A PUPIL from a special school in Gravesend has won a peace poster contest.

Nine-year-old Matthew Wright beat 26 other youngsters from Ifield Special School, Cedar Avenue, with a poster depicting a peace handshake. He received gift vouchers and a certificate of achievement.

The competition, which was sponsored by Northfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe Lions Club, was judged by a panel of six judges and is part of the 14th Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

Matthew's poster will now enter a south east England contest. One grand winner will receive a cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to New York.

Northfleet, Swanscombe and Greennhithe Lions Club president Mike Parker said: "I was so impressed by the amount of effort exhibited by the pupils. It is obvious these young people have strong ideas of what peace means to them."

December 4, 2001 11:44