George Barton-Wood’s winning design ready for production. Click here to download.
Surrey student George Barton-Wood, 14, proved himself picture perfect this week as he claimed top prize in the ŠKODA King of the Mountains jersey design competition.
In May, official jersey sponsor ŠKODA teamed up with Surrey County Council to launch the county-wide competition, challenging Surrey students to design the famous ŠKODA King of the Mountains jersey – awarded to the best climber in the elite British cycling race.
George Barton-Wood will present the King of the Mountains winner with the official jersey, sporting his design, at the Tour of Britain’s prize ceremony on 16 September.
More than 700 Surrey pupils aged 7 to 16 submitted entries. Packs were issued to all 417 Surrey schools, and teachers were urged to encourage their classes to get involved.
Other winners selected by the panel of judges include Max Charles, 11, of Powell Corderoy School in Dorking, who scooped the top prize for the Key Stage Two category. Max and his family will receive tickets to attend the final stage of this year’s Tour as guests of ŠKODA. Ella Woods, 10, of Reigate Priory School and Charlotte Ainslie, 16, of Sir William Perkins’s School, both received highly commended awards and will also receive prizes.
The competition follows the announcement that Surrey will host the final stage of the national cycle race on 16 September, just weeks after the Olympic cycling road races and road cycling time trial events take place in the county.
Helyn Clack, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Services and the 2012 Games, said: “Picking a winner was a tough task for the judges as there were so many excellent entries. George’s artwork was outstanding and the fact that the Tour of Britain’s best climber will be wearing a Surrey design is pretty special. Hosting the final stage of the Tour of Britain will inspire even more people to try out cycling.”
Emily Dymond, Communications Manager for ŠKODA UK, comments: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the response to the jersey design competition, and the standard of entries has been exceptional. It’s great to see so many children taking such an interest in cycling, and as official vehicle sponsor and official sponsor of the King of the Mountains jersey, ŠKODA is tremendously proud to be playing a part in raising the profile of cycling within schools.”
The eighth and final stage of the Tour of Britain will cover more than 90 miles of Surrey roads, starting in Reigate before finishing on Guildford’s cobbled High Street. Dorking, Shere, Mayford, West Horsley, Ockley, Cranleigh, Dunsfold, Witley and Bramley are also on the route.
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For more information, please contact:
Surrey County Council media officer | Nicole Herlihy |020 8541 8039| nicole.herlihy@surreycc.gov.uk
ŠKODA UK Press Office | Lindsey Reaney | 0121 384 9719| lreaney@golleyslater.co.uk
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