Class A

FAIZ AHMED
Pakistan

Class B

CHEN YOU WEI
Singapore

Class C

VISHAL MUKUDAN
Malaysia

Class D

DARIEN PLETCHER
Canada

Charlton Athletic Community Trust

CHARLTON ATHLETIC SUPPORTS THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY'S ESSAY COMPETITION

Football and Essays – the perfect mix!!

Charlton Athletic Community Trust is a passionate advocate for the universal language of football, sports and arts to create a better society.

The football club generously sponsored a prize in the 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competition. The question was:

"The Beautiful Game": Why does football inspire such passion around the world?

In response, we had over one hundred entries of great quality. The winners chosen in each age group by our examining panel are:

 Class A ~ Faiz Ahmed, Karachi Grammar School, Pakistan
 Class B ~ Chen You Wei, Nan Hua High School, Singapore
 Class C ~ Vishal Mukudan, SMK Convent, Malaysia
 Class D ~ Darien Pletcher, Sir William Van Horne Elementary School, Canada

The lucky winners have been awarded 10 footballs and a set of cones for each of their schools, so that everyone can continue to enjoy the "Beautiful Game"!

This was made possible due to Charlton Athletic Community Trust's kind support.www.cafc.co.uk/Community_Trust.ink

But this could not have happened without the additional generous help of:

Mr Toby Baxendale, CEO and Founder of Seafood Holdings Ltd, who kindly sponsored the transportation of the prizes to our Pakistan and Singapore schools www.seafoodholdings.co.uk/index.html

Mr Encik Wan Shah Bany and the RCS Malaysia Branch who kindly sponsored the transportation of the prizes to our Malaysia school.

Mr Shawn Wadeand the RCS Mainland of British Columbia branch in Vancouver who kindly sponsored the transportation of the prizes to our Canadian school.

Our young Canadian winner...!