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Top Oil Launches 2017 Calendar with winner of Amateur Photography Competition

14th November 2016

John Burke from Tipperary wins Top Oil’s 2017 Amateur photography competition

Top Oil, Ireland’s leading family owned home heating and fuel business, has today announced at the launch of its 2017 calendar that John Burke, a mature student from Tipperary is the winner  of  the Top Oil 2017 amateur photography competition, for his image ‘Dolphins’.

Top Oil Launches 2017 Calendar with winner of Amateur Photography Competition- John Burke from Tipperary wins Top Oil’s 2017 Amateur photography competition November 11th 2016, Dublin: Top Oil, Ireland’s leading family owned home heating and fuel business has launched their 2017 calendar to coincide with John Burke, a mature student from Tipperary announced as the winning entrant of their amateur photography competition.The annual photo competition, now in its 10th year saw over 100 amateur photography hopefuls from across the island of Ireland competing to be the cover image on the popular 2017 calendar publication.John Burke won the cover picture prize with his photograph of Dolphins in addition to 1,000 euro. Speaking at today’s launch John said “I’m delighted to have been selected as this year’s winner of the Top Oil calendar, photography is my passion and Top Oil running this competition is a great idea for budding photographers like me, I am delighted to have won this prize.”Keith Malone from Wicklow also attended the launch today at the Gibson hotel as a winner of the online people’s choice category.

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The annual photo competition, now in its 10th year, saw over 1000 amateur photography hopefuls from across the island of Ireland competing for their photo to be the cover image of the popular 2017 calendar publication by Top Oil. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Ireland Alive’.

John Burke won the coveted prize with his photograph of ‘Dolphins’, which was taken off the coast of Youghal. John’s stunning image will be the cover image of the 2017 calendar, and he also picked up a cheque for 1000 euro.

Speaking at today’s launch at the Gibson Hotel, John said; “I’m delighted to have been selected as this year’s winner of the Top Oil calendar competition. Photography is my passion and thanks to Top Oil for running this competition like this for amateurs, it is a great idea for budding photographers like me. I am delighted to have won this prize.”

 

 

Overall Winner - Cover/July - John Burke, Co. Tipperary

Overall Winner – Cover/July – John Burke, Co. Tipperary

Keith Malone from Wicklow also attended the launch today at the Gibson hotel as a winner of the online People’s Choice category.

People's Choice Winner - December - Keith Malone, Co. Wicklow

People’s Choice Winner – December – Keith Malone, Co. Wicklow

Gerard Boylan, Chief Executive, Top Oil commented on the 2017 calendar launch; “Our annual calendar competition has become a favourite not just with our customers and staff, but for amateur photographers across the country. This year saw even more entrants and we had some stunning images to choose from; we chose John’s image because for us it truly captured the Ireland Alive theme. If only there was more than 12 months in the year!”

Over 40,000 copies of the calendar will be distributed across Top Oil’s portfolio of depots and forecourts nationwide, which feature images from across Ireland.

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