An Ardvasar school pupil won top prize in a t-shirt design competition for last weekend’s Isle of Skye Half Marathon, beating competition from almost 100 students.
Along with his fellow S1 to S3 pupils at Portree High School, 12-year-old William Clarke was challenged by The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) to design a race t-shirt based on the three key elements of its business: pride, passion, provenance.
With more than 90 entries, SSC’s chief executive Craig Anderson and a panel of judges had the challenging task of whittling down the shortlist to this year’s three top designs, naming William (S1) as the winner and Matilda McKiggan, 14, S2, of Portree, and Lewis Fleming, 12, S1, of Upper Edinbane, in second and third place respectively. William’s design was printed on exclusive t-shirts worn by a team of SSC staff who ran the half marathon on Saturday – which started and finished at the high school – and the company’s volunteers on race day.