Creative crown delayed as Junk Kouture final is postponed to end of year
CREATIVE students from a number of Wexford schools will have to wait to the end of the year to take part in the national final of the hugely popular Junk Kouture competition.
Although now postponed until the autumn with a date yet to be confirmed, this year’s competition saw a total of 12 Wexford finalists chosen after tough competition at the South East Regional final.
Enniscorthy’s Coláiste Bride have the most finalists with a total of six groups set to represent the school.
With Coláiste Bride clearly on to a winner, most recently a team from the school was chosen as the ‘wild card’ finalist of the competition by 2FM DJ Tara Stewart, and this was ‘The Butterfly Effect’ by Lexie Carty, Nadine Kehoe and Aoife Moorehouse get across the line.
The other five finalist entries from Coláiste Bride include Viridian Queen by Cerys Greig and Molly Bolger, Hanging by a Thread by Gabriella Dyrez, Lucy Egan and Christine Kiely, Coal Kohl by Kerry Burt and Hannah Atkinson, The Dark Horse designed by Eerin Cahill and Amelia Morycka and Sole Mates by Louise Kelly, Katelyn O’Dwyer and Shauna Buckley.
Gorey Community School will be representing the north of the county as the design Kabloom by Holly Meehan and Siofra Byrne came out on top after three designs made it to the regional final.
Coláiste An Átha, Kilmuckridge will be represented by Sophie Whelan and Kerry Ann Murphy with their creation Spin Me Right Round.
Meanwhile Enniscorthy schools such as FCJ will be represented at the final with An Tarbh Órga by Michelle Kourns, Leah Kidd and Orlagh Kehoe, and St Mary’s CBS will be represented by Alan White and Michael Bodnarack with Fury Runway.
Wexford’s Presentation Secondary
School’s I Can Do It by Molly Colder and Lily Stout has made it to the final, while St Peters College, Wexford will be represented by Cade Gardener, Daniel Brenna, Abban Moran with Cognitive Conflict.
Other secondary school such as Meanscoil Garman, Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew, Creagh College, Vocational College Bunclody and Coláiste Abbain all made it to the regional final, but unfortunately just missed out on the top spots for the final of the competition.
A panel of judges from Junk Kouture reviewed and scored the entries all building up to the national final asking post primary school students to get creative and challenge themselves to produce highend designs from household waste.
Online voting remains closed at the moment as schools are shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but updates on the competition will follow as the teams prepare to take the crown.