Craig has judges cracking up

Third-place prize in joke competition

- STEPHEN BARK

Three Ayrshire pupils were among the funniest in Scotland at a national joke telling competition with two of them winning prizes.

Saffron Barrett of Glenburn Primary in Prestwick, Freya McVie Branley of St Winning’s Primary in Kilwinning and Craig Speirs of Shortlees Primary in Kilmarnock represented the county at the the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ (RCSLT) VoiceBox competition.

P1 Saffron, P7 Freya and P5 Craig travelled to Edinburgh for the competition which was held at the Scottish Parliament on June 5.

With jokes that had the judges in stitches, Freya was named as runner-up, Craig in third place and Saffron unlucky to miss out on the top three.