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Sponsores

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victores 2007

SPONSORES PATRONIQUE (UK)
- and details of prizes.

Thank you to the following sponsors for supplying prizes and encouragement for the competition.

"Listen!"
to Boris Johnson, UK Shadow Minister for Higher Education, who has sent us this video-clip : a personal message of encouragement. We are very grateful to Boris for sending us a signed copy of his book on the Roman Empire as a prize, and for taking time from his campaigning to support the competition.

Novelist Lindsey Davis says :

'Best of luck to everyone in the competition - work hard but your entry will be all the better if you have enjoyed doing it. So make sure you have fun too!'

We are very grateful to Lindsey for sending us a signed book as a prize, with copies in other languages too for winners in the other countries as she did last year.

As well as creating the ancient Roman detective Didius Falco, Lindsey is a former President of the Classical Association. We value her continued support.

http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/

We send our thanks to Tony Robinson for sending us signed copies of two of his books as a prize - with a message from 'Baldrick' as well!

Tony is well known for his interest in historical topics and for presenting the Channel Four archaeology programme 'Time Team' as well as playing the character Baldrick in 'Blackadder'.

Baldrick says :

"Classeex is Fierce!"

Barbara Bell, creator of Minimus, and Ashley Carter, author of Latin translation books for both GCSE and A Level students, say

'We are pleased to be able to support this innovative competition and we encourage 6th Form students to enter and join in with their fellow students in Europe!'


Encouragement for participants from Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and also of the Royal College of Music. He was previously Chairman and Chief Executive of IBM.

'I was delighted to learn of this competition bringing together young students from different countries and using modern technology to facilitate the process.
I have always thought it ironic that so many people consider the study of Classics irrelevant or unimportant for the modern world. I found the skills I developed during my classical education invaluable wherever I have been working - in particular the ability to do rigorous analysis and to communicate clearly. In fact, almost all my working life has been spent in two industries which did not even exist when I was born and were still in their infancy when I left school - computing and nuclear energy. So much for the idea that education should be specifically aimed at a particular career.'

Support for our competition from the archaeologist Guy de la Bédoyère MA FSA FRNS

'I'm delighted to hear about any initiative which encourages the teaching of Classics. Ancient languages are the key to the languages we speak today and it's essential that schools continue to produce some students who are familiar with them. It's a part of our collective culture we can't afford to let go.'


http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/

Thank you to the following Classical organisations for supporting the competition.


http://www.classicalassociation.org/                            
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE


                            
                             http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk/

             
http://www.jact.org/         http://www.arlt.co.uk/



fRIENDSofCLASSICS
'Romans were very proud of their achievements, and Cicero in particular would have been thrilled to know that, two thousand years on, his name was attached to a day to be enjoyed by young people all over Europe.'
Peter Jones

Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
http://www.romansociety.org/index.htm

http://www.hca.heacademy.ac.uk


http://www.irismagazine.org/


Thank you to our financial sponsors who are providing generous grants to enable us to run this competition in the UK.

http://www.esu.org/contact/national/worcester.asp

http://www.ccm-ltd.co.uk/

SpellerMetcalfe
http://www.speller-metcalfe.com/

http://www.harrison-clark.co.uk/home/default.aspx

Thank you to the Old Girls' Association of Malvern St James for their continuing support.

MORE PRIZES FOR 2008!

Thank you to Dr. Federico Mayor and 'A Ray of Hope, UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace' for providing a beautiful batik from Nepal which will be presented to the school of the winner of the Hercules competition. You can see the batik on the main 'Sponsores' page.

Thank you to MALVERN ST JAMES for providing an impressive trophy to be awarded annually to the school of the student who wins the senior translation section of the competition in the UK. The trophy is currently held by the Royal Grammar School / Alice Ottley School in Worcester.

SUMMARY OF UK PRIZES
There are cash prizes for all sections of the competition, with separate prizes for Lower 6 and Upper 6 Latin translations. The First Prizes stand at £150, Second Prizes are £100 and Third Prizes £50.
If appropriate, there will also be some 'Highly Commended' awards.
Thank you to all our financial sponsors!
A beautiful engraved trophy will go to the school of the senior Latin translation competition winner and a batik from 'A Ray of Hope' to the school of the European mythology competition winner.
There is a European prize for the winner of the mythology competition.

Boris Johnson, Lindsey Davis and Tony Robinson are each providing a signed book for a lucky prizewinner.

SPONSORES LINKS

FRANCE ............ITALIA ...............ESPAÑA

Thank you to the organisations listed below for their support for the 2007 competition.

http://www.redandorange.co.uk



Thank you to 'Books for Students' for providing a selection of books as prizes in 2007.

                    



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