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Search for young Balmoral Show reporter

P5 pupils from St. Teresa's Primary School in Belfast, get the inside scoop from Ulster Bank's Senior Agriculture Manager, Cormac McKervey. Caoimhe Rice; (left), Conor Delaney; Caelin Neeson and Caoimhe Conlan (right) helped principal sponsor Ulster Bank launch this year's schools competition in the run up to the 150th Balmoral Show.
P5 pupils from St. Teresa's Primary School in Belfast, get the inside scoop from Ulster Bank's Senior Agriculture Manager, Cormac McKervey. Caoimhe Rice; (left), Conor Delaney; Caelin Neeson and Caoimhe Conlan (right) helped principal sponsor Ulst P5 pupils from St. Teresa's Primary School in Belfast, get the inside scoop from Ulster Bank's Senior Agriculture Manager, Cormac McKervey. Caoimhe Rice; (left), Conor Delaney; Caelin Neeson and Caoimhe Conlan (right) helped principal sponsor Ulster Bank launch this year's schools competition in the run up to the 150th Balmoral Show.

THE search is on find a budding young reporter up to the challenge of becoming the first Official Ulster Bank Balmoral Show Correspondent 2018.

There are less than two weeks left to enter the competition, launched by Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS), encouraging primary and secondary school to describe what they and their classmates would get up to during a day-long trip to the show in May by writing stories, drawing pictures or even recording a short video message.

The competition focuses on imagination and creativity, so students are being encouraged to think of all the sights, sounds and smells of the show and get creative with a stand-out report taking in the best of what Balmoral has to offer from visiting the array of animals, the excitement of the main arena or adventures to the show’s fantastic funfair.

Cormac McKervey, head of Agriculture in Northern Ireland at Ulster Bank said it is a "one-of-a-kind opportunity" for a budding young reporter.

“The Balmoral Show is brimming with sights, sounds and smells, so remember to be imaginative and think about all the senses when reporting about your adventure to the Balmoral Show."

The top four finalists will win a class trip to the show in May, including transport and lunches.

One overall winner will be invited to attend the 2018 Balmoral Show to produce a very special video report, sharing all the news and views from Northern Ireland’s largest agricultural event. The winner’s video report will be published online by local media alongside coverage of the show.

Three runners-up will win a day-long trip to the show in May for their classmates and, after writing up an end-of-day report describing their adventures at the show, will have their article published online too. Entries can be made until 5pm, Friday, April 20.

The competition entry form and accompanying terms and conditions can be found at: http://balmoralshow.co.uk/pdfs/2018-ub-schools-comp.pdf.