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| After
seven very successful years in Young Enterprise,
and with a total of nineteen companies, 2001 saw
Prescot School achieve its highest accumulation
of awards in the programme. Always successful -
the school has produced the Best Overall Company
in Knowsley six times - this year one of the
groups was chosen to represent Merseyside at the
Young Enterprise European Trade Fair in
Stavonger, Norway. |
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Matrix 2001,
led by Managing Director, Jornes McKenzie, were
chosen to go after submitting on application form
and a business plan to the Knowsley YE Area
Board. They impressed the board with their
product - on up-dated version of the traditional
game, Nine Man's Morris, which they turned into a
travel game using a CD case and re-named Matrix. |
| They spent a
week in Norway during which time they attended
the Trade Fair, visited a petroleum museum and,
in the case of the Managing Director, got to meet
the Crown Prince of Norway, Prince Haakon. James
was actually picked to represent the whole of the
United Kingdom! |
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| The
company rounded off their YE year by winning the
Best Product Award at the Knowsley Area Board
Presentation Evening. High Flyers, the school's
second company picked up the award for Best
Presentation, whilst the third group, Daydream,
were awarded the Best Display trophy, Best
Overall Company and their Managing Director, Dan
Taylor, was judged Achiever of the Year. |
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