Pupils from Prior Park Prep School in Cricklade competed in the Wilts and Dorset heat of the annual Thomas Cranmer Awards competition on Saturday 15th November. In a very close contest, the judges from the Salisbury diocese chose Prior Park’s Ben Traas (11) as the winner and he will go forward to the National Finals in February, to be held in the gracious surroundings of the Charterhouse in the City of London. Prior Park pupils, George Hunter and Harry Brothwood also scooped second and third place. Prior Park’s other competitors, Dane Farrimond, Sheryl Higham and Victoria Bartlett, were all commended for their performance.
This annual competition for 11-18 year olds is run by the Prayer Book Society (patron Prince Charles), ensuring that the words written by Thomas Cranmer are familiar to a new generation of youngsters. Competitors have to practise and read a long passage from the Book of Common Prayer – for the finals all the regional winners will have to learn their pieces by heart.
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