton,Somerset
Lottie Pyper – xviii – Storrington,West Sussex
Francis Walshe – sixteen – Waterford, Co.Waterford
Under 15
Bella Colvin – thirteen – North Waltham, nrWinchester, Hants
Susie Eddis – 10 – Little Horkesley, nr Colchester,Essex
Nick Edwards – fourteen – Copt Hewick, nr Ripon,North Yorks
Timmy Keogh – eleven – Rathfarnham,Dublin
Georgia Kyte – eleven – Riddings, nr Ripley, Derbyshire
Alice Packwood – fourteen – Sutton Coldfield,West Midlands
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