Six budding young artists have been selected from over 400 entries this festive season to design the Mayor of Richmond, Cllr Geoff Acton and Leader of the Council, Cllr Gareth Roberts annual Christmas cards.

After a tough judging session, the below young people were picked to design three Christmas cards for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council Leader.

The winners are:

Arthur Sharp (Age 6) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School (Leaders Card)

Luke Ellisdon (Age 6) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School (Leaders Card)

Noelia Ramsay (Age 6) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School (Leaders Card)

Benji Baker (Age 10) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School (Mayors Cards)

Deniz Ergin (Age 6) Barnes Primary School (Mayors Cards)

Amelie Cherry (Age 9) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School (Mayors Cards)

This means that of the six winners five came from a school right here in Teddington!

So a special congratulations to the winners from St Mary's and St Peter's.

Runners up:

Ellen Bunn (Age 6) St Mary's & St Peter's Primary School

Erik Eggers (Age 6) Kew College

Gabriella Grech (Age 10) St Mary Magdalen's

Bella Read (Age 11) St Marys & St Peters Primary School

Sehar Mirza (Age 10) Russell School

Fynn Thaly-Fischer (Age 5) Collis School

The Christmas cards will be sent to many organisations, businesses and charities that the Council and Mayor have worked with throughout the year.

Cllr Acton, said:

"The standard of the entries for my card competition was amazing! Thank you to all the children who took part. I could see that you worked really hard on your designs.

"For me, Benji's, Deniz and Amelie's creations really stood out. These three young artists showed off their talent and the designs will look fantastic on my Christmas cards."

Cllr Gareth Roberts, added:

"We asked for top notch drawings and by Rudolph our local children didn't disappoint. And with over 400 festive favourites to choose from the job of judging was incredibly difficult.

"It's safe to say every single entry made it onto my Nice List but the designs by Arthur, Luke and Noelia, a really caught my eye.

"Well done to all who took part."