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Significance Crystal Ball Predictions Competition
Do you think you know how many goals will be scored in total at the 2010 World Cup Finals? Or how many hours of sunshine Scotland will have in June 2010? Significance is running a Crystal Ball predictions competition. The rules and questions can be found by clicking on the links and will also appear in the March 2010 issue. Anyone can enter. The competition is open to individuals and to school and college teams. The individual winner will receive a cash prize of £200, plus a year's free membership of the RSS. The winner of the second prize will receive his or her selection of books published by Wiley-Blackwell to the value of £150. The third prize is £75 worth of Wiley-Blackwell books. The winning schools entry will receive £150 cash and associate schools membership of the RSS. The closing date for entries is 28 May 2010.
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