Kinnegad pupil crowned Westmeath spelling bee champ!

Eason, in association with RTÉ 2FM’s Tubridy, announced St Etchen's pupil Aisling Kelly from Kinnegad as the winner of the Westmeath County Bee heat.

Aisling will now take part in the Provincial Spelling Bee competition before the overall final in June, where the four provincial winners will battle it out to be crowned the 2013 Eason Spelling Bee Champion.

Speaking about RTÉ 2fm’s partnership with the Eason Spelling Bee, Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ presenter said, “Last year’s Spelling Bee was such great fun, we at Tubridy, weekday mornings on RTÉ 2fm are delighted to be a part of it again. We wish all hopefuls lots of luck and hope that the county finals get off to a buzzing start over the next few months!”

The Eason Spelling Bee is part of an overall Eason literacy and reading initiative that aims to inspire children to develop a greater appreciation of words in a fun and educational way, and to encourage them to perfect their spelling and also to hone their pronunciation skills.