Winners of the 2024 Area 2 Poster Competition
The TOPS Competition commenced its second 5-year cycle, returning to Area 2 where it first started. In addition, at the start of the new cycle, the Top of TOPS Award was presented to one of the five Area Top Station Winners - Area 1 Top Station - Bluefields (Westmoreland); Area 2 Top Station - Bamboo (St. Ann Division); Area 3 - Asia (Manchester Division); Area 4 Top Station - Bull Bay (Kingston Eastern Division); and Area 5 Top Station - Above Rocks (St. Catherine North Division). Area 2 is comprised of three divisions - Portland, St. Mary and St. Ann, with 31 stations and 3 Marine Outposts. The awards ceremony was held at Cardiff Hotel and Resort in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.
Winners
- Top Station – Castleton Station (St. Mary Division)
- Top PIC Station: Oracabessa Station (St. Mary Division)
- Top Division: St. Mary Division
- Top Customer Service Station: Runaway Bay Station
- Top Station for St. Ann – Runaway Bay Station
- Top Station for Portland – Buff Bay Station
- Top Marine Outpost – Errol Flynn Marine Outpost in Portland Division
- he Dr. Marshall Hall Award - Trelawny Division
- The PCOA Leadership Legacy Award - Sgt, Garfield Wallace of Above Rocks Station (St. Catherine North Division)
- Top of TOPS Award - Bull Bay Station in Kingston Eastern Division
Winners of the 2023 Area 1 Poster Competition for Secondary Schools
Entries were received from all four parishes – St. James, Westmoreland, Trelawny and Hanover. A panel of five judges – Mr. Daniel Thompson, Project Manager at Kingston Creative: Roberto Farquharson, Senior Graphics Coordinator, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission: Ouida Harrison, Director of Human Resources and Office Services; Edna Manley College final year students Shennell Afflick and Winston Howell on November 2. Winners and Honourable Mentions were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on November 22.
Winners
- First Prize: Adeija McBean of Westwood High in Trelawny
- First Runner–up: Jacob Smith of Muschett High in Trelawny
- Second Runner-up: Kiara Woozencraft of Spot Valley High in St. James.
Honourable Mention
- Javayne Brown of Maldon High in St. James
- D’Andre Granston of Cornwall College in St. James
- Ty-era Hamil of Montego Bay High for Girls in St. James
- Bryan Henry of Spot Valley in St. James
- Oniel Saunders of Muschett High in Trelawny
- Philip Whyte of Green Island High in Hanover
