With just eight weeks to go before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games begin, the winning piece of artwork has been chosen from a bumper batch of entries in The Hockey Museum’s Art of Hockey competition.
The competition, supported by The National Hockey Foundation, invited children to design their own piece of two-dimensional artwork about the sport of hockey, using South American influences.
Judges Helen Richardson-Walsh (Great Britain and England Hockey player), George Pinner (Great Britain and England Hockey Goalkeeper) and Ben Rea (National Hockey Foundation) had an enjoyable but challenging role in selecting the winning entries.
Ten-year-old Alice Hannan from The Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Surrey designed the winning entry superimposing the flag of Brazil over a hockey pitch with the addition of a hockey stick pattern.
Twenty-one other winners were named as Highly Commended entries and win a set of Art materials for their own use and some Art vouchers for their schools.
“The standard of entries was fantastic with a variety of techniques and it was extremely hard to pick one overall winner”, says Helen Richardson-Walsh. “I loved how the winning entry incorporated a hockey pitch into the Brazilian flag with the subtle use of hockey sticks adding texture to the overall feel.”
The winning entry and highly commended entries are being exhibited at the prestigious 2016 Champions Trophy, at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London starting today.
All of the winning entries can be seen here.
“The competition was a huge success and a great platform from which to begin our education programme”, says Jon Rye, volunteer Education Officer at The Hockey Museum. “All of the Trustees and volunteers at The Hockey Museum have been impressed by the calibre of artwork received, and will enjoy promoting the competition winners during our Champions Trophy exhibition.”
“The National Hockey Foundation has a particular interest in encouraging Junior Hockey and is pleased to be able to sponsor this project linking Art and Sport with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games”, says Ben Rea, Trustee of The National Hockey Foundation. “The Foundation is full of admiration for both the high standard of the work and the large number of entries.”
