2010
Competition Updates

High School Competition

March 24-26, 2010

Harper National Flexographic Center at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC)

Harper Campus
315 West Hebron Street
Charlotte, NC 28217

College Competition

May 1, 2010


Paris Las Vegas

3655 Las Vegas Blvd So.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

More Information

Bettylyn Krafft
President, Krafft Printing Systems, Inc.

phone: (704) 309-3748
fax: (704) 243-2445
email: bettylyn@phoenixchallenge.org

What is the Phoenix Challenge Foundation?

The Phoenix Challenge Foundation is an organization of industry professionals who are dedicated to encouraging today's youth in exploring the exciting career opportunities available to them through the Flexographic printing industry.

Each year the Phoenix Challenge Foundation hosts it's annual International High School Flexographic Skills Competition and hosts the Phoenix Challenge College competition for students in North America currently studying Flexography. This site is dedicated to the student participants, their teachers and the industry sponsors that make this a competition success!

Phoenix Challenge Champions

2009 Competition Winners

Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School

Students: Hannah Plavnick and Stephanie Hammond

Instructor: Peter Belanger

2008 Competition Winners

Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School

Students: Hannah Plavnick and Jyoti Brar

Instructor: Peter Belanger

2007 Competition Winners

Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School

Students: Allan Tran and Tim Govey

Instructor: Peter Belanger

2006 Competition Winners

Career & Technology Center of Anderson, NC

Students: Ashley Foster and Amanda Tootill

Instructor: Amy McKenzie

2005 Competition Winners

Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School

Students: Sean Coulson and Payam Rajabi

Instructor: Peter Belanger

2004 Competition Winners

Career Education Center, Asheville, NC

Students: Stephen Schoff, Aaron Grasty

Instructor: Brooks Michael

2003 Competition Winners

South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC

Students: Steve Nass and Matt Mangum

Instructor: Leigh Ayers

2002 Competition Winners

Asheville High School, Asheville, NC

Students: Heidi Gagnon and Rebecca Long

Instructor: Mike Davis

2001 Competition Winners

Asheville High School, Asheville, NC

Students: Chris Johnson and Josh Bassett

Instructor: Mike Davis

2000 Competition Winners

Career Education Center, Asheville, NC

Students: Matthew Boles and Zain Rigsby

Instructor: Brooks Michael

1999 Competition Winners

Fairfield County Career Center, Winnsboro, SC

Students: Melissa Pullen and Kim Murphy

Instructor: Marvin Miller

1998 Competition Winners

Asheville High School, Asheville, NC

Students: Justin Green and Herbert Hardin

Instructor: Mike Davis

Everyone is a Winner!

Winners are recognized in each of the following categories in an effort to acknowledge as many students as possible:

1st Place: Overall Competition
2nd Place: Overall Competition
3rd Place: Overall Competition

Additionally, every student who competes receives a certificate of participation and well over $100 in industry-donated gifts.