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Geneva competition to find best digital Xmas card

There is a great fun way to try and get your hands on a Geneva Goody Bag for Christmas — just come up with a festive digital card design...

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Geneva Instruments have come up with a great idea to get every young player in the full festive spirit, by asking them to come up with a design for a Geneva Instruments Digital Christmas Card.

Goody Bag

The competition is open to children aged 16 or under with the winning entry getting a cracking Christmas present for themselves of a Geneva 'Goody Bag'.

Send to:

Designs can be emailed to joanne@genevainstruments.com or posted to Geneva House, Roseberry Court, Ellerbeck Way, Stokesley Business Park, Stokesley. North Yorks, TS9 5QT.

Closing date for entries is Friday 27th November.

The competition is open to children aged 16 or under with the winning entry getting a cracking Christmas present for themselves of a Geneva 'Goody Bag'Geneva Instruments

Have fun!

Designs need to be A4 or A5 in size (portrait or landscape) and can be created using felt tips, pencil crayons, paints or wax crayons!

Get to be as creative as you want — but most of all, have fun doing it!

We look forward to seeing some lovely ideas!

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