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The Paddy Hopkirk Gala Art Mini Competition. Winner gets first choice of the following, second place gets second choice and so on. The Shawcross Art Mini. 1991 Mini Neon Special Edition. Painted by the renowned artist Neil Shawcross. Autographed by Paddy. Donated by The Donnelly Group. 56,000 miles in good running order. Value: Above £10,000.00 Four people visit to the Mercedes Petronas Formula One headquarters in Brackley, Northants. Coffee with Ross Brawn, if he is available. Value: The sky is the limit. A weekend for two at the 5* Deluxe Hotel Europe in Killarney. Two nights for two people sharing a room with breakfast plus one dinner for two people. Value E560.00 More prizes may be added later. Entries £100.00 each. Only 500 entries will be sold. All proceeds will go to our charities, The Integrated Education Fund for Northern Ireland and SKIDZ. The winner will be the person who estimates closest to the number of standard size balloons that the pupils of an integrated school will be able to inflate and then load into the Shawcross Art Mini, including the boot.* The second prize will go to the next closest estimate and so on. In the case of a tie, the winner will be determined by providing the correct answer to a general knowledge question asked of the relevant entrants at the Gala Dinner in the Titanic Centre on February 22, 2014. This may be by mobile phone if the relevant parties are not attending the dinner. Name: First ……………………………………………………………………Last……………………………………………………………………. Email:……………………………………..……………………Ph:Hme……………………………………Mob…………………………………… Address:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Number of balloons in the Art Mini…………………….. Amount enclosed £100.00 Please complete another form if you wish to enter more than once. Pay by cheque to “The Paddy Hopkirk Gala” and post with the completed form to: The PHG Shawcross Art Mini, C/O IEF, 41-43 University Street, Belfast BT7 1FY, N. Ireland *David Lyttle, Co Ltd, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors will supervise the competition and adjudicate the results which will be sealed until all entries have been received. No correspondence will be entered into and the decision of the adjudicator is final. Enquiries to Brian Small [email protected] 0289033 0031 www.paddyhopkirkgala.com PHG Committee: Dr. Beatty Crawford, MB.,FRCR, Cathal B. Curley, Brian Small, Alan Tyndall and Conn Williamson. .

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