The Kings’ Messenger

Congratulations to Year 10 student RebeccaIngoldsby who has qualified in the British YouthFencing Championships, a national competition,recently held in the English Institute of Sport inSheffield.Rebecca was participating in the U16 Sabre eventhaving successfully qualified in January for thiscompetition by coming second in the South Westregion (four from each region qualify).There were a total of 37 fencers participating fromall over the UK - Rebecca fenced really well andended up 7th overall.As one of the top eight, Rebecca received a medal,certificate and pre-qualified for next year's competition.We wish Rebecca every continued success!On a competitive note with a design twist,Star Designer James Whitrowin Year 9 proved that it is always worth trying...From a total of 200 entries James beat other young designersin a competition to design the new logo for Axe-Vale Coaches, competing with fellow Kings classmatesand other students from Churchill Academy, Worle School, Hans Price, Sidcot, Priory and BroadoakSchools.Axe-Vale had initially considered approaching a design company, but decided to make it a competitionfor students in local schools. They chose James’ design as it is “completely different”: as a clean, bolddesign that combines both country and town and stands out with strong visual impact,James planned his design by a mental mind image and then worked it up on the computer. The font isaptly called IMPACT and James liked the striking blue colour as it is fresh and modern, and reminiscentof the countryside. For his winning design, James has won an iPad, and at this stage in his educationhe is considering a career in ICT.Axe-Vale is a local familybusiness operating since1977 providing schools andtrips coach transport.Directors Colin Bailey andJohn Bailey (seen here inthe photo with James andMr Batchelor) are bothformer Kings students!Axe-Vale intend to use thelogo for the foreseeablefuture. Waymouth Signsmade the vinyl transferand owner GaryWaymouth is also aformer Kings student!Subject Leader forDesign TechnologyJohn Batchelor said:“We are grateful toAxe-Vale for this designcompetition, which reallyencouraged our students tostrive to succeed in the realworld and showed our young people thatit is always worth having a go: well done to James!”