GUYANA National Newspapers Ltd., printers and publishers of the Chronicle newspapers, yesterday announced the winners of its Master Mind Quiz Competition for period March to June 2012, and presented them with prizes.
The prize winners were for the periods February 19 to March 17; March 18 to April 14; April 15 to May 12, and May 13 to June 9.
Sarah Garrido of Green Acres Primary Group made a clean sweep of all four first prizes, amassing a total of 6,167 points over the four-month period, consistently scoring higher points in each round.
She was also congratulated by the stakeholders for her stellar performance at this year’s sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination, at which she ranked seventh best candidate at the national level.
The modest Garrido, who earned herself a place at Queen’s College (QC), credited the Master Mind Quiz for her performance, declaring that it played a great part in preparing her for the NGSA.
“I must say the quiz played a great part in helping to prepare me for the exam, since a lot of the questions that came in the exam had come earlier in the competition,” she disclosed.
Jelena Arjune, with a total of 5,805 points, also starred in the competition and won multiple prizes.  She, too, maintained her position throughout the contest over the last months, placing second on each occasion.

Results
The overall results are as follows:
Top ten scorers for period February to March were:
1st Prize:  Sarah Garrido – 1,538 points – Green Acres School
2nd Prize:  Jelena Arjune – 1,442 points – Green Acres School
3rd Prize: Mukhtaar Ali – 1,346 points
– Grove Primary School
4th Prize: Denisha Leitch – 1,268 points – Port Mourant Primary
5th Prize: Rahul Lidhar – 1,074 points –   Novar Primary School
6th Prize: Rebekah Mohanram – 941 points – Montrose Primary School
7th Prize: Sandiana Pretiram – 930 points – Montrose Primary School
8th Prize: Hermantha  Doodnauth – 862  points – Cropper Primary School
9th Prize: D’Andre Kirton – 787 points –   Green Acres School
10th Prize: Brahnan Chin – 481 points
– Mae’s Under-12

Top ten scorers for March 18 to April 14
1st Prize: Sarah Garrido – 1,543 points –    Green Acres School
2nd Prize: Jelena Arjune – 1,428 points –   Green Acres School
3rd Prize: Sandiana Pretiram – 1,275 points –   Montrose Primary School
4th Prize: Denisha Leitch – 1,200 points – Port Mourant Primary School
5th Prize: Hemantha Doodnauth – 1,150 points – Cropper Primary School
6th Prize: Rebekah Mohanram – 1,094 points – Montrose Primary School
7th Prize: Rahul Lildhar – 895 points – Novar Primary School
8th Prize: Mukhtar Alli – 867 points
– Grove Primary School
9th Prize: D’Andre Kirton – 535 points – Green Acres School
10th Prize: Rebecca Chappelle – 261 points – Montrose Primary School

Top ten scorers for period April 15 to May 12, 2012:
1st Prize: Sarah Garrido – 1,544  points – Green Acres School
2nd Prize: Jelena Arjune – 1,473 points   – Green Acres School
3rd Prize: Hemantha Doodnauth – 1,359 points – Cropper Primary School
4th Prize: Sandina Pretiram – 1,354 points – Montrose Primary School
5th Prize: Denisha Leitch – 1,269 points – Port Mourant Primary School
6th Prize: Rebekah Mohanram – 1,122 points – Montrose Primary School
7th Prize: Mukhtgaar Alli – 879 points
– Grove Primary School
8th Prize: Rahul Lildhar – 775 points
– Novar Primary School
9th Prize: Teshan Evans – 655 points
– Montrose Primary School
10th Prize: D’Andre Kirton – 319 points – Green Acres School

Top ten scorers for period May 13 to June 9, 2012:
1st Prize: Sarah Garrido – 1,562 points – Green Acres School
2nd Prize: Jelena Arjune – 1,462 points – Green Acres School
3rd Prize: Hemantana Doodnauth – 1,419 points – Cropper Primary School
4th Prize: Mukhtaar Alli – 1,348 points   – Grove Primary School
5th Prize: Denise Leitch – 1,170 points
– Port Mourant Primary School
6th Prize: Rebekah  Mohanram – 1,007 points – Montrose Primary School
7th Prize: Rahul Lildhar – 852 points
– Novar Primary School
8th Prize: Sandiana Pretiram – 802 points – Motiram Primary School
9th Prize: Teshan Evans – 552 points
– Montrose Primary School

In his opening remarks to the gathering, which included a panel of key stakeholders, prize winners, their parents, teachers and staff of GNNL, Acting GNNL General Manager Nandkumar Puran  welcomed those present and apologised for the presentations having been delayed over the last few months.
Brainchild
He also offered an excuse for the absence of GNNL Board Chairman Keith Burrowes, whose brainchild the quiz that was inaugurated a year ago is.
Mr. Puran complimented the website developer, Mr. Girendra Persaud, and other stakeholders, like Mr. Courtney Perry, Mr. Kenneth Sukhdeo, Mr. Calvin Marks and others, for their instrumentality and dedicated work towards implementing and sustaining the project.
The speaker lauded the stellar showing of the students who have been consistently participating in the competition, taking note of their zeal and enthusiasm.
Taking pride in the initiative, he expressed hope that the game can be pushed to a higher level in the future, and that the new faces present could serve as a springboard to jump-start the process of encouraging wider participation.
Puran also recognised the presence of senior Republic Bank officials, noting that the institution is one of the sponsors of the quiz, and expressing gratitude for the Bank’s support.
Representing the Bank were Ms. Janice London, Head of the Training Division in the Human Resource Department, and Ms. Sonia Rodney, who both presented cheques to the top performers.
London remarked that Republic places a high premium on education, training and development, adding that for those reasons it is very proud to partner with GNNL in the quiz.
She tendered her congratulations to the young participants of the quiz, and applauded GNNL for moving in that direction. She also added that promoting the Master Mind Quiz is evidence that the Guyana Chronicle is very much interested in having young people develop their minds or mental faculties.