National final of business competition for ninth year running! - 19/3/10

Published: 19 March, 2010

Four pupils from Plymouth College have reached the national final of the Student Investor Challenge.  This is the ninth year running a Plymouth College team has qualified for this stage of the competition, which was won by the school in 2004.

'Ladies Go Long' - Susannah Kellagher, Bobbie Moore, Jessica Evans and Tom Watkins - started the competition with the Portfolio Challenge, which saw them successfully invest a fantasy £100,000 in stocks and shares over a four month period.  Next they travelled to Bristol for the South West of England and South Wales regional event, where they beat 19 other teams in a head-to-head investment-related quiz to secure their place in the national final.

Run by the ifs School of Finance, more than 30,000 students from nearly 1000 schools entered the competition this year.  The national final takes place on 28^th April in London.  'Ladies Go Long' will be competing for £2000 prize money for the school and an all-expenses paid educational trip to New York.

 "I am delighted that Plymouth College has again made it through to the national final of Student Investor", said Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields.  "This was the 53^rd regional business competition trophy the school has won in the last decade.  Nationally, the last 12 months have been particularly successful with Plymouth College teams winning Young Enterprise and Make Your Mark, and finishing runners-up in Student Investor and the Apprentice Challenge."