On Tuesday I was a judge for the final of the Champions of Enterprise. This competition for year 12 pupils was organised by the West Berkshire Education Business Partnership, sponsored by Newbury Building Society and held at the Berkshire Stand at Newbury Racecourse.
Judging with me were Sarah Shillito from Vodafone, Adrian Martin from the Newbury Weekly News and Geoff Knappett from Newbury Building Society. This was a very tough job because there were six teams, from St Barts, Park House, The Downs, John O'Gaunt and Mary Hare, Theale Green, and Willink. Each team had a ten minute slot to present their product, the marketing campaign and research, the financial and business plans. The also produced reams of detailed information, pictures, pie charts etc, that it was hard to do justice to. Many hours had been spent, and they must have learnt a huge amount in the process.
My favourite product was the 'Ballzooker' for firing foam balls at people wearing velcro suits, but the winner was the 'Educastle' and the team from Willink, as their presentation and business plan was the most comprehensive and impressive.
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