Thoughts from a buddy
December 10th, 2008 by ochukoI was a buddy yesterday at my first ever Make Your Mark Challenge Final and must say I absolutely loved it, great job all round Tori and team!
The creativity, effort and professionalism of the students was so impressive particularly during the pitching session. If there were nerves to contend with they certainly hid them well - the 10 groups in the 16-19 category delivered faultless presentations to the panel of judges that would give any Dragons Den contestant a run for their money!
Of course I do have a little soft spot for my lovely team from Matthew Arnold School in Oxford, who came up with the idea for The Olympian, a magazine to promote the Olympic values and raise interest in the Games. They had the daunting task of pitching first to the panel of judges, an audience of fellow challengers AND invited guests, and they certainly took it in their stride. Holly even managed to raise a giggle from the audience.
The Matthew Arnold crew sadly didn’t win a prize on the day, although they should feel darn proud to have got down to the final 10 of a competition which involved 57,000 people across the UK - proving they’re some of very best young enterprising thinkers in the entire country – well done to all the finalists!
I had my trusty Disgo on hand throughout the day, check out what the Matthew Arnold team had to say after their pitch Holly and Sameena, Jack, Mike
December 11th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hey!
I was one member of the Matthew Arnold School team and i just wanted to say i had a great time at the Make Your Mark challenge and would definately recommend entering!
Bit upset that i didn’t get to meet Darren and Matt, i was drooling about them all day!
AND HOW SHAMEFUL ARE THOSE YOUTUBE VIDEOS?!