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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL 2015 Sport SAILING Sexual Awareness in families and schools A conference regarding: With the participation of: Evarist Bartolo Minister of Education Franklin Barbara General Secretary MUT Claudette Buttigieg PN Shadow Minister Gabi Calleja Coordinator MGRM Nicholas Briffa Trainee Sexologist Nickie Vella de Fremeaux Lawyer Register on www.hrconsulta.com or email on info@hrconsulta.com Thursday 23rd April Victoria Hotel Sliema 18:00 Hrs Entrance Fee: €20 Parking and coffee break included Wind in their Sails photographic competition winners announced The first edition of the recently held RC44 Valletta Cup, organised by Yachting Events Ltd, also saw the involvement of a number of budding amateur and well established photographers taking part in a photographic competition titled "Wind in their Sails'. THE objective of the competition was not only to evaluate the pho- tographic capabilit y of entrants but also to identif y who best cap- tured the nature of sailing the the event by visually communicating the power, grace and beaut y of the sea and the sport. The organisers were pleasantly surprised not only with the re- sponse in terms of participation but also at the level of creativit y put into the submissions. This was echoed also by the Judg- ing Panel which was made up of award winning and international- ly renowned photographers Kurt Arrigo, Nico Martinez and Rene Rossignaud. In order to ensure a fair compe- tition to all, entrants were asked to submit photographs taken from the view points accessible to the general public. Apart from the points awarded by the Judging Panel, entries also had a twent y five percent weighting from the general public and points were given according to the number of ' likes' garnered. The winners of the competition were Christian Mangion, Paul Tickle and Adele Muscat winning the first three prizes respectively. The winners were presented with a number of prizes, including photography courses by leading photographer Rene Rossignaud as well as copies of his book Rene Rossignaud - The First Thirteen years. Other prizes include exclu- sive RC44 Valletta Cup merchan- dise and a copy of renowned award winning photographer Kurt Arri- go's book - Malta A Coastal Jour- ney. Another prize was awarded to Joseph B. Muscat for garnering the most engagement on Face- book. "We were thrilled with the interest and response generated by this competition as well as the qualit y of submissions received," said Niki Travers Tauss, Director, Yachting Events Ltd. "We are sure that the RC44 Valletta Cup will leave good memories for these photographers, and hopefully we will see more of their work in the next edition of the RC44 Val- letta Cup which is confirmed for 2016". More information in the RC44 Valletta Cup as well as other forthcoming initiatives by Yacht- ing Events Ltd can be found on www.yachtingevents.com.mt L-R: Joseph B. Muscat, Paul Tickle, Yachting Events Director Niki Travers Tauss, Adele Muscat, Christian Mangion