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. This piece of text will be given out to all participants before the start of the competition. It should be between 100-150 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. Up to a maximum of two sheets of paper, writing on one side only, may be used 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.
