Tyrone and Lyndon Brown, winners of 2009 Special Prize (Classes C and D, see left for their winning essays) with local MP Ed Fast, Abbotsford, Canada. See here for full details: www2.canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/story.html?id=37772c00-6b76-44c0-be09-81f3e2cbb8f6
2009 Winners
In this section, you can view the list of Prize Winners, Runners-up and Award Winners (Commended and Highly Commended).
Winning essays 2009
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competition. Winning a prize in the Competition is a great achievement. We hope that the win will bring joy and a sense of pride to the winners, their schools and their families.
Class A
1st Prize
CHEW CHIA SHAO WEI
Raffles Girls' Secondary School
Singapore
Chew Chia Shao Wei, Raffles Girls' Secondary School
2nd Prize
MEGHAN ROSS
Vernon Secondary School
Canada
3rd Prize
JOHN MCCULLOUGH
King Edward VII School
United Kingdom
4th Prize
RIANE TROTMAN
Naparima Girls' High School
Trinidad and Tobago
Special Prize
JAMES BERRY
Learn@Home 8-12
Canada
Specially Commended as Runners-up
SHENALI DE SILVA
Bishop's College
Sri Lanka
NATASHA DONOVAN
Sentinel Secondary School
Canada
ESTHER KHOO
Sydney Girls High School
Australia
YU HAN ONG
Hwa Chong Institution (Junior College)
Singapore
JESSICA SHANE
Toronto French School
Canada
Class B
1st Prize
SAXON KINNEAR
Durban Girls' College
South Africa
2nd Prize
JACK BURNHAM
Caloundra Christian College
Australia
3rd Prize
MEDHA RAJU
Springdales School
India
4th Prize
KATIE ORCHARD
Jersey College for Girls, United Kingdom
Specially Commended as Runners-up
HIFZA BUHARI
Colombo International School
Sri Lanka
JULIA DE BENETTI
Centennial Regional High School
Canada
MAXINE GRACE FOO
Methodist Girls' School
Singapore
RACHEL LEONG
River Valley High School
Singapore
LEW ZI QI
Raffles Institution
Singapore
Class C
1st Prize
EMMANUEL GYASI
DEKS Educational Institute
Ghana
2nd Prize
SHENUKA COREA
British Council
Sri Lanka
3rd Prize
GRACE JALLEH-SHARPLES
Badminton School
United Kingdom
4th Prize
SEBASTIAN HIBBARD
Cedar International School
British Virgin Islands
Special Prize
TYRONE BROWN
Abbotsford Virtual School
Canada
Specially Commended as Runners-up
VEJAS KRUSZEWSKI
The Priory School
Canada
MENGQINQ JOYCE
River Valley High School
Singapore
ASHFA BASHIR
Lahore Grammar School
Pakistan
VENURI DE SILVA
International School
Seychelles
Class D
1st Prize
JOSEPH OOI BOON HAN
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (c) Hua Lian 3
Malaysia
2nd Prize
KRISTEN VENTER
St Katharine's School
South Africa
3rd Prize
ACUSHLA WIJESINHA
British Council
Sri Lanka
4th Prize
MATTEO ALESSANDRO
De La Salle College
Malta
Special Prize
LYNDON BROWN
Abbotsford Virtual School
Canada
Specially Commended as Runners-up
JANUSHREE PUROHIT
Kendriya Vidyalaya Bhandup
India
SULOCHANA GNANASEKARAN
India School Al Ghubra
Oman
TESSA OWENS
St Michael's Unversity School
Canada
SAMANTHA CHEW
Bukit Panjang Primary School
Singapore
RACHEL KOH
Methodist Girls' School
Singapore
DIMITRA PERERA
Gateway College Negombo
Sri-Lanka
SOFIA BENING
Henry Park Primary School
Singapore
GWYNETH JOY LIM
The Learning Lab
Singapore