Young artist wins pool logo competition

January 13th, 2016
[by David Armstrong]

The cheerful drawing by 11-year-old Georgia Abrey was chosen as the winning entry to design a logo to be used for the fundraising campaign for the Motueka Community Swimming Pool.

Georgia (pictured with her entry and prize) was one of about 25 entrants in the competition, and the judges chose hers because it was simple, quirky and fun.

Georgia won two double passes to the State Cinema Motueka, courtesy of owner Mark Wentworth.

She was encouraged by her Motueka South School teacher Mrs Simkin to have a go, and several of her classmates also submitted entries.

The pool fundraising committee said there were many good entries, some very professional and others quite intricate.

"Georgia's logo stood out for us because it was the one that best caught the eye while remaining uncomplicated," says committee chairman Fred Hickling.

"We were very pleased with the number of people who took part, and we hope the result will help us in our community fundraising campaign to enclose and cover the high school pool for year-round use."

Year 7 pupil Georgia was thrilled with her win. "I've never won anything like this!" she says.

Since a very early age she has loved drawing and painting. Her parents, Duncan and Anne, say she's always drawing and making cards at the dining room table. Even when watching movies she's often drawing some of the characters.

She attends and enjoys the Little Picassos art classes held in Riwaka, and several of her class paintings have been framed and hang in the family home.

Her dad says he believes she may well have a career in graphic design of art ahead of her.

Georgia's logo was hand drawn and coloured on the entry form, so it had to be re-drawn into digital form for printing. Keeley Stebbings at Image Creators took it on as a voluntary project and the result is now being used on the pool fundraising Facebook page and documents. The final logo is pictured here.

The pool campaign got off to a relatively quiet start late last year, but will swing into top gear through 2016 with some big events and community participation being planned.

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