Handwriting
Event Type: Individual
Age Category: U10 and u12
Panel Details: Boys & Girls
Age Category: U10 and u12
Panel Details: Boys & Girls
- The competition will be a maximum of one hour.
- The exhibit must clearly state the Name, Age Group, County, Competition, on the back of it
- A supervised competition must be held at County and National level.
- At the National Festival Handwriting competition under the supervision of the adjudicators, a competitor will be required in their own handwriting, to copy a piece of text. This could be an extract from a newspaper, a poem or an extract from a book etc. U10 - this text will be between 100 and 150 words in length. U12 - this text will be between 200 and 250 words in length.
- At the National Festival Handwriting competition, competitors must use the materials that the adjudicator supplies. Competitors are not permitted to bring any pens, pencils, erasers or sharpeners into the competition.
- Paper type: single A4 sheet paper ruled. An example of this will be available on the website. There is no maximum sheets of paper to be used and writing is to be on one side only for the handwriting piece.
- Pencil size HB or equivalent.
- The panel of adjudicators will not be less than three.
- Correct letter formation
- Neatness - uniform letter size, uniform distance between words
- Legibility
- Fluency: style and flair
- Completion of piece
- Punctuation
8. Visual aids (apart from prescription spectacles) will not be permitted and adjudicators will request the removal of any item they consider giving advantage to the competitor.
