The organisers of the Mash Direct Belfast City Marathon are celebrating 40 years on Sunday, May 1, and would like your primary school to get involved with the celebrations.
As part of our anniversary year, we recognise that this would not be possible without the support and generosity of our partners in particular Tayto, who have been with us for 32 years.
In conjunction with Tayto, we would like to invite Primary School pupils to enter our competition as below;
Ø Design an A4 poster celebrating 40 years of Mash Direct Belfast City Marathon
Ø Include reference to the event, Tayto, runners, walkers, and reference to the 40 th year.
All artwork will be displayed at the Expo and Pack Collection (Friday 29 th – Saturday 30 th April) at the Titanic Exhibition Centre and three winners will be chosen on Saturday 30 th April by the organisers and Tayto.
But what can you win???
· 1st prize – a year’s worth of Tayto Crisps for the prize pupil, Tayto for the winner’s class, £500 cash prize for their Primary School, VIP Family Pass for Race Day to help the Cool FM Team start the race at Stormont Estate.
· 2nd prize - Tayto for the winner’s class, £300 cash prize for their Primary School
· 3rd prize – Tayto for the winner’s class, £150 cash prize for their Primary School
If your Primary School would like to be part of this wonderful opportunity and get involved with the biggest participatory event in Northern Ireland, email info@belfastcitymarathon.org.
The final deadline for artwork entries is Friday 18 th February 2022.
The Mash Direct Belfast City Marathon is sponsored by Athletics Northern Ireland, Daily Mirror, Belfast City Council, Better, Cool FM (Downtown Radio and Downtown Country), Translink, Belfast Live, Tayto, Four Star Pizza and CompareNI.com. This year’s official charity is Cancer Focus Northern Ireland.
